Coastal ecosystems make up some of the most important, yet most
endangered, regions in the world. The protection of the unique
processes that take place in these ecosystems requires that
partnerships be formed among ecologists, resource managers, and
planners.
Experienced in the challenges of coastal system analysis, the
contributors to this book provide multidisciplinary guidance on the
assessment and management of environmental impacts caused by
development. Each chapter examines an issue important to these
fragile ecosystems, first presenting a non-technical summary of the
issue and a review of the current state of the knowledge, then
following with data and a more detailed consideration of the topic.
Functioning both as a practical guide, accessible to nonscientists,
and as a rigorous scientific source book, Changing Land Use
Patterns in the Coastal Zone will be useful to ecologists, urban
and regional planners, resource managers, policymakers and
students. While many of the case studies included in this volume
are drawn from studies in the southeastern United States, the
examples and lessons provided will be relevant to those working in
all coastal environments.
About the Editors:
G. S. Kleppel is Professor and Director of the Biodiversity,
Conservation and Policy Program at the State University of New York
at Albany. M. Richard DeVoe is Executive Director of the South
Carolina Sea Grant Consortium in Charleston, South Carolina. Mac V.
Rawson, Jr. is Director of the Georgia Sea Grant Program at the
University of Georgia, Athens.
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