Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota . Volume 2 Ocean and coastal economy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by James C. Cato

• Pubblicazione: College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (135 p.)
• Disciplina: 578.77; 578.77364
• Soggetto topico: Marine biology - Mexico, Gulf of; Geology - Mexico, Gulf of; Oceanography - Mexico, Gulf of
• Soggetto geografico: Mexico, Gulf of
• Altri autori: CatoJames C
• Note generali: Includes indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents v; Foreword: Fifty-Year Update of Bulletin 89 viiJohn W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder,and Sylvia A. Earle; Preface xiii; Acknowledgments xv; Introduction xvii; Chapter 1 The Gulf of Mexico Region as a Transnational Community 1Terry L. McCoy; Chapter 2 The Productive Value of the Gulf of Mexico 21David W. Yoskowitz; Chapter 3 An Economic Overview of Selected Industries Dependentupon the Gulf of Mexico 28charles m. Adams, Emilio Hernandez, and Jim Lee ; Chapter 4 The Changing Coastal and Ocean Economies of the United StatesGulf of Mexico 47Judith T. K ildow, Charles S. Colgan,and Linwood PendletonChapter 5 Environmental Sustainability of Economic Trends in the Gulf of Mexico:What Is the Limit for Mexican Coastal Development? 82Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia, José J. Ramírez-Gordillo,John W. Day, and David W. Yoskowitz; Contributors 105; Index 107
• Sommario/riassunto: The many economic factors affecting sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico region are perhaps as important as the waves on its shores and its abundant marine life. This second volume in Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota (a multivolumed work edited by John W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder, and Sylvia A. Earle) assesses the Gulf of Mexico as a single economic region. The book provides information and baseline data useful for assessing the goals of economic and environmental sustainability in the Gulf. In five chapters, economists, political scientists, and ecologists from Florida, Californi
• Titolo autorizzato: Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota
• ISBN: 1-60344-270-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823079703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series.