The Ecosystem Approach to Marine Planning and Management

by Chris Frid and Andy Plater

The marine environment is one of our most precious yet fragile natural resources. It provides a wide range of essential goods and services, including food, regulation of climate and nutrient cycling, as well as a setting for transport, recreation and tourism. This environment is however extremely complex and very sensitive to development pressures and other forms of human influence. Planning and management of the sea are similarly complicated,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849711836
• ISBN13: 9781849711838
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"