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Coastal Zone Management: Global Perspectives, Regional Processes, Local Issues

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Availability:In StockContributor:Mu Ramkumar, Arthur James, David MenierPublish date:11/21/2018Pages:568
Languages:EnglishPublisher:ElsevierISBN-13:9780128143506ISBN-10:0128143509UPC:9780128143506Book Category:Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Physics, Earth Sciences, Public PolicyBook Topic:Geophysics, Oceanography, City Planning & Urban DevelopmentSize:9.25 x 7.50 x 1.16 inchesWeight:0.976Product ID:SC0D7QRGNN

Coastal Zone Management: Global Perspectives, Regional Processes, Local Issues brings together a vast range of interdisciplinary data on coastal zones in a concise, yet exhaustive format that will be useful to students, researchers, and teachers. The book contains several focused sections, all of which include individual chapters written by subject experts with considerable experience in their fields of research. Each chapter presents the latest research and status of its focus, with a concluding endnote on future trends. Topics covered in the book include the sea level and climate changes, evolution of coastlines, land-use dynamics and coastal hazards mitigation and management.

The global coast has faced the force of both climate hange and natural disasters, which continue to result in the loss of human life and degradation of quality of the coastal environment. Coastal Zone Management: Global Perspectives, Regional Processes, Local Issues provides the latest developments and key strategies to tackle this in a single comprehensive volume. It is an essential reference for scientists and researchers well-read on coastal zones, as well as those new to the subject.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:ElsevierISBN-13:9780128143506ISBN-10:0128143509UPC:9780128143506Book Category:Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Physics, Earth Sciences, Public PolicyBook Topic:Geophysics, Oceanography, City Planning & Urban DevelopmentSize:9.25 x 7.50 x 1.16 inchesWeight:0.976Product ID:SC0D7QRGNN
Dr. Mu. Ramkumar obtained his B.Sc. and Ph.D. from National College, Bharathidasan University, masters in geology from Annamalai University. His research interests range from Recent-Paleozoic depositional systems and integrated sequence-chemostratigraphy, and basin evolution. He has published about 100 articles author of 5 books (Cretaceous Sea Level Cycles, Marine Paleobiodiversity, Habitat Heterogeneity, Chemostratigraphy, River Basin etc.) and editor of 6 books published/in press by Elsevier, Springer, Wiley etc. He is a member of National Working Group on IGCP-609 Cretaceous Sea Level Cycles. He worked as research team leader and member in national international labs in India, Germany, Malaysia, France. He was the recipient of the prestigious Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship, Visiting Scientist (thrice), Germany, Visiting Professor (France), Young Scientist (twice), Government of India, and was included in the Marquee's Who's Who directory (USA) for 5 consecutive years. He was nominated for the prestigious Merh Award (Geological Society of India) for his work on Geomorphology. He serves as a member in review and editorial panels of about two dozen international geological journals.
Publisher: Elsevier

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Mu Ramkumar, Arthur James, David Menier

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