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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Mississippi Delta Restoration
    sub title: Pathways to a sustainable future
  name:
    name part: Day, John W.
    role:
      role term: editor.
    role:
      role term: edt
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt
  name:
    name part: Erdman, Jori A.
    role:
      role term: editor.
    role:
      role term: edt
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2018
    edition: 1st ed. 2018.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XVII, 260 p. 159 illus., 126 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book is a new and provocative treatment dealing with and defining sustainable pathways for the restoration of the Mississippi Delta. Based on a consideration of natural functioning of the Mississippi delta, factors that led to its severe deterioration, and major global trajectories of the 21st century, the authors investigate possible future pathways for sustainable management of the delta. They consider current conditions as well as future trajectories of climate and energy and resource scarcity. The book concludes that without profound changes of how humans live in and manage the delta, sustainability of the delta will be profoundly compromised.
  table of contents: 1. Introduction - Changing conditions in the Mississippi delta from 1700 to 2100 and Beyond: Avoiding Folly -- 2. A Brief History of Delta Formation and Deterioration -- 3. Levees and the Making of a Dysfunctional Floodplain -- 4. The Nutria in Louisiana: A Current and Historical Perspective.- 5. Optimum Use of Fresh Water to Restore Baldcypress - Water Tupelo Swamps and Freshwater Marshes and Protect Against Salt Water Intrusion: A Case Study of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin.- 6. Energy and Climate - Global Trends and Their Implications for Delta Restoration -- 7. The Costs and Sustainability of Ongoing Efforts to Restore and Protect Louisiana's Coast -- 8. Large Infrequently Operated River Diversions For Mississippi Delta Restoration -- 9. Raising Urban Land: Historical Perspectives on Adaptation -- 10. Raising Buildings: The Resilience of Elevated Structures -- 11. Raising New Orleans: The Marais Design Strategy.-12. Eroding Communities and Diverting Populations: Historical Population Dynamics in Coastal Louisiana -- 13. Developing Legal Strategies for a Sustainable Coast -- 14. Summary and Conclusions.
  note: edited by John W. Day, Jori A. Erdman.
  subject:
    topic: Marine sciences
  subject:
    topic: Freshwater
  subject:
    topic: Aquatic ecology
  subject:
    topic: Coasts
  subject:
    topic: Environmental management
  subject:
    topic: Marine & Freshwater Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Freshwater & Marine Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Coastal Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Environmental Management
  classification: QH541.5.S3
  classification: QH541.5.F7
  classification: 551.4
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Estuaries of the World
  identifier: 9783319656632
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65663-2
  record info:
    record creation date: 171124
    record change date: 20191028232541.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-65663-2