The environment in Asia Pacific harbours /

Discusses the social, economic, and environmental problems in twelve Asia Pacific mega-harbors: Tokyo Bay, the Pearl Estuary, Hong Kong, Shanghai and the Yangtze Delta, Klang, Manila Bay, Jakarta Bay, Pearl Harbor, Ho Chi Minh City, Bankok and the upper gulf of Thailand, Singapore, and Darwin.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Wolanski, Eric
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, [2006]
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Table of Contents:
  • Increasing Trade and urbanisation of the Asia Pacific Coast / Eric Wolanski
  • Tokyo Bay: its environmental status - past, present and future / Keita Furukawa and Tomonari Okada
  • Ecological network linked by the planktonic larvae of the clam Rudipates Philippinarum in tokyo Bay / Hirofumi Hinata and Keita Furukawa
  • Circulation Processes in Tokyo Bay / Keisuke Nakayama
  • Effects of oceanic water intrusion on the Tokyo Bay environment / Hirofumi Hinata
  • Influence of the deep waterway project on the Changjiang Estuary / Jianrong Zhu, Pingxing Ding, Liquan Zhang, Hui Wu, and Huijiang Cao
  • Impact of human activities on the health of ecosystems in the Changjiang Delta region / Jing Zhang, Shi Lun Yang, Zhao Li Xu, and Ying Wu
  • Geographical and economical setting of the Pearl River Estuary / Mingjiang Zhou, Chaoyu Wu, Shiyu Li, Xiaohong Wang, and Qiuhai Liu
  • Physical Processes and sediment dynamics in the Pearl River / Lixian Dong, Jilan Su, Yan Li, Xiaoming Xia, and Weibing Guan
  • Water quality and phytoplankton blooms in the Pearl River estuary / Yan Li, Liangmin Huang, Jianfang Chen, Mingjiang Zhou, and Yehui Tan
  • Pollution Studies on mangroves in Hong Kong and mainland China / Nora F.Y. Tam
  • Field and model studies of water quality in Hong Kong / Kwok-Leung Pun
  • Eutrophication dynamics in Hong Kong coastal waters: physical and biological interactions / Joseph H.W. Lee, Paul J. Harrison, Cuiping Kuang, and Kedong Yin
  • Marine Communities and introduced species in Pearl Harbor, O'ahu, Hawai'i / Steve L. Coles
  • Physical environment in the Gulf of Thailand with emphasis on three important ports / Suphat Vonvisessomjai
  • Environmental Issues in the Gulf of Thailand / Gullaya Wattayakorn
  • The Environment in Ho Chi Minh City harbours / Nguyen Huu Nhan
  • Biophysical environment of Manila Bay - then and now / Gil S. Jacinto, Imelda B. Velasquez, Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone, Cesar L. Villanoy, and Fernando B. Siringan
  • Manila Bay: Environmental challenges and opportunities / G. S. Jacinto, R. V. Azanza, I.B. Velasquez, and F. P. Siringan
  • Carbon Flux through bacteria in a eutrophic tropical environment: Port Klang Waters / Choon-Weng Lee and Chui-Wei Bong
  • Phytoplankton structure in the tropical port waters of Singapore / Karina Yew-Hoong Gin, Michael J. Holms, Sheng Zhang, and Xiaohua Lin
  • Marine Habitats in one of the world's busiest harbors / Loke Ming Chou
  • The physical oceanography of Singapore coastal waters and its implications for oil spills / Eng Soon Chan, Pavel Tklalich, Karina Yew-Hoong Gin, and Jeffrey P. Obbard
  • Managing the Port of Jakarta Bay: overcoming the legacy of 400 years of adhoc development / Dietriech G. Bengen, Maurice Knight, and Ian Dutton
  • Darwin Harbour: water quality and ecosystem structure in a tropical harbour in the early stages of urban development / A.D. McKinnon, N. Smit, S. Townsend, and S. Duggan
  • Hydrodynamics of Darwin Harbour / David Williams, eric Wolanski, and Simon Spagnol
  • An Esuarine ecohydrology model of Darwin Harbour, Australia / Eric Wolanski, A. David McKinnon, David Williams, and Daniel M. Alongi
  • Is harbour development ecologically sustainable / Eric Wolanski.
  • CD-ROM contents: Figures from each chapter of the text.