Deltas, Estuaries, Coastal Regions

San Francisco Bay is the largest and most productive estuary on the Pacific Coast of North America. It is also home to the oldest and densest urban...

Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one ...

This unique richly-illustrated account of the landforms and geology of the worlds coasts, presented in a country-by-country (state-by-state) sequen...

Coastal areas face increasing pressures from land use change, developmental activities, shoreline erosion, biodiversity losses and natural calamiti...

A guide to the ecosystem famously known as Los Angeles, from a field biologist and longtime San Gabriel Valley resident.A worthy and illuminating e...

The Angela Harding Set of 3 Mini Notebooks features a collection of three mini, foiled notebooks, each with a different beautiful design. With alte...

This book chronicles and explains the role of suburbs in North American cities since the mid-twentieth century. Examining fifteen case studies from...

The senses are made, not given. This revolutionary realization has come as of late to inform research across the social sciences and humanities, an...

The senses are made, not given. This revolutionary realization has come as of late to inform research across the social sciences and humanities, an...

The inaction of nation states and international bodies has posed significant risks to the environment. By contrast, cities are sites of action and ...

When looking at old pictures of Toronto, it is clear that the citys urban, economic, and social geography has changed dramatically over the generat...

Over the last century, the scale of Canadas domestic disaster response system has grown significantly due to the countrys increased capacity for em...

The inaction of nation states and international bodies has posed significant risks to the environment. By contrast, cities are sites of action and ...

This book chronicles and explains the role of suburbs in North American cities since the mid-twentieth century. Examining fifteen case studies from...

Utilize this tabbed guide to learn about plants, animals, and seashells of the Pacific Coast. Beaches are the borders between two vastly different ...

Coastal areas are among Earth's most dynamic and economically vital regions, supporting diverse ecosystems and human communities. However, they fac...

Innate Terrain addresses the varied perceptions of Canadas natural terrain, framing the discussion in the context of landscapes designed by Canadia...

This book explores the influence of the Mississippi River drainage system on the Northern Gulf of Mexico between Mobile Bay, Alabama, and Sabine Pa...

Vast salt marshes, ancient grasslands, lush forests, pristine beaches and dunes, and copious inland waters, all surrounded by a teeming sea. These ...

The Jersey Shore attracts millions of visitors each year, drawn to its sandy beaches. Yet New Jerseys coastline contains a richer array of biodiver...

A comprehensive overview in words and photographs of the famous herd of wild horses protected on one of North Carolina's barrier islands.There is a...

Measuring some 12,000 miles not counting its myriad of offshore islands the coast comprises the most varied, vulnerable and most fascinating plac...

Englands coastline encompasses a huge diversity of landscapes, both natural and man-made. People have been drawn to the coast since the earliest ti...

Shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year Firths and estuaries are liminal places, where land meets sea and tides meet freshwater. Their uniqu...

While rising seas are now inevitable, we are far from helpless. By making hard choices - including uprooting communities, changing where and how we...

The story of herring is entwined in the history of commercial fishing. For over two millennia, herring has been commercially caught and its importa...

Caroline Crampton was born on the Thames Estuary to parents who had sailed there from South Africa in the early 1980s. Having grown up with seafari...

Stewarding the Sound uses different perspectives to build awareness of the wealth and fragility of this ecosystem by balancing economic and social ...

A beautifully presented, practical gift guide for all surf seekers. Explained with fascinating, easy-to-understand commentary from sur...

Organizing Nature explores how the environment is organized in Canadas resource-dependent economy. The book examines how particular ecosystem compo...

For birders, nature lovers, and anyone who adores the beach, it's a year of sightings along the world's shorelines and waterways, from the National...

In The Jersey Shore, Dominick Mazzagetti provides a modern re-telling of the history, culture, and landscapes of this famous region, from the 1600s...

This book expounds the hydraulics of fine sediment which is almost ubiquitously found in coastal and estuarine waters, and in rivers, lakes, and re...

Salt marshes are highly dynamic and important ecosystems that dampen impacts of coastal storms and are an integral part of tidal wetland systems, w...