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Description for Coastal Seas
Paperback. This primer is intended to satisfy the demand for a succinct, technical reference on coastal zone resources management, and is aimed at both students taking courses in coastal management and/or marine conservation, and practitioners in these fields. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12. BIC Classification: KJM; RNF; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 9. Weight in Grams: 326.
This succinct, technical reference of coastal-zone resource management is aimed both at students taking courses in coastal management or marine conservation and practitioners in these fields. In response to a worldwide demand, Coastal Seas deals mostly with methodology and provides practitioners, scholars and students with the ideas, tools, materials and strategies needed to manage coastal resources and shoreline development. Although tropical developing nations have the greatest need for this book, the principles are universal and will be of interest and relevance to all.
This succinct, technical reference of coastal-zone resource management is aimed both at students taking courses in coastal management or marine conservation and practitioners in these fields. In response to a worldwide demand, Coastal Seas deals mostly with methodology and provides practitioners, scholars and students with the ideas, tools, materials and strategies needed to manage coastal resources and shoreline development. Although tropical developing nations have the greatest need for this book, the principles are universal and will be of interest and relevance to all.
- Provides a direction for conservation of coastal resources and marine biodiversity into the ... Read more
- Suggests solutions to major conservation problems including pollution, storm damage and beach erosion, depletion of sea fisheries, excessive shoreline development, and destruction of essential habitats such as coral reefs and mangrove forests.
- Gives practical advice to students and practitioners alike on coastal conservation methodology.
- Presents the outcome of nineteen international coastal zone conservation case studies.
- Discusses resource vulnerabilities, design of coastal conservation programs, methods and tools for conservation, and sources of professional training.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780632049554
SKU
V9780632049554
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About John R. Clark
John R. Clark is the author of Coastal Seas: The Conservation Challenge, published by Wiley.
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