[PDF] The Environment Of South Florida eBook

Author : Benjamin F. McPherson
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Page : 98 pages
File Size : 29,44 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Ecology
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Description of the south Florida ecosystem and changes resulting from man's activities.

Author : Benjamin F. McPherson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,71 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Ecology
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A description of the South Florida ecosystem and changes resulting from man's activities.

Author : Howard T. Odum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 33,13 MB
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 135145076X

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With its lush wetlands, miles of beaches, and wide array of colorful wildlife, Florida is a fascinating and important ecosystem to study. Using this state as a model, Environment and Society in Florida offers a whole systems approach to understanding the environment and discusses the interactions between human systems and natural systems. It addresses the complicated issues stemming from these interactions among population, resources, economics, and environment, and discusses how we may better manage these challenges in the future.

Author : Working Group of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 13,6 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Ecosystem management
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Water is the common lifeline for the natural and built environments in South Florida. Engineered flood control and water distribution systems, agriculture, growth, and development have disrupted the region's water quality, quantity, timing, and distribution (i.e., the hydropattern). Agricultural runoff and urban stormwater have introduced high levels of phosphorus, mercury, and other contaminants into the water system, polluting lakes, rivers, estuaries and the Everglades.

Author : Risa Palm
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 36,95 MB
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030326020

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South Florida is frequently cited as the part of the United State of America as most susceptible to the devastation accompanying sea level rise. Several scholarly studies have shown the negative impact of coastal location in Florida on housing values. Are the residents of South Florida concerned? Is susceptibility to sea level rise actually affecting the housing market in terms of demand, the availability of home mortgages, or house prices? Are people living at particular risk from sea level rise aware of this risk and more open to new information about climate change? Do they support policies and laws to mitigate the pace and extent of climate change? Answers to these questions are not only of general interest, but they are also key to our understanding of the human dimensions of this problem. This book describes the results of a detailed survey in which respondents viewed a local map displaying flooding to their own community that would result from a Category 3 hurricane in 2033. It discusses political party identification and ideology that has an overwhelming impact in shaping views about sea level rise and climate change. This book has enormous implications for the effectiveness of communicating risk information. The text is important if we, as a nation, are to design communication strategies that will lead to broader policy to combat or mitigate this risk.

Author : Benjamin F. McPherson
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 16,33 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Ecology
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Description of the south Florida ecosystem and changes resulting from man's activities.