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Asian-Pacific Coasts and Their Management: States of Environment : States of Environment

Publication year: 2008

ISBN: 978-1-4020-3625-5

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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. 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.


Subject: Earth and Environmental Science, Asia, Asia-Pacific, Coast, Coastal management, East Asia, Import, Mangrove, Ocean, climate change, development, environmental change, erosion, sea level, sustainability, sustainable development, Oceanography, Environmental Management, Regional, Spatial Science, Geoecology, Natural Processes