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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934- (Author), Cooper, J. A. G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Beaches > Environmental aspects.
Seashore ecology.
Plages > Aspect de l'environnement.
Écologie des rivages.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Beaches > Environmental aspects
Seashore ecology
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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