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Description for Coast Lines
Hardcover. Covering shifting landscapes, cartographic technology, and climate change, this book reveals that coastlines are as much a set of ideas, assumptions, and societal beliefs as they are solid black lines on maps. It charts the historical progression from offshore sketches to satellite images. Num Pages: 224 pages, 85 halftones. BIC Classification: WTRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
In the next century, sea levels are predicted to rise at unprecedented rates, causing flooding around the world, from the islands of Malaysia and the canals of Venice to the coasts of Florida and California. These rising water levels pose serious challenges to all aspects of coastal existence - chiefly economic, residential, and environmental - as well as to the cartographic definition and mapping of coasts. It is this facet of coastal life that Mark Monmonier tackles in "Coast Lines". Setting sail on a journey across shifting landscapes, cartographic technology, and climate change, Monmonier reveals that coastlines are as much ... Read more
In the next century, sea levels are predicted to rise at unprecedented rates, causing flooding around the world, from the islands of Malaysia and the canals of Venice to the coasts of Florida and California. These rising water levels pose serious challenges to all aspects of coastal existence - chiefly economic, residential, and environmental - as well as to the cartographic definition and mapping of coasts. It is this facet of coastal life that Mark Monmonier tackles in "Coast Lines". Setting sail on a journey across shifting landscapes, cartographic technology, and climate change, Monmonier reveals that coastlines are as much ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226534039
SKU
V9780226534039
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Mark Monmonier
Mark Monmonier is distinguished professor of geography at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the author of many books, including, most recently, From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for Coast Lines
"Monmonier has taken the most assumed and invisible part of a map and made it jump from the page as a multifaceted and complex feature of interest and importance to all. I have enjoyed all of Monmonier's books, and I am particularly happy to have him play the role of cartographic world diplomat, as he does such an outstanding job ... Read more