Coastal and Marine Environmental Education

Coastal and Marine Environmental Education
Author: Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2019-02-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030051382

This book provides a broad overview of how the promotion of ocean and coastal literacy is being planned, applied and evaluated in Brazil, a country of continental dimensions with a great diversity of cultural, educational and social realities. It discusses a range of target groups, from children to adults; formal and informal strategies; and various promoting players, such as groups/institutions. Researchers representing Brazilian academic institutions and NGOs share their environmental education (EE) experiences in Brazil and describe the main concerns regarding the marine and coastal environments as well as how they are addressing these concerns in their EE projects. This book is of interest to anyone who is looking for ways of designing and implementing EE activities with a robust theoretical background in different socio-cultural scenarios.

Exemplary Practices in Marine Science Education

Exemplary Practices in Marine Science Education
Author: Géraldine Fauville
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2018-06-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319907786

This edited volume is the premier book dedicated exclusively to marine science education and improving ocean literacy, aiming to showcase exemplary practices in marine science education and educational research in this field on a global scale. It informs, inspires, and provides an intellectual forum for practitioners and researchers in this particular context. Subject areas include sections on marine science education in formal, informal and community settings. This book will be useful to marine science education practitioners (e.g. formal and informal educators) and researchers (both education and science).

Marine Environmental Biology and Conservation

Marine Environmental Biology and Conservation
Author: Daniel W. Beckman
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2013
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0763773506

"Written for the upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level course, Marine Environmental Biology and Conservation provides an introduction to the environmental and anthropogenic threats facing the world's oceans and outlines the steps that can and should be taken to protect these vital habitats"--

Remote Sensing and Modeling

Remote Sensing and Modeling
Author: Charles W. Finkl
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 331906326X

This book is geared for advanced level research in the general subject area of remote sensing and modeling as they apply to the coastal marine environment. The various chapters focus on the latest scientific and technical advances in the service of better understanding coastal marine environments for their care, conservation and management. Chapters specifically deal with advances in remote sensing coastal classifications, environmental monitoring, digital ocean technological advances, geophysical methods, geoacoustics, X-band radar, risk assessment models, GIS applications, real-time modeling systems, and spatial modeling. Readers will find this book useful because it summarizes applications of new research methods in one of the world’s most dynamic and complicated environments. Chapters in this book will be of interest to specialists in the coastal marine environment who deals with aspects of environmental monitoring and assessment via remote sensing techniques and numerical modeling.

Ocean Literacy: Understanding the Ocean

Ocean Literacy: Understanding the Ocean
Author: Kostis C. Koutsopoulos
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2021-06-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030701557

This book provides an original review of Ocean Literacy as a component of public policy in Europe and beyond. The impact of the ocean on human activities is one of the most significant environmental issues facing humanity. By offering valuable insights into the interrelationships between geography, environment, marine science and education, the book explores key issues relating to the future of our planet and the way people respond to them. This volume discusses concepts concerning citizenship education and co-creation and the role of public policy and different international initiatives in raising awareness and mitigating the effects of over-use and misuse of valuable resources. A range of innovative projects are presented and evaluated from the local to national and global levels.This book advances knowledge and provides a picture of these advances, presents the issues and challenges, including the important role that geography education and geographical awareness could play in advancing the case for Ocean Literacy.This crossdisciplinary book appeals to students and scientists as well as professionals and practitioners in geography, environmental and marine sciences, international policy and many related fields.

Marine and Coastal Resource Management

Marine and Coastal Resource Management
Author: David R. Green
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2017-09-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1136460330

In this new and highly original textbook for a range of interdisciplinary courses and degree programmes focusing on marine and coastal resource management, readers are offered an introduction to the subject matter, a broad perspective and understanding, case study applications, and a reference source. Each chapter is written by an international authority and expert in the respective field, providing perspectives from physical and human geography, marine biology and fisheries, planning and surveying, law, technology, environmental change, engineering, and tourism. In addition to an overview of the theory and practice of its subject area, many chapters include detailed case studies to illustrate the applications, including relationships to decision-making requirements at local, regional, and national levels. Each chapter also includes a list of references for further reading, with a selection of key journal papers and URLs. Overall, this volume provides a key textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate courses and for the coastal or marine practitioner, as well as a long-term reference for students.

Diversity in Coastal Marine Sciences

Diversity in Coastal Marine Sciences
Author: Charles W. Finkl
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 712
Release: 2017-09-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319575775

This book integrates a wide range of subjects into a coherent purview of the status of coastal marine science. Designed for the professional or specialist in coastal science, oceanography, and related disciplines, this work will appeal to workers in multidisciplinary fields that strive for practical solutions to environmental problems in coastal marine settings around the world. Examples are drawn from many different geographic areas, including the Black Sea region. Subject areas covered include aspects of coastal marine geology, physics, chemistry, biology, and history. These subject areas were selected because they form the basis for integrative investigation of salient environmental problems or perspective solutions or interpretation of historical context.

Marine Conservation

Marine Conservation
Author: P. Keith Probert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2017-07-06
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0521326850

A crucial, timely synthesis of issues and solutions for the conservation of the world's seas and marine life.

Oceanographic and Marine Environmental Studies around the Arabian Peninsula

Oceanographic and Marine Environmental Studies around the Arabian Peninsula
Author: Najeeb M.A. Rasul
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2024-07-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 104004803X

Oceanographic and Marine Environmental Studies around the Arabian Peninsula presents studies on a range of topics related to the marine environment of the Red Sea and Arabian (Persian) Gulf. This book contains invited and peer-reviewed chapters from diverse researchers active in their respective fields. The chapters offer new data and include a comprehensive lists of references. Some of the main topics included in the book are pollution from heavy metals and petroleum, hydro-environmental characteristics of the seas, conservation of marine ecosystems, risk of climate change on the Red Sea region, and the mangrove environment. With new developments occurring in the coastal regions in recent decades, the book will be not only a helpful resource to researchers but also be a valuable reference for anyone curious about managing the marine and littoral environment of these two unique seas.