Orrin H. Pilkey, deemed "America’s foremost philosopher of the beaches," by the New York Times, is James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Geology at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. Pilkey is a coauthor (with Keith C. Pilkey) of Global Climate Change: A Primer, published by Duke University Press, and of twenty books in the Press's Living with the Shore series, edited by Pilkey and William J. Neal. In 2013, The Orrin Pilkey Marine Science and Conservation Genetics Center opened at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort, North Carolina. Pilkey lives in Hillsborough, N.C. J.…mehr
Orrin H. Pilkey, deemed "America’s foremost philosopher of the beaches," by the New York Times, is James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Geology at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. Pilkey is a coauthor (with Keith C. Pilkey) of Global Climate Change: A Primer, published by Duke University Press, and of twenty books in the Press's Living with the Shore series, edited by Pilkey and William J. Neal. In 2013, The Orrin Pilkey Marine Science and Conservation Genetics Center opened at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort, North Carolina. Pilkey lives in Hillsborough, N.C. J. Andrew G. Cooper is Professor of Coastal Studies in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Ulster. He and Pilkey are coauthors (with William J. Neal and Joseph T. Kelley) of The World's Beaches: A Global Guide to the Science of the Shoreline and coeditors of Pitfalls of Shoreline Stabilization. Well known for his advocacy of nonintervention on shorelines and his work on beaches and coasts worldwide, Cooper lives in the town of Coleraine in Northern Ireland.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Orrin H. Pilkey, deemed "America’s foremost philosopher of the beaches," by the New York Times, is James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Geology at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. Pilkey is a coauthor (with Keith C. Pilkey) of Global Climate Change: A Primer, published by Duke University Press, and of twenty books in the Press's Living with the Shore series, edited by Pilkey and William J. Neal. In 2013, The Orrin Pilkey Marine Science and Conservation Genetics Center opened at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort, North Carolina. Pilkey lives in Hillsborough, N.C. J. Andrew G. Cooper is Professor of Coastal Studies in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Ulster. He and Pilkey are coauthors (with William J. Neal and Joseph T. Kelley) of The World's Beaches: A Global Guide to the Science of the Shoreline and coeditors of Pitfalls of Shoreline Stabilization. Well known for his advocacy of nonintervention on shorelines and his work on beaches and coasts worldwide, Cooper lives in the town of Coleraine in Northern Ireland.
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Foreword vii Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii 1. The End is Nigh! 1 2. Selling the Family Silver: Beach-Sand Mining 24 3. Indefensible: Hard Structures on Soft Sand 41 4. Patch-up Jobs: Beach Replinishment 70 5. The Plastisphere: Trash on the Beach 95 6. Tar Balls and Magic Pipes 107 7. Stuck in a Rut: Driving on the Beach 123 8. The Enemy Within: Beach Pollution 139 9. The International Dimension of Beach Destruction 160 10. The End is Here 175 Appendix 1 199 Appendix 2 203 Bibliography 207 Index 233
Foreword vii Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii 1. The End is Nigh! 1 2. Selling the Family Silver: Beach-Sand Mining 24 3. Indefensible: Hard Structures on Soft Sand 41 4. Patch-up Jobs: Beach Replinishment 70 5. The Plastisphere: Trash on the Beach 95 6. Tar Balls and Magic Pipes 107 7. Stuck in a Rut: Driving on the Beach 123 8. The Enemy Within: Beach Pollution 139 9. The International Dimension of Beach Destruction 160 10. The End is Here 175 Appendix 1 199 Appendix 2 203 Bibliography 207 Index 233
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