Water Resources and Coastal Management
Water Resources and Coastal Management

Author: R. Kerry Turner

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13:

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Discusses efforts to balance use of the goods and services produced by coastal ecosystems with the equitable distribution of the consequent welfare gains and losses. The 33 papers describe basic scientific concepts, the natural variability of coastal zone environments, the effects of human activities, valuation of coastal resources, and adjacent seas. Topics include relative sea-level rise, fixed link projects in Denmark, learning from integrated coastal management experiences, valuing mangrove-fishery linkages in Mexico, and an action plan to clean up the Baltic Sea. The articles are reprinted from journals, magazines, and books published in the 1990s. No subject index. c. Book News Inc.

Ecology and Conservation of Southeast Asian Marine and Freshwater Environments including Wetlands
Ecology and Conservation of Southeast Asian Marine and Freshwater Environments including Wetlands

Author: A. Sasekumar

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 9401109583

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A major concern among ecologists in and outside the ASEAN region is the degradation of the environment, and the overexploitation of freshwater and marine resources. There is as yet no indication that freshwater and marine resources are being managed on a sustainable basis, and loss of wetlands, whether freshwater swamps or mangrove swamps, is a major problem in the ASEAN region. Reclamation of mangrove swamps for aquaculture and agriculture seems to be a continuous activity here and the status of marine parks should also be examined in the light of recent resort development acitivities on small islands. This volume contains numerous recommendations for the promotion of ecological studies and regional cooperation in marine, freshwater ecology and conservation, with special emphasis on the common water masses like the Strait of Malacca, Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea.