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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Nicholls, Robert J. (Editor), Adger, W. Neil (Editor), Hutton, Craig W. (Editor), Hanson, Susan E. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Edition:	1st ed. 2020.
Subjects:	Environmental geography. Environment. Economic development-Environmental aspects. Environmental management. Environmental Geography. Environment Studies. Development and Sustainability. Environmental Management. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.