Vanishing sands : losing beaches to mining / / Orrin H. Pilkey, Norma J. Longo, William J. Neal, Nelson G. Rangel-Buitrago, Keith C. Pilkey, and Hannah L. Hayes |
Autore | Pilkey Orrin H. <1934-> |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 pages) |
Disciplina | 577.69/9 |
Soggetto topico |
Sand and gravel mines and mining - Environmental aspects
Coasts - Environmental aspects Sea level - Environmental aspects Beaches - Environmental aspects Seashore ecology Mines and mineral resources - Environmental aspects |
ISBN | 1-4780-2343-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Who's Mining the Shore? -- Sand: Earth's Most Remarkable Mineral Resource -- Singapore Sand Bandits: Sitting on Asia's Sandpile -- The Sands of Crime: Mafia, Sand Robbers, and Law Benders -- Sand Rivers to the Beach: Choked Flow -- Barbuda and Other Islands: Lessons from the Caribbean -- A Summoner's Thirteen Tales: South America's Coastal Sand Mining -- A Different Kind of Sand Mining: Legal but Destructive -- Africa Sands: Desert Abundance-Coastal Dearth -- Beach Mining: Truths and Solutions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910747001203321 |
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934-> | ||
Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2022 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vanishing sands : losing beaches to mining / / Orrin H. Pilkey, Norma J. Longo, William J. Neal, Nelson G. Rangel-Buitrago, Keith C. Pilkey, and Hannah L. Hayes |
Autore | Pilkey Orrin H. <1934-> |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 pages) |
Disciplina | 577.69/9 |
Soggetto topico |
Sand and gravel mines and mining - Environmental aspects
Coasts - Environmental aspects Sea level - Environmental aspects Beaches - Environmental aspects Seashore ecology Mines and mineral resources - Environmental aspects |
ISBN | 1-4780-2343-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Who's Mining the Shore? -- Sand: Earth's Most Remarkable Mineral Resource -- Singapore Sand Bandits: Sitting on Asia's Sandpile -- The Sands of Crime: Mafia, Sand Robbers, and Law Benders -- Sand Rivers to the Beach: Choked Flow -- Barbuda and Other Islands: Lessons from the Caribbean -- A Summoner's Thirteen Tales: South America's Coastal Sand Mining -- A Different Kind of Sand Mining: Legal but Destructive -- Africa Sands: Desert Abundance-Coastal Dearth -- Beach Mining: Truths and Solutions. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996571861203316 |
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934-> | ||
Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2022 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Vanishing Sands : Losing Beaches to Mining / / Norma J. Longo, Hannah L. Hayes, Keith C. Pilkey, Nelson G. Rangel-Buitrago, Orrin H. Pilkey, William J. Neal |
Autore | Pilkey Orrin H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham : , : Duke University Press, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Beaches - Environmental aspects
Coasts - Environmental aspects Mines and mineral resources - Environmental aspects Sand and gravel mines and mining - Environmental aspects Sea level - Environmental aspects Seashore ecology NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Coastal Regions & Shorelines |
ISBN | 1-4780-9296-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 Who’s Mining the Shore? -- 2 Sand: Earth’s Most Remarkable Mineral Resource -- 3 Singapore Sand Bandits: Sitting on Asia’s Sandpile -- 4 The Sands of Crime: Mafia, Sand Robbers, and Law Benders -- 5 Sand Rivers to the Beach: Choked Flow -- 6 Barbuda and Other Islands: Lessons from the Caribbean -- 7 A Summoner’s Thirteen Tales: South America’s Coastal Sand Mining -- 8 A Different Kind of Sand Mining: Legal but Destructive -- 9 Africa Sands: Desert Abundance — Coastal Dearth -- 10 Beach Mining: Truths and Solutions -- APPENDIX A SAND MINING VIOLENT EVENTS -- APPENDIX B SAND RIGHTS: BRINGING BACK REASON -- REFERENCES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996556962303316 |
Pilkey Orrin H. | ||
Durham : , : Duke University Press, , [2022] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Vanishing Sands : Losing Beaches to Mining / / Norma J. Longo, Hannah L. Hayes, Keith C. Pilkey, Nelson G. Rangel-Buitrago, Orrin H. Pilkey, William J. Neal |
Autore | Pilkey Orrin H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham : , : Duke University Press, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Beaches - Environmental aspects
Coasts - Environmental aspects Mines and mineral resources - Environmental aspects Sand and gravel mines and mining - Environmental aspects Sea level - Environmental aspects Seashore ecology NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Coastal Regions & Shorelines |
ISBN | 1-4780-9296-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 Who’s Mining the Shore? -- 2 Sand: Earth’s Most Remarkable Mineral Resource -- 3 Singapore Sand Bandits: Sitting on Asia’s Sandpile -- 4 The Sands of Crime: Mafia, Sand Robbers, and Law Benders -- 5 Sand Rivers to the Beach: Choked Flow -- 6 Barbuda and Other Islands: Lessons from the Caribbean -- 7 A Summoner’s Thirteen Tales: South America’s Coastal Sand Mining -- 8 A Different Kind of Sand Mining: Legal but Destructive -- 9 Africa Sands: Desert Abundance — Coastal Dearth -- 10 Beach Mining: Truths and Solutions -- APPENDIX A SAND MINING VIOLENT EVENTS -- APPENDIX B SAND RIGHTS: BRINGING BACK REASON -- REFERENCES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910831807303321 |
Pilkey Orrin H. | ||
Durham : , : Duke University Press, , [2022] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The world's beaches [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey ... [et al.] |
Autore | Pilkey Orrin H. <1934-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.45/7 |
Soggetto topico |
Beaches
Seashore Coasts Coast changes |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-27801-4
9786613278012 0-520-94894-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The global character of beaches -- pt. 2. How to read a beach -- pt. 3. The global threat to beaches. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456711803321 |
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
The world's beaches [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey ... [et al.] |
Autore | Pilkey Orrin H. <1934-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.45/7 |
Soggetto topico |
Beaches
Seashore Coasts Coast changes |
Soggetto non controllato |
arctic beaches
bars beach ecosystems beach environments beach guides beach variety beaches berms blisters coastal engineering color photographs cusps dunes earth sciences global beaches guidebook illustrated maps natural sciences natural variety nonfiction oceans oil spills pollution ripples rising sea levels scientists shell lags shorelines tides tourist destinations tropical shores washover fans waves wind wrack lines |
ISBN |
1-283-27801-4
9786613278012 0-520-94894-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The global character of beaches -- pt. 2. How to read a beach -- pt. 3. The global threat to beaches. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781493003321 |
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
The world's beaches [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey ... [et al.] |
Autore | Pilkey Orrin H. <1934-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.45/7 |
Soggetto topico |
Beaches
Seashore Coasts Coast changes |
Soggetto non controllato |
arctic beaches
bars beach ecosystems beach environments beach guides beach variety beaches berms blisters coastal engineering color photographs cusps dunes earth sciences global beaches guidebook illustrated maps natural sciences natural variety nonfiction oceans oil spills pollution ripples rising sea levels scientists shell lags shorelines tides tourist destinations tropical shores washover fans waves wind wrack lines |
ISBN |
1-283-27801-4
9786613278012 0-520-94894-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The global character of beaches -- pt. 2. How to read a beach -- pt. 3. The global threat to beaches. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826404703321 |
Pilkey Orrin H. <1934-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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