Editors:
- Broadens the understanding of 21st century global trends and their implications for the sustainability of the Mississippi delta
- Equips the reader with a conceptual framework for understanding 21st century sustainability, as related to coastal areas
- Offers a provocative new approach to understanding the major changes that will be necessary to achieve coastal sustainability
Part of the book series: Estuaries of the World (EOTW)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is a new and provocative treatment dealing with and defining sustainable pathways for the restoration of the Mississippi Delta. Based on a consideration of natural functioning of the Mississippi delta, factors that led to its severe deterioration, and major global trajectories of the 21st century, the authors investigate possible future pathways for sustainable management of the delta. They consider current conditions as well as future trajectories of climate and energy and resource scarcity. The book concludes that without profound changes of how humans live in and manage the delta, sustainability of the delta will be profoundly compromised.
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 Architecture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Jori A. Erdman
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mississippi Delta Restoration
Book Subtitle: Pathways to a sustainable future
Editors: John W. Day, Jori A. Erdman
Series Title: Estuaries of the World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65663-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65662-5Published: 08 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88076-1Published: 31 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65663-2Published: 23 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2214-1553
Series E-ISSN: 2214-1561
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 260
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 126 illustrations in colour
Topics: Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Coastal Sciences, Environmental Management