Coastal Wetlands Alteration And Remediation

Author : Charles W. Finkl,Christopher Makowski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319561790

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Coastal Wetlands: Alteration and Remediation by Charles W. Finkl,Christopher Makowski Pdf

This book delves into human-induced and natural impacts on coastal wetlands, intended or otherwise, through a series of vignettes that elucidate the environmental insults and efforts at amelioration and remediation. The alteration, and subsequent restoration, of wetland habitats remain key issues among coastal scientists. These topics are introduced through case studies and pilot programs that are designed to better understand the best practices of trying to save what is left of these fragile ecosystems. Local approaches, as well as national and international efforts to restore the functionality of marsh systems are summarily approached and evaluated by their efficacy in producing resilient reclamations in terms of climate-smart habitat conservation. The outlook of this work is global in extent and local by intent. Included here in summarized form are professional opinions of experts in the field that investigate the crux of the matter, which proves to be human pressure on coastal wetland environments. Even though conservation and preservation of these delicate environmental systems may be coming at a later date, many multi-pronged approaches show promise through advances in education, litigation, and engineering to achieve sustainable coastal systems. The examples in this book are not only of interest to those working exclusively with coastal wetlands, but also to those working to protect the surrounding coastal areas of all types.

Author : Mary E. Kentula
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Restoration ecology
ISBN : UOM:39015104957678

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Wetland Creation and Restoration by Mary E. Kentula Pdf

Author : David Yozzo,John P. Titre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Marshes
ISBN : UCR:31210018615359

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Coastal Wetland Restoration Bibliography by David Yozzo,John P. Titre Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031204688

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Coastal Wetlands Comprehensive Restoration Plan by Anonim Pdf

Author : Beth A. Vairin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Coastal zone management
ISBN : PSU:000032688382

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Caring for Coastal Wetlands by Beth A. Vairin Pdf

Author : Jon A. Kusler,Mary E. Kentula
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:35007000230957

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Wetland Creation and Restoration by Jon A. Kusler,Mary E. Kentula Pdf

This is a preliminary evaluation of the status of the science of wetland creation and restoration in the United States. It contains a series of regional reviews. Each review summarizes wetland creation and restoration experiences in broadly defined wetland regions (e.g. Pacific coastal wetlands, wooded wetlands of the Southeast). It also includes a series of theme papers, covering a wide range of topics of general application to wetland creation and restoration (hydrology, management techniques, planning).

Author : Robert Eugene Turner,Bill Streever
Publisher : Kugler Publications
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9051031416

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Approaches to Coastal Wetland Restoration by Robert Eugene Turner,Bill Streever Pdf

Wetlands Lost. The 1,879 thousand hectares of coastal wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) comprise 58% of the U.S. coastal wetland total (Turner and Gosselink 1975). These wetlands occur in every GOM state, although two-thirds of the GOM total are in Louisiana, and are typically associated with estuaries, bays, rivers, and the lee-side of barrier islands. The objective of this book is to facilitate and encourage the restoration of these and other wetlands by reviewing the details of construction and costs (which can range from $1 to $45,000 per hectare), and by evaluating case studies for levels of success. Each approach is presented in brief chapters outlining the essential points of "what, why, and how" the approach can be planned and implemented. The driving purpose, or goal, of this book is to accelerate regional wetland gains and to promote cost-effective practices in wetland restoration. Why do we think that this book is necessary? The area of wetlands has been diminishing almost everywhere for the last several hundred years, but particularly this century, as the twin juggernauts of population growth and per capita resource exploitation expanded. In 1927, as the Great Depression in the U.S. was about to start, there were 2 billion people on the planet. There were 6 billion people on the Earth in the year 2000 and by 2054 there will be 9 billion. Two hundred years ago there were 89.5 million ha of wetlands in the contiguous 48 U.S. states (Dahl 1990). By 1997 this area had shrunk to 42.7 million ha (Dahl 2001). From the 1970s to the mid-1980s, the annual wetland loss rate was 117,400 ha (Dahl and Johnson 1991). The official national policy of "no net loss" may be why the wetland loss rate slowed to 23.7 thousand ha yr-1 from 1986 to 1997 (Dahl 2001). Although wetland loss rates have also declined in coastal Louisiana in recent years, Louisiana experienced particularly high coastal wetland loss rates of 12.5 thousand ha yr-1 (0.86% yr-1) from 1956 to 1978 (Baumann and Turner 1990). Thus, wetland loss has become a national concern (National Research Council 1991; Dahl 2001, National Research Council 2001) and particularly in the northern Gulf of Mexico. We hope to contribute to the reversal of these wetland losses by presenting wetland restoration and creation approaches appropriate for the Northern Gulf of Mexico, and perhaps elsewhere. (taken from the introduction)

Author : Sherwood M. Gagliano,Johannes L. Van Beek,Johannes Laurens Van Beek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Coast changes
ISBN : ERDC:35925000710753

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Deterioration and Restoration of Coastal Wetlands by Sherwood M. Gagliano,Johannes L. Van Beek,Johannes Laurens Van Beek Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography and the Great Lakes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Coastal zone management
ISBN : LOC:00183655358

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Coastal Wetlands Management and Restoration by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography and the Great Lakes Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Protection
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Coastal ecology
ISBN : UCAL:B5131569

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Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Act by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Protection Pdf

Author : Abdelazim M. Negm,Mohamed Ali Bek,Sommer Abdel-Fattah
Publisher : Springer
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319936116

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Egyptian Coastal Lakes and Wetlands: Part II by Abdelazim M. Negm,Mohamed Ali Bek,Sommer Abdel-Fattah Pdf

This volume investigates the challenges facing the Egyptian Northern coastal lakes, focusing on the impact of climate change, their biodiversity and sustainable management. Presenting up-to-date research, it covers the following topics: climate change and water quality modeling and their impacts on the sustainability of the lakes; the economic role of the lakes; the use of remote sensing in monitoring; and the biodiversity of the lakes with detailed discussions. Further, management strategies for the sustainable development of these valuable resources are proposed to maintain the lakes sustainability. The book closes with a concise summary of the conclusions and recommendations presented in the preceding chapters. As such, it offers an invaluable resource for the academic community and postgraduate students, as well as for environmental managers and policymakers.

Author : Susanta Kumar Chakraborty
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 953 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030539412

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Riverine Ecology Volume 2 by Susanta Kumar Chakraborty Pdf

This book is part of a two-volume set that offers an innovative approach towards developing methods and tools for assigning conservation categories of threatened taxa and their conservation strategies by way of different phases of eco-restoration in the context of freshwater river systems of tropical bio-geographic zones. The set provides a considerable volume of research on the biodiversity component of river ecosystems, seasonal dynamics of physical chemical parameters, geo-hydrological properties, types, sources and modes of action of different types of pollution, river restoration strategies and methodologies for the ongoing ecological changes of river ecosystems. Volume 2 highlights biodiversity potential in aiding the resistance and resilience of riverine ecosystem functioning and their synergistic effects on ongoing environmental perturbations. Comprehensive information on the conservation of river-associated-wildlife is provided, covering the impacts of pollution, land-use changes, river policies, and ecosystem restoration strategies. The book offers an innovative approach towards developing methods and tools for assigning conservation categories of threatened taxa, and covers their conservation strategies by way of different phases of eco-restoration in the context of freshwater river systems of tropical bio-geographic zones.

Author : Jon A. Kusler,Mary E. Kentula
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : WISC:89037223260

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Wetland Creation and Restoration: Regional reviews by Jon A. Kusler,Mary E. Kentula Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Coastal zone management
ISBN : UCSD:31822035345008

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Coastal Wetlands by Anonim Pdf

Louisiana, home to 40 percent of all coastal wetlands in the lower 48 states, is projected to lose almost 17 square miles of coastline each year for the next 50 years to storms, sea level rise, and land subsidence. Coastal wetlands are an important wildlife and commercial resource, and provide a natural buffer against the storm surge that accompanies storms and hurricanes. The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) established a program in 1990 that undertakes projects to stem coastal wetland losses. Recently, the Congress passed other measures that will make billions in new funding available for coastal Louisiana over the next 20 years. GAO has prepared this report under the Comptroller General's authority as part of a continued effort to assist the Congress. GAO reviewed the CWPPRA program to identify the (1) types of projects that have been designed and constructed to restore and protect coastal wetlands, as well as their estimated costs and benefits, and (2) lessons learned from past and ongoing restoration efforts that can help guide future efforts. GAO's review included interviews with each program agency. This review emphasises the need for agencies to carefully from two agencies which have been incorporated as appropriate. This is an excerpted and indexed version. consider the lessons learned from the CWPPRA program as they propose significantly larger efforts to restore Louisiana's coast. GAO received technical comments

Author : Abdelazim M. Negm,Daniel Constantin Diaconu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031039836

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The Danube River Delta by Abdelazim M. Negm,Daniel Constantin Diaconu Pdf

This unique book presents for the first time the current status of the Danube River Delta, the challenges facing it, and proposed strategies to solve it. One of the biggest challenges is the human effects on the Danube Delta Environment and its lakes that work as sinks for natural and anthropogenic environmental changes, the water management and water flow variability and under climatic conditions including the extreme temperature and precipitation events based on RCMs output and the impact of sedimentation processes on the evolution of the Danube Delta. The book also contains the impact of wind and solar energy on the Delta. The book also presents the integrated approach for sustainable development of the Delta including the structural dynamics of the local economy, the role of tourism activities, integrated waste management in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, demographic dynamics in the Delta, and the population health state. Also, a unique chapter on the opportunities of content exploitation as Language Learning Experiences is applied to Danube Delta. The book will be of great scientific interest to help the graduate students, researchers, stakeholder professional engineers, policy planners, policymakers of three countries to implement their sustainable development plan.