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The geologists Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper sound the alarm in this frank assessment of our current relationship with beaches and the grim future if we do not change the way we understand and treat our irreplaceable shores.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934- (Autor), Cooper, J. A. G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Seashore ecology.
Beaches > Environmental aspects.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Écologie des rivages.
Plages > Aspect de l'environnement.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The end is nigh!
  • Selling the family silver : beach-sand mining
  • Indefensible : hard structures on soft sand
  • Patch-up jobs : beach replenishment
  • The plastisphere : trash on the beach
  • Tar balls and magic pipes
  • Stuck in a rut : driving on the beach
  • The enemy within : beach pollution
  • The international dimension of beach destruction
  • The end is here.

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