Vanishing sands : losing beaches to mining / Orrin H. Pilkey, Norma J. Longo, William J. Neal, Nelson G. Rangel-Buitrago, Keith C. Pilkey, and Hannah L. Hayes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934-2024, author.

Longo, Norma J., 1943- author.

Neal, William J., author.

Rangel-Buitrago, Nelson, author.

Pilkey, Keith C., 1965- author.

Hayes, Hannah L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sand and gravel mines and mining--Environmental aspects.

Sand and gravel mines and mining.

Coasts--Environmental aspects.

Coasts.

Sea level--Environmental aspects.

Sea level.

Beaches--Environmental aspects.

Beaches.

Seashore ecology.

Mines and mineral resources--Environmental aspects.

Mines and mineral resources.

Physical Description:

xiii, 248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"In a time of accelerating sea level rise and increasingly intensifying storms, the world's sandy beaches and dunes have never been more crucial to protecting coastal environments. Yet, in order to meet the demands of large-scale construction projects, sand mining is stripping beaches and dunes, destroying environments, and exploiting labor in the process. The authors of Vanishing Sands track the devastating impact of legal and illegal sand mining over the past twenty years, ranging from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean to South America and the eastern United States. They show how sand mining has reached crisis levels: beach, dune, and river ecosystems are in danger of being lost forever, while organized crime groups use deadly force to protect their illegal mining operations. Calling for immediate and widespread resistance to sand mining, the authors demonstrate that its cessation is paramount for saving beaches, dunes, and associated environments, plus lives and tourism economies everywhere"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Who's Mining the Shore?

Sand: Earth's Most Remarkable Mineral Resource

Singapore Sand Bandits: Sitting on Asia's Sandpile

The Sands of Crime: Mafia, Sand Robbers, and Law Benders

Sand Rivers to the Beach: Choked Flow

Barbuda and Other Islands: Lessons from the Caribbean

A Summoner's Thirteen Tales: South America's Coastal Sand Mining

A Different Kind of Sand Mining: Legal but Destructive

Africa Sands: Desert Abundance-Coastal Dearth

Beach Mining: Truths and Solutions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934- Vanishing sands

ISBN:

9781478016168

1478016167

9781478018797

1478018798

OCLC:

1290430484