Coasts in Crisis: A Global Challenge (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520293625)

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 Ni o, 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.

Author: Gary Griggs
ISBN-10: 0520293622
ISBN-13: 9780520293625
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 08/22/2017
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2018