Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota. Volume 2, Ocean and coastal economy / edited by James C. Cato.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cato, James C.

Series:

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series.

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine biology--Mexico, Gulf of.

Marine biology.

Geology--Mexico, Gulf of.

Geology.

Oceanography--Mexico, Gulf of.

Oceanography.

America, Gulf of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2009.

Summary:

The many economic factors affecting sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico region are perhaps as important as the waves on its shores and its abundant marine life. This second volume in Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota (a multivolumed work edited by John W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder, and Sylvia A. Earle) assesses the Gulf of Mexico as a single economic region. The book provides information and baseline data useful for assessing the goals of economic and environmental sustainability in the Gulf. In five chapters, economists, political scientists, and ecologists from Florida, Californi

Contents:

Contents v; Foreword: Fifty-Year Update of Bulletin 89 viiJohn W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder,and Sylvia A. Earle; Preface xiii; Acknowledgments xv; Introduction xvii; Chapter 1 The Gulf of Mexico Region as a Transnational Community 1Terry L. McCoy; Chapter 2 The Productive Value of the Gulf of Mexico 21David W. Yoskowitz; Chapter 3 An Economic Overview of Selected Industries Dependentupon the Gulf of Mexico 28charles m. Adams, Emilio Hernandez, and Jim Lee

Chapter 4 The Changing Coastal and Ocean Economies of the United StatesGulf of Mexico 47Judith T. K ildow, Charles S. Colgan,and Linwood PendletonChapter 5 Environmental Sustainability of Economic Trends in the Gulf of Mexico:What Is the Limit for Mexican Coastal Development? 82Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia, José J. Ramírez-Gordillo,John W. Day, and David W. Yoskowitz; Contributors 105; Index 107

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

1-60344-270-7

OCLC:

891446682