Coasts Under Stress: Restructuring and Social-Ecological Health [Paperback]

Rosemary E. Ommer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0773532250 | ISBN-13: 978-0773532250 | Publication Date: May 2008

While coasts are often places of unsurpassed beauty, many coastal communities suffer from poverty, unemployment, health risks, and the effects of environmental degradation. "Coasts Under Stress" is a unique inter-disciplinary exploration of the complex interplay of economy, culture, environment, and health in the coastal communities of eastern and western Canada. Rosemary Ommer and her project team combine formal scientific (natural and social) and humanist analysis with an examination of the lived experience of coastal people.They analyze community erosion created by economic decline and the ecosystem damage caused by unrelenting industrial pressure on natural resources and look at the history of coastal communities, their resource bases, their economies, and the way the lives of people are embedded in their environments. "Coasts Under Stress" shows that many coastal people are determined to survive in the places they love and stresses the need for investment to encourage the recovery of coastal communities.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book represents an excellent example of research in resilience and adaptation that is grounded in data and makes a meaningful contribution to our understanding of and response to stresses on coastal socio-ecological systems. It stands out as a large integrated study. The bi-coastal perspective is particularly important as interdisciplinary analysis of coastal systems are generally under-represented, especially in northerly regions." Maribeth S. Murray, University of Alaska Fairbanks

About the Author

Rosemary E. Ommer heads the Coasts Under Stress Research project Team. She is the SSHRC grants facilitator and co-director, Institute for Social Ecological Studies, University of Victoria.<br><br>The Coasts Under Stress Research Project Team is made up natura

Product Details

• Paperback: 574 pages
• Publisher: Mcgill Queens Univ Pr (May 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0773532250
• ISBN-13: 978-0773532250
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #882,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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