Overview
- Provides the most important scientific and management topics in marine environmental protection in a comprehensive way and clear language
- Gives readers the latest perspectives and best practices by renowned experts regarding functioning of marine ecosystems, natural processes, and anthropogenic pressures
- Acquaints readers with the intricacies and challenges of managing coasts and oceans more sustainably, and guides them through the thicket of concepts and strategies, laws and policies, and the various actors that define our ability to manage marine activities
- Essential for marine environmental scientists, policy-makers, lawyers, practitioners and concerned or interested readers
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Table of contents (54 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Natural Science Basics
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Front Matter
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Impacts of Sectoral Marine Activities
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Front Matter
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Impacts of Land-Based Activities
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About this book
This handbook is the first of its kind to provide a clear, accessible, and comprehensive introduction to the most important scientific and management topics in marine environmental protection. Leading experts discuss the latest perspectives and best practices in the field with a particular focus on the functioning of marine ecosystems, natural processes, and anthropogenic pressures. The book familiarizes readers with the intricacies and challenges of managing coasts and oceans more sustainably, and guides them through the maze of concepts and strategies, laws and policies, and the various actors that define our ability to manage marine activities. Providing valuable thematic insights into marine management to inspire thoughtful application and further study, it is essential reading for marine environmental scientists, policy-makers, lawyers, practitioners and anyone interested in the field.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Markus Salomon is marine biologist working for the German Advisory Council on the Environment. With more than a decade of experience in policy analysis and advice, he has a strong interest in marine environmental protection.Â
Till Markus is a senior legal researcher at the Research Centre for European Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, University of Bremen. He has published extensively in the areas of environmental and international law.
ÂBibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook on Marine Environment Protection
Book Subtitle: Science, Impacts and Sustainable Management
Editors: Markus Salomon, Till Markus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60156-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60154-0Published: 12 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09651-9Published: 23 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60156-4Published: 31 January 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 1024
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 143 illustrations in colour
Topics: Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Environmental Sociology, International Environmental Law