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Deltas and Humans A Long Relationship Now Threatened by Global Change

By: Thomas S Bianchi(Author)
171 pages, 34 b/w photos and b/w illustrations
Deltas and Humans
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Humans have had a long relationship with the ebb and flow of tides on river deltas around the world. The fertile soils of river deltas provided early human civilizations with a means of farming crops and obtaining seafood from the highly productive marshes and shallow coastal waters associated with deltas. However, this relationship has at times been both nurturing and tumultuous for the development of early civilizations. The vicissitudes of seasonal changes in river flooding events as well as frequently shifting deltaic soils made life for these early human settlements challenging. These natural transient processes that affect the supply of sediments to deltas today are in many ways very similar to what they have been over the millennia of human settlements.

But something else has been altered in the natural rhythm of these cycles. The massive expansion of human populations around the world in both the lower and upper drainage basins of these large rivers have changed the manner in which sediments and water are delivered to deltas. Because of the high density of human populations found in these regions, humans have developed elaborate hydrological engineering schemes in an attempt to "tame" these deltas. The goal of Deltas and Humans is to provide information on the historical relationship between humans and deltas that will hopefully encourage immediate preparation for coastal management plans in response to the impending inundation of major cities, as a result of global change around the world.

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Early Human Civilizations and River Deltas
Chapter 2. The Ever-Changing Delta
Chapter 3. The Holocene and Global Climate Change
Chapter 4. Changes in the Hinterland
Chapter 5. Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Deltas
Chapter 6. Saving the Deltas
Chapter 7. Exploring a Sustainable Future

Epilogue- A Brave New World
Bibliography
Index

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Biography

Dr. Thomas S. Bianchi is the Jon and Beverly Thompson Endowed Chair of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida.

By: Thomas S Bianchi(Author)
171 pages, 34 b/w photos and b/w illustrations
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"This work is clearly written in an informal and non-technical style. Most importantly, it is a highly engaging account of the interactions between the environment and human civilization [...] the work decently explores relevant and timely topics and presents the information in a comprehensible manner."
– T. N. Chase, Choice

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