Deltas in the Anthropocene
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Deltas in the Anthropocene

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Deltas in the Anthropocene

About this book

The Anthropocene is the human-dominated modern era that has accelerated social, environmental and climate change across the world in the last few decades. This open access book examines the challenges the Anthropocene presents to the sustainable management of deltas, both the many threats as well as the opportunities. In the world's deltas the Anthropocene is manifest in major land use change, the damming of rivers, the engineering of coasts and the growth of some of the world's largest megacities; deltas are home to one in twelve of all people in the world. The book explores bio-physical and social dynamics and makes clear adaptation choices and trade-offs that underpin policy and governance processes, including visionary delta management plans. It details new analysis to illustrate these challenges, based on three significant and contrasting deltas: the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna, Mahanadi and Volta.
This multi-disciplinary, policy-orientated volume is strongly aligned to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals as delta populations often experience extremes of poverty, gender and structural inequality, variable levels of health and well-being, while being vulnerable to extreme and systematic climate change.

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Yes, you can access Deltas in the Anthropocene by Robert J. Nicholls, W. Neil Adger, Craig W. Hutton, Susan E. Hanson, Robert J. Nicholls,W. Neil Adger,Craig W. Hutton,Susan E. Hanson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Environmental Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. 1.Ā Delta Challenges and Trade-Offs from the Holocene to the Anthropocene
  4. 2.Ā Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta, Bangladesh and India: A Transnational Mega-Delta
  5. 3.Ā The Mahanadi Delta: A Rapidly Developing Delta in India
  6. 4.Ā The Volta Delta, Ghana: Challenges in an African Setting
  7. 5.Ā Fluvial Sediment Supply and Relative Sea-Level Rise
  8. 6.Ā Hotspots of Present and Future Risk Within Deltas: Hazards, Exposure and Vulnerability
  9. 7.Ā Where People Live and Move in Deltas
  10. 8.Ā Delta Economics and Sustainability
  11. 9.Ā Adapting to Change: People and Policies
  12. 10.Ā Choices: Future Trade-Offs and Plausible Pathways
  13. 11.Ā Sustainable Deltas in the Anthropocene
  14. Back Matter