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    Coasts under stress : restructuring and social-ecological health / Rosemary E. Ommer and the Coasts Under Stress Research Project team.

    • Title:Coasts under stress : restructuring and social-ecological health / Rosemary E. Ommer and the Coasts Under Stress Research Project team.
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    • Author/Creator:Ommer, Rosemary.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Coasts Under Stress (Project)
    • Published/Created:Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2007.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Social ecology--Atlantic Coast (Canada)
      Social ecology--British Columbia--Pacific Coast.
      Human ecology--Atlantic Coast (Canada)
      Human ecology--British Columbia--Pacific Coast.
      Coasts--Canada.
      Atlantic Coast (Canada)
      Pacific Coast (B.C.)
    • Description:xvii, 574 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [503]-554) and index.
    • ISBN:9780773532250 (pbk.)
      9780773532038 (bound)
    • Contents:Pt. 1. How we got here : historical restructuring and its social-ecological legacy
      1. Introduction - what stress? : what coasts?
      2. social-ecological history of Canada's fisheries
      3. Not managing for scarcity : social-ecological issues in contemporary fisheries management and capture practices
      4. Social-ecological health and the history of the forest products industry on both coasts
      5. Social-ecological health and the history of nonrenewable resources on both coasts
      6. Cross-scale, cross-sector, and cross-purpose issues : overlap in the coastal zone
      Pt. 2. human impact of restructuring and social-ecological health
      7. restructuring of health care on both coasts since the 1980s
      8. statistical face of restructuring and human health
      9. human voice of social-ecological restructuring : jobs, incomes, livelihoods, ways of life, and human health
      10. Restructuring, nutrition, and diet on both coasts
      11. human voice of social-ecological restructuring II : youth, education, and health
      Pt. 3. Towards social-ecological health : coastal problems and potentials
      12. Future options I : aquaculture, hatcheries, tourism, transportation, and local initiatives
      13. Future options II : the oil and gas potential of the Queen Charlotte and Tofino basins
      14. New options for governance I : marine and coastal waters
      15. New options for governance II : the land and sea/land interface
      16. Building a more resilient future
      App. 1. Interdisciplinary team research - the coasts under stress experience
      App. 2. coasts under stress team
      App. 3. Glossary of technical terms
      App. 4. Glossary of species mentioned in the text, by scientific name.
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