Vanishing Sands – Losing Beaches to Mining
Autor Orrin H. Pilkey, Norma J. Longo, William J. Neal, Nelson G. Rangel–buitrago, Keith C. Pilkeyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 ian 2023
Preț: 161.68 lei
Nou
Puncte Express: 243
Preț estimativ în valută:
30.94€ • 32.31$ • 25.65£
30.94€ • 32.31$ • 25.65£
Carte disponibilă
Livrare economică 21 ianuarie-04 februarie 25
Livrare express 04-10 ianuarie 25 pentru 32.96 lei
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781478018797
ISBN-10: 1478018798
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 56 illustrations, including 53 in color
Dimensiuni: 186 x 254 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press
ISBN-10: 1478018798
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 56 illustrations, including 53 in color
Dimensiuni: 186 x 254 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press
Cuprins
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
1. Who’s Mining the Shore? 1
2. Sand: Earth’s Most Remarkable Mineral Resource 21
3. Singapore Sand Bandits: Sitting on Asia’s Sandpile 43
4. The Sands of Crime: Mafia, Sand Robbers, and Law Benders 56
5. Sand Rivers to the Beach: Choked Flow 77
6. Barbuda and Other Islands: Lessons from the Caribbean 97
7. A Summoner’s Thirteen Tales: South America’s Coastal Sand Mining 118
8. A Different Kind of Sand Mining: Legal but Destructive 143
9. Africa Sands: Desert Abundance—Coastal Dearth 167
10. Beach Mining: Truths and Solutions 185
Appendix A. Sand Mining Violent Events 195
Appendix B. Sand Rights: Bringing Back Reason 197
References 201
Contributors 233
Index 235
Acknowledgments xv
1. Who’s Mining the Shore? 1
2. Sand: Earth’s Most Remarkable Mineral Resource 21
3. Singapore Sand Bandits: Sitting on Asia’s Sandpile 43
4. The Sands of Crime: Mafia, Sand Robbers, and Law Benders 56
5. Sand Rivers to the Beach: Choked Flow 77
6. Barbuda and Other Islands: Lessons from the Caribbean 97
7. A Summoner’s Thirteen Tales: South America’s Coastal Sand Mining 118
8. A Different Kind of Sand Mining: Legal but Destructive 143
9. Africa Sands: Desert Abundance—Coastal Dearth 167
10. Beach Mining: Truths and Solutions 185
Appendix A. Sand Mining Violent Events 195
Appendix B. Sand Rights: Bringing Back Reason 197
References 201
Contributors 233
Index 235