The Edge: The Pressured Past and Precarious Future of California's Coast
The Edge: The Pressured Past and Precarious Future of California's Coast
Steinhardt, Kim
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9781610353090, Publication Date: Sun, October 1, 2017, Type: Paperback ,
join & start selling
description
pshot of the California coast's past, present, and probable future in a time of climate change and expanding human activity. Written by two marine experts who grew up on the coast, The Edge is both a celebration of the coast's natural and cultural uniqueness and a warning of the many complex changes that threaten that uniqueness.

The Pacific coast is the most iconic region of California and one of the most fascinating and rapidly changing places in the world. Densely populated, urbanized, and industrialized -- but also home to wilderness with complex, fragile ecosystems -- the coast is the place where humanity and nature coexist in a precarious balance that is never perfectly stable. As ocean levels rise, coastal communities are starting to erode, and entire neighborhoods have been lost to the sea. Coastal ecosystems and wildlife that were already stressed by human settlement now face new dangers, some threatening their very existence. The combined impacts of climate change, housing and commercial growth, commercial fisheries, oil drilling and production, along with environmental advocacy, all come together to define the future of the region. A masterful and sweeping synthesis of environmental and social science, The Edge presents a comprehensive portrait of natural and cultural history -- the story of the people, communities, industries, ecology, and wildlife of the California coast.

reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

Bees in Their Ecosystems

by Hammond, Olivia

Hardcover /Library Binding

Classifying Animals

by Earley, Christina

Paperback /Paperback

$6.71

Slow Down and Be Here ...

by Brand, Laura

Hardcover /Hardcover

$17.24

listens & views

ONE ONE (UK)

by HERBERT,MATTHEW

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$21.99

PIANO WORKS

by SCIARRINO,SALVATORE

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$15.99

SOPHOMORE JINX

by LEDE,DODD MICHAEL

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$9.49

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.