The urban ocean : the interaction of cities with water /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Blumberg, Alan F. (Author), Bruno, Michael S. (Author)
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Coasts > Environmental aspects. Coastal zone management. Urban ecology (Biology) Coast changes. Electronic books. Urban ecology (Sociology)
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Overview: people and water; 2. Characteristics of seawater; 3. Urban ocean characteristics; 4. Governing dynamics; 5. Mass, salt and temperature 'conservation'; 6. Water level changes; 7. Estuarine and coastal ocean flows; 8. Urban meteorology; 9. Coastal processes and shoreline modification; 10. Marine pollution; 11. Coastal extreme events: the risks and the responses; 12. Coastal ocean observing systems; 13. Climate change; 14. Cities and water
building resilience; References; Index.