Editors:
- An integrated coastal management approach to the Mississippi delta
- Comprehensive approach to management of the delta ranging from geophysical to socio-economics
- Includes fisheries, wetlands and eutrophication, navigation and flood control, human communities, historical geology of the delta, river geomorphology, and sustainable management
- Deals with future trends such as climate change and energy scarcity
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Estuaries of the World (EOTW)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This impressive collection of papers deals with ‘the once and future delta,’ highlighting the current tumultuous state of the Mississippi River and its watershed. … Chapters contain illustrations, many in color, and provide ample reference lists for further study. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; two-year technical program students.” (P. R. Pinet, Choice, Vol. 52 (7), March, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
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Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
John W. Day
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School of Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
G. Paul Kemp
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Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, USA
Angelina M. Freeman
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Mississippi River Delta Restoration Camp, National Wildlife Federation, New Orleans, USA
David P. Muth
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Perspectives on the Restoration of the Mississippi Delta
Book Subtitle: The Once and Future Delta
Editors: John W. Day, G. Paul Kemp, Angelina M. Freeman, David P. Muth
Series Title: Estuaries of the World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8733-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8732-1Published: 28 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0759-4Published: 27 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-8733-8Published: 16 May 2014
Series ISSN: 2214-1553
Series E-ISSN: 2214-1561
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 194
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations, 51 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Climate Change, Coastal Sciences