America S Changing Coasts

Author : Diana M. Whitelaw,Gerald Robert Visgilio
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005-05-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781958548

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America's Changing Coasts by Diana M. Whitelaw,Gerald Robert Visgilio Pdf

Following a comprehensive overview by the editors, this volume s expert contributors provide detailed discussion of important legal, ecological and social issues associated with coastal resource management, as well as the most significant challenges confronting land use planners and resource managers in coastal communities. Using an interdisciplinary approach to perplexing questions surrounding the issue of development versus protection, the volume presents a broad approach to coastal issues involving private rights and public trust. Part I: The Law and Coastal Environments provides background information on the more recent federal and state lawsuits, statutes and regulations that impact coastal environments. In Part II: Ecological Consequences for Coastal Development, scientists discuss threats posed by elevated nitrogen levels and heavy metal contamination in coastal waters, followed by descriptions of the impact of development on habitats essential to estuarine-dependent fish and migratory shorebirds. In Part III: Private Use, Public Trust and Coastal Protection the authors explore ways to balance private use of the coast with public rights of access and preservation. They discuss the concept of stewardship by both public and private landowners, factors affecting environmental values in coastal communities, and facilitation of enlightened public policies for growth management and resource protection. Appropriate for courses pertaining to coastal ecology, coastal management or land-use planning, this book will also appeal to a diverse audience of economists, concerned citizens, environmental lawyers and policymakers.

Author : Diana M. Whitelaw,Gerald Robert Visgilio
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781781958544

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America's Changing Coasts by Diana M. Whitelaw,Gerald Robert Visgilio Pdf

Following a comprehensive overview by the editors, this volume s expert contributors provide detailed discussion of important legal, ecological and social issues associated with coastal resource management, as well as the most significant challenges confronting land use planners and resource managers in coastal communities. Using an interdisciplinary approach to perplexing questions surrounding the issue of development versus protection, the volume presents a broad approach to coastal issues involving private rights and public trust. Part I: The Law and Coastal Environments provides background information on the more recent federal and state lawsuits, statutes and regulations that impact coastal environments. In Part II: Ecological Consequences for Coastal Development, scientists discuss threats posed by elevated nitrogen levels and heavy metal contamination in coastal waters, followed by descriptions of the impact of development on habitats essential to estuarine-dependent fish and migratory shorebirds. In Part III: Private Use, Public Trust and Coastal Protection the authors explore ways to balance private use of the coast with public rights of access and preservation. They discuss the concept of stewardship by both public and private landowners, factors affecting environmental values in coastal communities, and facilitation of enlightened public policies for growth management and resource protection. Appropriate for courses pertaining to coastal ecology, coastal management or land-use planning, this book will also appeal to a diverse audience of economists, concerned citizens, environmental lawyers and policymakers.

Author : Roshanka Ranasinghe,Ruben Jongejan
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Environmental engineering
ISBN : 9783038974819

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Climate Change, Coasts and Coastal Risk by Roshanka Ranasinghe,Ruben Jongejan Pdf

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Climate Change, Coasts and Coastal Risk" that was published in JMSE

Author : Randall S. Abate
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 699 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190297602

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Climate Change Impacts on Ocean and Coastal Law by Randall S. Abate Pdf

Ocean and coastal law has grown rapidly in the past three decades as a specialty area within natural resources law and environmental law. The protection of oceans has received increased attention in the past decade because of sea-level rise, ocean acidification, the global overfishing crisis, widespread depletion of marine biodiversity such as marine mammals and coral reefs, and marine pollution. Paralleling the growth of ocean and coastal law, climate change regulation has emerged as a focus of international environmental diplomacy, and has gained increased attention in the wake of disturbing and abrupt climate change related impacts throughout the world that have profound implications for ocean and coastal regulation and marine resources. Climate Change Impacts on Ocean and Coastal Law effectively unites these two worlds. It raises important questions about whether and how ocean and coastal law will respond to the regulatory challenges that climate change presents to resources in the oceans and coasts of the U.S. and the world. This comprehensive work assembles the insights of global experts from academia and major NGOs (e.g., Center for International Environmental Law, Ocean Conservancy, and Environmental Law Institute) to address regulatory challenges from the perspectives of U.S. law, foreign domestic law, and international law.

Author : Gregory R. McMurray,Robert J. Bailey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Coastal ecology
ISBN : UCSD:31822028415644

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Change in Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems by Gregory R. McMurray,Robert J. Bailey Pdf

Author : Craig E. Colten,Bruce Christopher Glavovic,Iris Borowy,Scott A. Hemmerling
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889762279

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Coastal Cities in a Changing Climate by Craig E. Colten,Bruce Christopher Glavovic,Iris Borowy,Scott A. Hemmerling Pdf

Author : National Assessment Synthesis Team (U.S.). Coastal Areas and Marine Resources Sector Team
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : UCSD:31822035214493

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The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change on Coastal Areas and Marine Resources by National Assessment Synthesis Team (U.S.). Coastal Areas and Marine Resources Sector Team Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : PSU:000065513217

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Climate Change in Coastal Regions by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Pdf

Author : Andrew L Jones,Michael Phillips
Publisher : CABI
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781780648439

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Global Climate Change and Coastal Tourism by Andrew L Jones,Michael Phillips Pdf

Building upon the book Disappearing Destinations (Jones and Phillips 2010) and its conclusion that promoted the need to recognize problems, meet expectations and manage solutions Global Climate Change and Coastal Tourism explores current threats to, and consequences of, climate change on existing tourism coastal destinations. Part 1 of the book provides a theoretical platform and addresses topics such as sustainability, tourism impacts, governance trade and innovation and how the media addresses climate change and tourism. It also assesses management and policy options for the future sustainability of threatened tourism coastal destinations. Part 2 presents case studies from all regions of the world (Europe, The Americas, Asia, Africa and Australasia) which synthesise findings to make recommendations that can be used to promote strategies that ameliorate projected impacts of climate change on coastal tourism infrastructure and in turn promote the future sustainability of coastal tourism destinations. This is a timely and informative text with appeal to researchers, undergraduate and post graduate students of tourism management, tourism planning, sustainable tourism development and leisure management, coastal tourism/management, environmental management/planning, geography, coastal zone management or climate change studies.

Author : Robert A. Morton
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781437902594

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National Assessment of Shoreline Change: Part 1 by Robert A. Morton Pdf

Beach erosion is a chronic problem along open-ocean shores of the U.S. As coastal populations continue to grow and community infrastructures are threatened by erosion, there is increased demand for accurate info. regarding past and present trends and rates of shoreline movement, and a need for a comprehensive analysis of shoreline movement. This report on states bordering the Gulf of Mexico (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas) summarizes the methods of analysis, interprets the results, provides explanations regarding the historical and present trends and rates of change, and describes how different coastal communities are responding to coastal erosion in 2004 (prior to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita). Illustrations.

Author : Akiko Ikeguchi,Takafumi Yokoyama,Seishiro Sakita
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813342408

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Adaptive Fisheries Governance in Changing Coastal Regions in Japan by Akiko Ikeguchi,Takafumi Yokoyama,Seishiro Sakita Pdf

Japan’s fisheries sector is undergoing a major restructuring. The coastal ecological change and natural disasters such as tsunami demand that communities transform or organize resource governance anew. Under the national policy of decentralization to cope with the aging and declining population, the availability of local infrastructure, both physical and social, plays a significant role in the adaptive capacity of the community. This book presents the historical and spatial dynamics of coastal fisheries resource governance in response to different environmental changes, its socio-political context, and challenges raised by academicians. The reader will find the national trends and geographical patterns of the administrative restructuring in the communities and fisheries cooperatives from abundant maps and figures, as well as a rich description of adaptive governance in the scale of region and community by ecological-historical approaches. Comparative analysis of the communities provides a practical framework to understand a variety of local resources in Japan’s coastal regions, which will serve as a guide to the development of alternative adaptive governance in community-based small-scale fisheries in the world.

Author : Ivan Valiela
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781444309034

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Global Coastal Change by Ivan Valiela Pdf

Global Coastal Changeprovides a comprehensive overview of the environmental factors changing the marine systems of the world including atmospheric changes, sea level rise, alterations in freshwater and sediment use and transport, toxins, overfishing, alien species, and eutrophication. Includes case studies providing real-world examples, detailed reviews of the evidence of changes and possible solutions. Brings together a wealth of important information about our changing marine environments. An invaluable reference for upper level undergraduates, graduates, and professionals interested in marine environmental science.

Author : J.J. Beukema,J.J.W.M. Brouns
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400920033

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Expected Effects of Climatic Change on Marine Coastal Ecosystems by J.J. Beukema,J.J.W.M. Brouns Pdf

J. J. Beukema, w. J. Wolff & J. J. W. M. Brouns Man is changing the biosphere at an ever increasing Netherlands ministery of Housing, Physical Planning rate. Several of these man-made changes are on a and Health (represented by Dr. G. P. Hekstra), chaired worldwide scale, such as the increase in atmospheric by Dr. w. J. Wolff (Research Institute for Nature concentrations of several gases. In particular the Management) and housed by the Netherlands In ongoing increase of the concentration of at stitute for Sea Research (N. I. O. Z. , represented by Dr. mospheric carbon dioxide, by excessive burning of J. J. Beukema). fossil fuels and forest destruction, is well The written versions of the presentations by 23 par documented. By the year 2050, CO levels will ticipants have been brought together in these pro 2 almost certainly be twice the pre-industrial concen ceedings of the Workshop. trations and this is expected to have far-reaching consequences. Direct effects include higher rates of The first paper, by G. P. HEKSTRA, explains how plant production (also in agriculture). Indirect effects trace gases affect UV-B radiation, alkalinity of the might be less favourable: by the intensified sea, rate of photosynthesis, and greenhouse warm 'greenhouse process' (to which several other gases ing.

Author : John B. Anderson,Antonio B. Rodriguez
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813724430

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Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-level Rise by John B. Anderson,Antonio B. Rodriguez Pdf

One of the main impacts of global warming is accelerated sea-level rise: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predictions suggest that the rate of rise could reach as high as 5'10 mm/yr by the end of this century. While it is generally recognized that accelerated sea-level rise will severely impact low-gradient coastlines, scientists are still ill prepared to predict coastal response. A study of seven Gulf Coast estuaries (Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound, Weeks Bay, Calcasieu Lake, Sabine Lake, Galveston Bay, Matagorda Bay, and Corpus Christi Bay) was aimed at examining their response to past changes in the rate of sea-level rise and climate. The rates of change are of the same magnitude as those predicted for this century. The estuarine response to change has been one of abrupt landward retreat and major reorganization of estuarine environments at decadal time scales. This book should be of interest to scientists and policy makers concerned with future impacts of global warming.

Author : E. Walter Helbling,Maite A. Narvarte,Raul A. González,Virginia E. Villafañe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030866761

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Global Change in Atlantic Coastal Patagonian Ecosystems by E. Walter Helbling,Maite A. Narvarte,Raul A. González,Virginia E. Villafañe Pdf

This book provides an integrated view of Atlantic coastal Patagonian ecosystems, including the physical environment, biodiversity and the main ecological processes, together with their derived ecosystem services and anthropogenic impacts. It focuses on the key components of the aquatic ecosystem, covering the lower levels (plankton) to the top predators like large mammals and birds, before turning to human beings as consumers and shapers of coastal marine resources. The book then presents an overview of how organisms that constitute the aquatic food webs have changed through time and how they likely will soon change due to global change processes and anthropogenic pressures. In this regard it offers a wealth of information such as long-term patterns in physical / atmospheric processes, biodiversity and the distribution of marine organisms, as well as the results of experimental studies designed to understand their responses under future scenarios shaped by both climate change and anthropogenic pressures. The book also covers various aspects of the past, present and potential future relationship of human beings with Patagonian coastal environments, including the utilization of sea products, tourism, and growth of cities.