Coasts in Crisis A Global Challenge

Coastal regions around the world have become increasingly crowded, intensively developed, and severely exploited. Hundreds of millions of people living in these low-lying areas are subject to short-term coastal hazards such as cyclones, hurricanes, and destruction due to El Niño, and are also exposed to the long-term threat of global sea-level rise. These massive concentrations of people expose often-fragile coastal environments to the runoff and pollution from municipal, industrial, and agricultural sources as well as the impacts of resource exploitation and a wide range of other human impacts. Can environmental impacts be reduced or mitigated and can coastal regions adapt to natural hazards?  Coasts in Crisis is a comprehensive assessment of the impacts that the human population is having on the coastal zone globally and the diverse ways in which coastal hazards impact human settlement and development. Gary Griggs provides a concise overview of the individual hazards, risks, and issues threatening the coastal zone.

ISBN:	9780520293625
Publisher:	University of California Press
Imprint:	University of California Press
Published date:	22 Aug 2017
DEWEY:	551.457
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xiv, 343
Weight:	676g
Height:	156mm
Width:	230mm
Spine width:	19mm

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