{"product_id":"vanishing-sands-orrin-h-pilkey-9781478016168","title":"Vanishing Sands: Losing Beaches to Mining","description":"In a time of accelerating sea level rise and increasingly intensifying storms, the world's sandy beaches and dunes have never been more crucial to protecting coastal environments. Yet, in order to meet the demands of large-scale construction projects, sand mining is stripping beaches and dunes, destroying environments, and exploiting labor in the process. The authors of \u003ci\u003eVanishing Sands\u003c\/i\u003e track the devastating impact of legal and illegal sand mining over the past twenty years, ranging from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean to South America and the eastern United States. They show how sand mining has reached crisis levels: beach, dune, and river ecosystems are in danger of being lost forever, while organized crime groups use deadly force to protect their illegal mining operations. Calling for immediate and widespread resistance to sand mining, the authors demonstrate that its cessation is paramount for saving not only beaches, dunes, and associated environments but also lives and tourism economies everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Orrin H. Pilkey, Norma J. Longo, William J. Neal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478016167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478016168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023","brand":"Orrin H. Pilkey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071491305727,"sku":"9781478016168","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c421ac47-fe0c-4279-81ee-4e7424420cdc.jpg?v=1685436413","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vanishing-sands-orrin-h-pilkey-9781478016168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}