The battle for North Carolina's coast: evolutionary history, present crisis, and vision for the future
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| Grouping Title | battle for north carolinas coast evolutionary history present crisis and vision for the future |
| Grouping Author | stanley r riggs |
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The North Carolina barrier islands, a 325-mile-long string of narrow sand islands that forms the coast of North Carolina, are one of the most beloved areas to live and visit in the United States. However, extensive barrier island segments and their associated wetlands are in jeopardy. In The Battle for North Carolina's Coast, four experts on coastal dynamics examine issues that threaten this national treasure.
According to the authors, the North Carolina barrier islands are not permanent. Rather, they are highly mobile piles of sand that are impacted by sea-level rise and major storms and hurricanes. Our present development and management policies for these changing islands are in direct conflict with their natural dynamics. Revealing the urgency of the environmental and economic problems facing coastal North Carolina, this essential book offers a hopeful vision for the coast's future if we are willing to adapt to the barriers' ongoing and natural processes. This will require a radical change in our thinking about development and new approaches to the way we visit and use the coast. Ultimately, we cannot afford to lose these unique and valuable islands of opportunity. This book is an urgent call to protect our coastal resources and preserve our coastal economy.
According to the authors, the North Carolina barrier islands are not permanent. Rather, they are highly mobile piles of sand that are impacted by sea-level rise and major storms and hurricanes. Our present development and management policies for these changing islands are in direct conflict with their natural dynamics. Revealing the urgency of the environmental and economic problems facing coastal North Carolina, this essential book offers a hopeful vision for the coast's future if we are willing to adapt to the barriers' ongoing and natural processes. This will require a radical change in our thinking about development and new approaches to the way we visit and use the coast. Ultimately, we cannot afford to lose these unique and valuable islands of opportunity. This book is an urgent call to protect our coastal resources and preserve our coastal economy.
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Barrier islands -- North Carolina
Coast changes -- North Carolina
Geology, Structural -- North Carolina
Paleoceanography -- Quaternary
Shorelines -- Monitoring -- North Carolina
Coast changes -- North Carolina
Geology, Structural -- North Carolina
Paleoceanography -- Quaternary
Shorelines -- Monitoring -- North Carolina
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The battle for North Carolina's coast : evolutionary history, present crisis, and vision for the future
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The Battle for North Carolina's Coast Evolutionary History, Present Crisis, and Vision for the Future
The battle for North Carolina's coast : evolutionary history, present crisis, and vision for the future / Stanley R. Riggs [and others]
The battle for North Carolina's coast : evolutionary history, present crisis, and vision for the future / Stanley R. Riggs [and others]
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The battle for North Carolina's coast
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evolutionary history, present crisis, and vision for the future
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Barrier islands
Coast changes
Geology, Structural
History
Monitoring
Nature
Nonfiction
Paleoceanography
Shorelines
Coast changes
Geology, Structural
History
Monitoring
Nature
Nonfiction
Paleoceanography
Shorelines
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