| Description |
1 online resource (x, 144 pages) : color illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
A consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
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Consensus study report.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-133). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Background of the Gulf Coast system -- Research gaps -- Barriers to effective communication between scientists and stakeholders -- Defining a research agenda : priorities to increase understanding of long-term coastal zone dynamics |
| Summary |
"The U.S. Gulf Coast provides a valuable setting to study deeply connected natural and human interactions and feedbacks that have led to a complex, interconnected coastal system. The physical landscape in the region has changed significantly due to broad-scale, long-term processes such as coastal subsidence and river sediment deposition as well as short-term episodic events such as hurricanes. Modifications from human activities, including building levees and canals and constructing buildings and roads, have left their own imprint on the natural landscape. This coupled natural-human coastal system and the individual aspects within it (physical, ecological, and human) are under increased pressure from accelerating environmental stressors such as sea level rise, intensifying hurricanes, and continued population increase with its accompanying coastal development. Promoting the resilience and maintaining the habitability of the Gulf Coast into the future will need improved understanding of the coupled natural-human coastal system, as well as effective sharing of this understanding in support of decision-making and policies. Understanding the Long-term Evolution of the Coupled Natural-Human Coastal System presents a research agenda meant to enable a better understanding of the multiple and interconnected factors that influence long-term processes along the Gulf Coast. This report identifies scientific and technical gaps in understanding the interactions and feedbacks between human and natural processes, defines essential components of a research and development program in response to the identified gaps, and develops priorities for critical areas of research"--Publisher's description |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ecosystem management -- Gulf Coast (U.S.)
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Ecosystem management. |
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Gulf Coast (U.S.)
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, issuing body.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Ocean Studies Board, issuing body.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Environmental Change and Society, issuing body.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Understanding the long-term evolution of the coupled natural-human coastal system. Washington, DC : the National Academies Press 9780309475846 0309475848 (OCoLC)1044539190 |
| ISBN |
9780309475853 |
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0309475856 |
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9780309475877 (electronic book) |
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0309475872 (electronic book) |
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9780309475846 (paperback) |
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0309475848 (paperback) |
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