{"product_id":"the-gold-coast-transformed-tor-hundloe-9781486303298","title":"The Gold Coast Transformed: From Wilderness to Urban Ecosystem","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Gold Coast is one of Australia's premier tourism destinations, a modern city cut out of coastal vegetation, including paperbark swamps, mangroves and rainforests of both Indigenous and worldwide significance. \u003ci\u003eThe Gold Coast Transformed\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of integrated chapters identifying and assessing the environmental impacts of the building of Australia's sixth largest city. From the time of the first European timber getters through to the present, the book traces the impacts of rapid development on the now World Heritage-listed rainforest and surrounding ecosystems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city's natural and engineered environments are both fascinating and vulnerable. The construction of massive high-rise apartment blocks, on what were frontal beach dunes, is one of the fundamental mistakes not to be repeated. The book illustrates how and why major environmentally destructive development took place and discusses the impacts of such development on the Gold Coast's beaches, wildlife, and terrestrial and marine environments, such as the destruction of riparian mangrove forest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gold Coast Transformed\u003c\/i\u003e also shows the possibility of sustaining natural populations and reducing the city's ecological footprint. It will be of interest to ecologists, environmental scientists and managers, town planners, economists, policymakers and the general public.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Hundloe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1486303293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781486303298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CSIRO Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.70w x 0.60d","brand":"Tor Hundloe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49082461126911,"sku":"9781486303298","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gold-coast-transformed-tor-hundloe-9781486303298","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}