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Elsevier Science & Technology Coasts And Estuaries: The Future 1St Edition by Eric Wolanski , John W. Day ,Mike Elliott , Ramachandran Ramesh
Coasts And Estuaries: The Future Provides Valuable Information On How We Can Protect And Maintain Natural Ecological Structures While Also Allowing Estuaries To Deliver Services That Produce Societal Goods And Benefits. These Issues Are Addressed Through Chapters Detailing Case Studies From Estuaries And Coastal Waters Worldwide Presenting A Full Range Of Natural Variability And Human Pressures. Following This A Series Of Chapters Written By Scientific Leaders Worldwide Synthesizes The Problems And Offers Solutions For Specific Issues Graded Within The Framework Of The Socio-Economic-Environmental Mosaic. These Include Fisheries Climate Change Coastal Megacities Evolving Human-Nature Interactions Remediation Measures And Integrated Coastal Management.The Problems Faced By Half Of The World Living Near Coasts Are Truly A Worldwide Challenge As Well As An Opportunity For Scientists To Study Commonalities And Differences And Provide Solutions. This Book Is Centered Around The Proposed Dapsi(W)R(M) Framework Where Drivers Of Basic Human Needs Requires Activities That Each Produce Pressures. The Pressures Are Mechanisms Of State Change On The Natural System And Impacts On Societal Welfare (Including Well-Being). These Problems Then Require Responses Which Are The Solutions Relating To Governance Socio-Economic And Cultural Measures (Scharin Et Al 2016).