The Environment in Asia Pacific Harbours

2006. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4020-6566-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 498 Seiten, mit 1 CD-ROM, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 942 g

Urbanization has reached unprecedented levels in the estuarine and coastal zone, particularly in the Asia Pacific region where mega-cities and mega-harbours are still growing. This book demonstrates the different solutions and pitfalls, successes and failures in a large number of ports and harbours in the Asia Pacific Region, and shows how science can provide ecologically sustainable solutions that apply wherever the growth of mega-harbours occurs.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wolanski, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltüberwachung, Umweltanalytik, Umweltinformatik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Kontinuumsmechanik, Strömungslehre
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Häfen und Hafengebiete (Bauingenieurwesen)
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Physische Geographie und Topographie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Strömungslehre
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Increasing Trade and Urbanisation of the Asia Pacific Coast.- Tokyo Bay: Its Environmental Status — Past, Present, and Future.- Ecological Network Linked by the Planktonic Larvae of the Clam Ruditapes Philippinarum in Tokyo Bay.- Circulation Processes in Tokyo Bay.- Effects of Oceanic Water Intrusion on the Tokyo Bay Environment.- Influence of the Deep Waterway Project on the Changjiang Estuary.- Impact of Human Activities on the Health of Ecosystems in the Changjiang Delta Region.- Geographical and Economical Setting of the Pearl River Estuary.- Physical Processes and Sediment Dynamics in the Pearl River.- Water Quality and Phytoplankton Blooms in the Pearl River Estuary.- Pollution Studies on Mangroves in Hong Kong and Mainland China.- Field and Model Studies of Water Quality in Hong Kong.- Eutrophication Dynamics in Hong Kong Coastal Waters: Physical and Biological Interactions.- Marine Communities and Introduced Species in Pearl Harbor, O’ahu, Hawai’i.- Physical Environment in the Gulf of Thailand with Emphasis on Three Important Ports.- Environmental Issues in the Gulf of Thailand.- The Environment in Ho Chi Minh City Harbours.- Biophysical Environment of Manila Bay — Then and Now.- Manila Bay: Environmental Challenges and Opportunities.- Carbon Flux Through Bacteria in a Eutrophic Tropical Environment: Port Klang Waters.- Phytoplankton Structure in the Tropical Port Waters of Singapore.- Marine Habitats in One of the World’s Busiest Harbours.- The Physical Oceanography of Singapore Coastal Waters and Its Implications for Oil Spills.- Managing the Port of Jakarta Bay: Overcoming the Legacy of 400 Years of Adhoc Development.- Darwin Harbour: Water Quality and Ecosystem Structure on a Tropical Harbour in the Early Stages of Urban Development.- Hydrodynamicsof Darwin Harbour.- An Estuarine Ecohydrology Model of Darwin Harbour, Australia.- Is Harbour Development Ecologically Sustainable?.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Eric Wolanski, an internationally recognized coastal oceanographer, is a fellow of the Belgian Academy of Overseas Sciences, the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and the Institution of Engineers Australia. He was awarded an Australian Centenary medal for services in estuarine and coastal oceanography and he is a Leading Scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science with more than 270 publications.