Changing Land Use Patterns in the Coastal Zone : Managing Environmental Quality in Rapidly Developing Regions /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kleppel, G. S. (Editor ), DeVoe, M. Richard. (Editor ), Rawson, Mac V. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Springer Series on Environmental Management,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction—The Effects of Changing Land Use Patterns on Marine Resources: Setting a Research Agenda to Facilitate Management
  • Introduction—The Effects of Changing Land Use Patterns on Marine Resources: Setting a Research Agenda to Facilitate Management
  • Trends in Coastal Population Growth—Policies and Predictions
  • Trends in Land Use Policy and Development in the Coastal Southeast
  • Predicting Trajectories of Urban Growth in the Coastal Southeast
  • Urban Typology and Estuarine Biodiversity in Rapidly Developing Coastal Watersheds
  • Coastal Hydrology and Geochemistry
  • The Relationship of Hydrodynamics to Morphology in Tidal Creek and Salt Marsh Systems of South Carolina and Georgia
  • The Role of Tidal Wetlands in Estuarine Nutrient Cycling
  • Evaluating the Potential Importance of Groundwater-Derived Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Inputs to South Carolina and Georgia Coastal Ecosystems
  • Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Estuarine Condition
  • Contaminants and Their Effects
  • Chemical Contaminants Entering Estuaries in the South Atlantic Bight as a Result of Current and Past Land Use
  • Models of Coastal Stress: Review and Future Challenges
  • Alternatives to Coliform Bacteria as Indicators of Human Impact on Coastal Ecosystems
  • Afterword—Managing Coastal Urbanization and Development in the Twenty-First Century: The Need for a New Paradigm
  • Afterword—Managing Coastal Urbanization and Development in the Twenty-First Century: The Need for a New Paradigm.