Edge : The Pressured Past and Precarious Future of California's Coast - Kim Steinhardt

Edge

The Pressured Past and Precarious Future of California's Coast

By: Kim Steinhardt, Gary Griggs

Paperback | 1 October 2017

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A sweeping and dramatic portrait of today's California coastline - its communities, people, culture, and environmental challenges.

The Pacific coast is the most iconic region of California and one of the most fascinating and rapidly changing places in the world. Densely populated, urbanised, and industrialised - but also home to wilderness with complex, fragile ecosystems - the coast is the place where humanity and nature coexist in a precarious balance that is never perfectly stable.

The Edge is a dramatic snapshot of the California coast's past, present, and probable future in a time of climate change and expanding human activity. Written by two marine experts who grew up on the coast, The Edge is both a celebration of the coast's natural and cultural uniqueness and a warning of the many complex changes that threaten that uniqueness.

As ocean levels rise, coastal communities are starting to erode, and entire neighborhoods have been lost to the sea. Coastal ecosystems and wildlife that were already stressed by human settlement now face new dangers, some threatening their very existence. The combined impacts of climate change, housing and commercial growth, commercial fisheries, oil drilling and production, along with environmental advocacy, all come together to define the future of the region.

A masterful and sweeping synthesis of environmental and social science, The Edge presents a comprehensive portrait of natural and cultural history - the story of the people, communities, industries, ecology, and wildlife of the California coast.

About the Authors

Kim Steinhardt delivers popular lectures and photographic programs exploring the universe of sea otters and coastal conservation for aquariums and marine centers, universities, state parks, and other audiences.

Gary Griggs has written or coauthored ten books about the coast and coastal issues both in California and globally.
Industry Reviews
"Steinhardt and Griggs have created a delightful and insightful tour of California's coastal edge, past, present, and future. They do a masterful job of weaving together the interconnections of the changing natural world over different time scales with the changing societal landscape and human interventions to modify the coastal edge as population grew and societal priorities changed. I recommend this book to all who are interested in one of the most beautiful coasts in the world." Jerry R. Schubel, Ph.D., President and CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific

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