| 期刊全称 | Asia-Pacific Coasts and Their Management | | 期刊简称 | States of Environmen | | 影响因子2023 | Nobuo Mimura | | 视频video | | | 发行地址 | Provides state-of-the-art understanding of the state of the environment.Structural approach consisting of drivers, state, and responses to the coastal environmental changes.Describes both local and gl | | 学科分类 | Coastal Systems and Continental Margins | | 图书封面 |  | | 影响因子 | .The Asia-Pacific region is home to the world’s largest region of coral reefs and mangroves. It accommodates two-thirds of the world’s human population and its economic activities have the highest growth rate in the world. Ongoing degradation of the environment, resulting from coastal development, deforestation, desertification and over-harvesting, are becoming a matter of great concern, as floods and droughts occur as a result of this degradation. The Asia-Pacific region also includes part of the ‘Pacific Rim of Fire’ and is, therefore, vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis, as the world became aware following the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004. Threats of global environmental change, such as climate change and sea-level rise, will exacerbate such problems. Therefore, appropriate policies and measures are needed for coastal management, to address both the local and global trends. This book gives an overview of the state-of-the-art understanding on the drivers, state, and responses to coastal environmental changes in the Asia-Pacific region. It provides excellent perspectives on current and anticipated environmental changes in the region’s coastal areas, to res | | Pindex | Book 2008 |
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