Overview
- Unique book on coastal and marine natural World Heritage sites
- Presents the world’s most spectacular coastal and marine area, in both a scenic and scientific way
- Discusses the culture, biodiversity and conservation of UNESCO’s coastal and marine natural sites
- Excellently illustrated
Part of the book series: Coastal Research Library (COASTALRL, volume 28)
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Table of contents (85 chapters)
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World Heritage on Continental Coasts: North America
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Front Matter
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World Heritage on Continental Coasts: Oceania
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Front Matter
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World Heritage on Continental Coasts: South America
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Front Matter
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World Coastal Heritage in Islands, Gulfs and Reefs: Arctic Ocean
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About this book
This book presents the natural, environmental and scenic richness of the world’s coastal and marine areas classified by UNESCO as “Natural World Heritage Sites”. Representing well-preserved areas of exceptional significance to the planet and to humankind, they include a total of 49 marine sites, formed by reefs, atolls and gulfs, and 35 coastal sites in all oceans and all continents with exception of Antarctica. They are being protected and preserved from most degrading uses for future generations as an important legacy from the past. Exploring their richness, this book analyzes and explains these sites in a clear, understandable, scientific way, and is of interest to all who work in or care about the geosciences, environmental sciences and biosciences.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Vanda Claudino-Sales is a geographer who holds a PhD in Environmental Geography from the Sorbonne University, Paris, and a post-doctorate in Coastal Geomorphology from the University of South Florida, USA. She is a retired professor of the Department of Geography of the Federal University of Ceara and a visiting professor at the Department of Geography of the State University of Acarau Valley, in Brazil. She was a visiting professor at the Department of Geography at the Sorbonne and at the Coastal Laboratory of the University of South Florida. She is Vice-President for South America of the Coastal and Educational Research Foundation – CERF. She also participates in environmental activism in Brazil. Her research focuses on geoscience, coastal geomorphology, megageomorphology and geoconservation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Coastal World Heritage Sites
Authors: Vanda Claudino-Sales
Series Title: Coastal Research Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1528-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1526-1Published: 25 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1648-0Published: 03 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-94-024-1528-5Published: 07 September 2018
Series ISSN: 2211-0577
Series E-ISSN: 2211-0585
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXI, 602
Number of Illustrations: 103 b/w illustrations, 150 illustrations in colour
Topics: Coastal Sciences, Geomorphology, Ecosystems, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions)