The Urban Sea
Author: Lee E. Koppelman
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 1976-10-01
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ISBN-13: 9780275090104
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Author: Lee E. Koppelman
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 1976-10-01
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ISBN-13: 9780275090104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James S. Latimer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-11-22
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 146146126X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe U.S. Ocean Commission Report identified the need for regional ecosystem assessments to support coastal and ocean management. These assessments must provide greater understanding of physical and biological dynamics than assessments at global and national scales can provide but transcend state and local interests. This need and timeliness is apparent for Long Island Sound, where a multi-state regional restoration program is underway for America’s most urbanized estuary. Synthesis of the Long Island Sound ecosystem is needed to integrate knowledge across disciplines and provide insight into understanding and managing pressing issues, such as non-point sources of pollution, coastal development, global climatic change, and invasive species. Currently, there is a need for a comprehensive volume that summarizes the ecological and environmental dynamics and status of Long Island Sound and its myriad ecosystems. It has been 30 years since a comprehensive summary of Long Island Sound was prepared and 50 years since the pioneering work of Gordon Riley. Major advances in estuarine science are providing new insights into these systems, and yet, the condition of many estuaries is in decline in the face of continuing coastal development. There is an opportunity to lay a foundation for integrative coastal observing systems that truly provide the foundation for improved decision-making. This book will provide a key reference of our scientific understanding for work performed over the past three decades and guide future research and monitoring in a dynamic urbanized estuary.
Author: Lee Koppelman
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 254
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 223
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alan F. Blumberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-11
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 1107191998
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the physics of the coastal ocean, for advanced students, researchers, urban planners, and environmental engineers.
Author: New York Ocean Science Laboratory
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 61
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alan F. Blumberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-11-01
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 1108126405
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book introduces the new discipline of urban oceanography, providing a deeper understanding of the physics of the coastal ocean in an urban setting. The authors explore how the coastal ocean impacts with the humans who live, work and play along its shores; and in turn how human activities impact the health and dynamics of the coastal ocean. Fundamental topics covered include: the governing dynamical equations; tidal and circulation processes; variation of salinity and freshwater fluxes; watershed pollutants; observing systems; and climate change. Bridging the gaps between the fields of engineering, physical and social sciences, economics, and policy, this book is for anyone who wishes to learn about the physics, chemistry, and biology of coastal waters. It will support an introductory course on urban oceanography at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level, and will also prove invaluable as a reference text for researchers, professionals, coastal urban planners, and environmental engineers.
Author: Dennis Hardy
Publisher: Blue Gecko Books
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780957568501
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt the crossroads of continents, the Mediterranean is an urban sea. Across its waters have come ideas as well as people, trade as well as war. This title explores the importance of this sea by drawing on the findings of recent visits to 15 cities as well as specially commissioned photographs.
Author: Joerg Baumeister
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-11-28
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9811587485
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents and discusses a strategy which includes four approaches to dealing with the risk of sea-level rise and other water hazards. It also offers opportunities for cities to explore urban extensions such as marine estates, aquatic food production systems, new sea related industries, maritime transport developments, new oceanic tourist attractions, and the designation of additional coastal ecological zones. The urban interface between Sea and Cities generates, therefore, both burning issues and valuable opportunities and raises the question of whether it is possible to solve the former by exploiting the latter?
Author: Scott D. Kraus
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2007-02-15
Total Pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9780674023277
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1980 a group of scientists censusing marine mammals in the Bay of Fundy was astonished by the sight of 25 right whales. Until that time, scientists believed the North Atlantic right whale was extinct or nearly so. The sightings electrified the research community, spurring a quarter century of exploration, which is documented here.