Deltas in the Anthropocene

The Anthropocene is the human-dominated modern era that has accelerated social, environmental and climate change across the world in the last few decades. This open access book examines the challenges the Anthropocene presents to the sustainable management of deltas, both the many threats as well as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Nicholls, Robert J. (Editor), Nicholls, Robert J. editor (editor), Adger, W. Neil. editor, Hutton, Craig W. editor, Hanson, Susan E. editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham Springer Nature 2020
Cham : 2020.
Edición:1st ed. 2020.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009431295706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Delta challenges and trade-offs from the Holocene to the Anthropocene
  • 2. Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta, Bangladesh and India: A transnational mega-delta
  • 3. The Mahanadi Delta: A rapidly developing delta in India
  • 4. The Volta Delta, Ghana: challenges in an African setting
  • 5. Fluvial sediment supply and relative sea-level rise
  • 6. Hotspots of present and future risk within deltas; hazards, exposure and vulnerability
  • 7. Where people live and move in deltas
  • 8. Delta economics and sustainability
  • 9. Adapting to change: People and policies
  • 10. Choices: Future trade-offs and plausible pathways
  • 11. Sustainable deltas in the Anthropocene.