Human-Ecosystem Interdependence in Coastal Cities
Published on 19. June 2009
124 pages
978-1-84855-779-6 (ISBN)
Description
Coastal cities are now home to over 40% of the world's population. As coastal city populations continue to grow, the impacts of both human-induced and natural disasters become all the more pressing. This e-book demonstrates that there is much work to be done to secure the future of coastal cities throughout the world. We know that sizeable numbers of the public as well as of the policy and research communities are well on the way to appreciating and attempting to understand the critical circumstances in which far too many coastal cities now find themselves. Yet, as these papers confirm, coastal cities have a long way to go in mitigating further ecosystem damage and in adapting to current ecosystem conditions.
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Content
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD
- Guest editorial
- Coastal urbanization: the challenge of management lag
- An analytical tool for evaluating the impacts of sea level rise response strategies
- Valuing climate change impacts on Sydney beaches to inform coastal management decisions
- Modeling, monitoring, and mitigating sea level rise
- Coastal adaptation and economic tipping points
- Vulnerability of coastal urban settlements in Jamaica
- Lessons from history: coastal cities and natural disaster
- News
- News from the net
- Books and resources
- Diary
- Feature
- Call for papers
