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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830671903321

Titolo

Global challenges in integrated coastal zone management [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Erlend Moksness, Einar Dahl and Josianne Støttrup

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

ISBN

1-118-49648-5

1-118-49651-5

1-299-15919-2

1-118-49650-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MoksnessErlend

DahlEinar

StøttrupJosianne G. <1955->

Disciplina

333.917

Soggetti

Coastal zone management - International cooperation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Coastal habitats and ecosystem services -- section 2. Adaptation/mitigation to change in coastal systems -- section 3. Coastal governance -- section 4. Linking science and management.

Sommario/riassunto

Growing pressure from increasingly diverse human activities coupled with climate change impacts threaten the functional integrity of coastal ecosystems around the globe. A multi-disciplinary approach towards understanding drivers, pressures and impacts in the coastal zone requires effective integration of data and information in policy and management, combining expertise from nature and social science, to reach a balanced and sustainable development of the coastal zone.  This important book comprises the proceedings of The International Symposium on Integrated Coastal Zone Management,