The last beach

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The geologists Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper sound the alarm in this frank assessment of our current relationship with beaches and the grim future if we do not change the way we understand and treat our irreplaceable shores.

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Title Statements

Full title :The last beach / Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper.

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Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Duke University Press
Place of Publication:Durham
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xviii, 237 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780822375944, 082237594X
oclc:ocn890564986
LC Classification:GB451.2
Dewey Decimal:363.700914/6

The end is nigh! -- Selling the family silver : beach-sand mining -- Indefensible : hard structures on soft sand -- Patch-up jobs : beach replenishment -- The plastisphere : trash on the beach -- Tar balls and magic pipes -- Stuck in a rut : driving on the beach -- The enemy within : beach pollution -- The international dimension of beach destruction -- The end is here.

Subjects

Beaches -- Environmental aspects BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure Écologie des rivages NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & … Plages -- Aspect de l'environnement Seashore ecology SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General