Marine Extremes (eBook, ePUB)

Ocean Safety, Marine Health and the Blue Economy
Redaktion: Techera, Erika; Winter, Gundula

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing upon principles from the natural and social sciences this book provides as interdisciplinary overview of Marine Extremes, assessing the impacts of them on communities and infrastructure as well as for marine ecosystems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429956652
• Artikelnr.: 55007972

Autorenporträt

Erika J. Techera is a Professor in the UWA Law School and UWA Oceans Institute at The University of Western Australia. Gundula Winter is a coastal engineer and former Research Associate at the Oceans Institute of The University of Western Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I - Introduction
1. Introduction to marine extremes
2. The science, social science and governance of marine extremes
Part II - Safe oceans
3. Coastal processes, extreme events and forecasting
4. Community values and preferences for coastal hazard interventions
5. Nature-based solutions to mitigate extreme coastal impacts
Part III - Healthy oceans
6. Monitoring ocean and estuary health
7. Pollution from land-based sources
8. Impacts of marine heatwaves
9. Local, community-led interventions to address global-scale probles and
environmental extremes in coastal ecosystems
Part IV - Wealth from the oceans
10. Aquaculture
11. Extreme human behaviours affecting marine resources and industries