Overview
- 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)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (13 chapters)
Keywords
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
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