Our Common Seas - Coasts in Crisis

Informationen zum Autor Hinrichsen, Don Klappentext There is not a coast in the world which is not dangerously polluted. Sewage! industrial effluents! radioactive waste have been added to ungoverned development! all of which are destroying inshore eco-systems. This book describes the situation in the Mediterranean! the Gulf! the Indian Ocean! the South-East Asian Seas and the Eastern Pacific. Zusammenfassung There is not a coast in the world which is not dangerously polluted. Sewage, industrial effluents, radioactive waste have been added to ungoverned development, all of which are destroying inshore eco-systems. This book describes the situation in the Mediterranean, the Gulf, the Indian Ocean, the South-East Asian Seas and the Eastern Pacific. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction1. On Distant Shores2. The Regional Seas of the Developing World3. The Mediterranean Sea4. The Persian Gulf5. The Wider Caribbean6. The South Pacific7. The South-east Pacific8. East Asia9. South Asia10. Eastern Africa11. West and Central Africa12. The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden13. What Future for Regional Seas?BibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Don Hinrichsen, Hinrichsen Don
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9781849710152
• ISBN: 978-1-84971-015-2
• No. of pages: 196
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Natural Resource Management Set
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; NATURE / Ecology, LAW / Natural Resources, Biodiversity, environmental science, engineering & technology, Environmental Management, Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions, Coastlines, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Property and real estate, Energy and natural resources law, Coasts and Coastlines