A Global Environmental History of Coastal Dunes

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910901864203321
• Autore: Freitas Joana Gaspar de
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2024; ©2025
• ISBN: 1-04-013336-3; 1-04-013333-9; 1-003-31738-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 pages)
• Collana: Routledge Environmental History Series
• Disciplina: 551.3/7509146
• Soggetti: Sand dunes; Sand dune conservation; Sand dune management; Coastal zone management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Prologue : a path through the dunes -- Pulling the dunes out of the archives -- The moving dunes -- Dealing with sand drift -- Turning dunes into forests -- Sowing the sands -- Crossing the Atlantic -- Reaching the Pacific -- The sands of the Indian Ocean -- Contested practices, unstable environments -- Dunes as a destination -- Vanishing coasts -- Connecting the dots.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a holistic perspective on coastal dunes, highlighting that narratives have a role to play in climate change science, policymaking, and citizenship awareness. For scholars, researchers, and students of environmental history, environmental science, sustainability, coastal land management, and climate change.