Life Force by Michael Tobias
This book discusses the identification of, solutions to, and management of threats to high population coastal cities and their seaports from global warming, climate change and endemic hazards. These include prevention of sea water intrusion of freshwater coastal aquifers, emplacement of barriers that mitigate the threats from sea level rise, and inundation of urban centers plus those from storm surges that cause flooding and salination of inshore terrain. The book assesses mitigation of the effects of extreme weather events such as drought, and major flooding from heavy rainfall on coastal urban centers, or on associated drainage basins. It also considers how coastal cities can counter vulnerabilities from other physical hazards (e.g., earthquakes - building codes) and health hazards (e.g., pollution, public health response - preparedness) that may be related to a city's geological/geographical location and service as a port of entry for goods and travelers (regional and international). The book also cites the high costs of safeguarding citizen and municipal assets, but notes possible sources of potential funding especially from less developed and developing nations. The book is written to give strong background information to students majoring in environmental sciences or those in other majors with interests in the effects of global warming/climate change, and will be of interest to social scientists, think tank personnel, government planners, and lay persons in environmentally oriented organizations.
Michael Tobias is an author, ecologist, animal rights advocate, and filmmaker. He is a frequent contributor to Forbes magazine and his books include The Adventures of Mr. Marigold, Voice of the Planet, and World War III: Population and the Biosphere at the End of the Millennium. Jane Gray Morrison is a filmmaker and coauthor, with Michael Tobias, of Donkey: The Mystique of Equus Asinus and God's Country: The New Zealand Factor. She is also a coauthor of No Vacancy: Global Responses to the Human Population Explosion and a coeditor of A Parliament of Souls: In Search of Global Spirituality. Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck is the first wife of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan. She is the Chief Patron of Mountain Echoes: a Literary Festival, and the Chief Patron to the Ministry of Agriculture. She is the author of Of Rainbows and Clouds: The Life of Yab Ugyen Dorji as Told to His Daughter and Treasures of the Thunder Dragon: A Portrait of Bhutan.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780875730806 |
| ISBN 10 | 0875730809 |
| Titel | Life Force |
| Autor | Michael Tobias |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Jain Publishing Co ,U.S. |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2000-11-06 |
| Seitenanzahl | 128 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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