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Coast lines : how mapmakers frame the world and chart environmental change /
In the next century, sea levels are predicted to rise at unprecedented rates, causing flooding around the world, from the islands of Malaysia and the canals of Venice to the coasts of Florida and California. These rising water levels pose serious challenges to all aspects of coastal existence--chief...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the next century, sea levels are predicted to rise at unprecedented rates, causing flooding around the world, from the islands of Malaysia and the canals of Venice to the coasts of Florida and California. These rising water levels pose serious challenges to all aspects of coastal existence--chiefly economic, residential, and environmental--as well as to the cartographic definition and mapping of coasts. It is this facet of coastal life that Mark Monmonier tackles in Coast Lines. Setting sail on a journey across shifting landscapes, cartographic technology, and climate change, Monmonier reveal. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-214) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226534046 0226534049 1281965995 9781281965998 9786611965990 6611965998 |