| The Oceans: Key Issues in Marine Affairs 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Smith, Hance D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 140202746X ISBN-13: 9781402027468 Publisher: Springer
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: November 2004 Annotation: The oceans provide a truly millennial challenge for both the development and management of planet earth by humankind. Awareness of the nature and scale of this challenge, the opportunities and the limitations, has been developing over the past three decades. In particular, new approaches to the development of the law of the sea, the division of the oceans among states, and new thinking on institutions will be needed in the transition to the new millennium. Understanding of the newness of the challenges has to be underpinned by understanding of the uses of the sea in terms of major sectors, and recognition of the importance of the many regional worlds of perception, understanding and action which link the diverse ocean environment to the diversity of human culture. This book covers all these themes in depth. It is aimed at both academics and students in higher education, and practitioners in the rapidly growing fields of ocean and coastal management in the public, private, and voluntary sectors. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Science | Earth Sciences - Oceanography |
| Dewey: 551.46 |
| Series: Geojournal Library |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.46 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: HANCE D. SMITH 1. Introduction The millennium has been widely regarded as a time to take stock among other things, of the planet and its relationships with the people who inhabit it. Why this should be so is not always clear, apart from an apparent fixation with counting years. Further, the fact that the counting itself is based on the origins of the Christian religion is, for many, not of primary significance. Even if it is, counting in this way may still not be clear. And yet there are arguably sound reasons for taking stock at this time. Most obviously since the European 'industrial revolution' pressures on the environment caused by human activities have increased inexorably. At global level, over the past three decades in particular, environmental concerns have undoubtedly become a major political force. In a marine context, the Law of the Sea Convention concluded in 1982 is one manifestation of this. These pressures are in turn linked to technological and economic factors which are inextricably intertwined in any understanding of environmental impacts. Of special note are the implications of this for the exploitation of marine resources, in the periodic 'long waves' of economic expansion and contraction, each lasting for around or just over half a century, coupled with technological advances evident in the fishing and offshore oil industries in particular. |
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