Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934-

The last beach / Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper. - xviii, 237 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232) and index.

The end is nigh! -- Selling the family silver : beach-sand mining -- Indefensible : hard structures on soft sand -- Patch-up jobs : beach replenishment -- The plastisphere : trash on the beach -- Tar balls and magic pipes -- Stuck in a rut : driving on the beach -- The enemy within : beach pollution -- The international dimension of beach destruction -- The end is here.

9780822357988 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822358091 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2014015437


Beaches--Environmental aspects.
Seashore ecology.

GB451.2 / .P55 2014

363.700914/6