This timely book offers a fresh view on how oceans and coasts are, and should be, managed. The urgency of this issue is increasingly being recognized, as critical limits to the economic exploitation of our oceans and coasts are reached. The authors argue that ecological economics is in a unique...

"The oceans are the world's last frontier and are a resource that can play a significant role in providing for the world's large population while addressing climate change. This book describes environmentally sustainable ocean harvests, harnessing ocean energy, transportation, recreation, and a...