Asia-Pacific Coasts and Their Management

States of Environment
2008
ISBN: 978-94-007-8911-1
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 367 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 581 g

Reihe: Coastal Systems and Continental Margins

The Asia-Pacific region is home to the world’s largest region of coral reefs and mangroves. It accommodates two-thirds of the world’s human population and its economic activities have the highest growth rate in the world. Ongoing degradation of the environment, resulting from coastal development, deforestation, desertification and over-harvesting, are becoming a matter of great concern, as floods and droughts occur as a result of this degradation. The Asia-Pacific region also includes part of the ‘Pacific Rim of Fire’ and is, therefore, vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis, as the world became aware following the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004. Threats of global environmental change, such as climate change and sea-level rise, will exacerbate such problems. Therefore, appropriate policies and measures are needed for coastal management, to address both the local and global trends. This book gives an overview of the state-of-the-art understanding on the drivers, state, and responses to coastal environmental changes in the Asia-Pacific region. It provides excellent perspectives on current and anticipated environmental changes in the region’s coastal areas, to researchers, students, policy makers, coastal managers and other stakeholders.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mimura, Nobuo

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Korallenriffe
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Deltas, Flussmündungen, Küstenregionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Scope and Objectives of This Book.- Drivers for Changes in the Coastal Zone.- Environment Problems in the Coastal Zone.- Policy for Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Coastal Zone.- Regional Conditions.- Conclusions: The Rapidly Changing Environment of the Asia and Pacific Region and its Implications for Sustainability of the Coastal Zones.

Über Autor(innen)

Editor is member of:

- American Society of Civil Engineers

- Coastal Education and Research Foundation

- Japanese Society of Civil Engineers

- Japanese Association for Coastal Studies

- Japanese Geomorphologic Union

Editor is active (board) member of:

- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

- International EMECS Center

- Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research

- Mitigation and Adaptation Strategy for Global Change

- Global Environmental Change

- Journal of Coastal Change

- Journal of Global Environmental Engineering