Planet Geography

Planet Geography

Chapter 1 of Our Planet’s Oceans and Coasts is ‘Ocean-atmosphere interactions’.  It comprises 28 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Ocean currents
   

2. • Atmosphere-oceanic interactions (including ENSO cycles)
   

3. • Hurricanes and coastal margins
   

4. • Case study of Hurricanes Dennis and Sandy in North Carolina
   

5. • Oceans as a store of carbon dioxide
   

Chapter 2 of Our Planet’s Oceans and Coasts is ‘Interactions between oceans and coastal places’.  It comprises 33 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Physical influences on coastal landscapes
   

2. • Coastal landforms
   

3. • Advancing and retreating coastlines
   

4. • Case study of coastal change in Morfa Harlech, Wales
   

5. • Sand dune development
   

6. • Case study of dunes at Wallagoot Beach, Australia
   

Chapter 3 of Our Planet’s Oceans and Coasts is ‘Managing Coastal Margins’.  It comprises 48 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Coastal erosion and flooding management strategies
   

2. • Case study of the management of Sydney’s coasts
   

3. • Conflicting land-use pressures on coasts
   

4. • Case study of land-use pressure and conflict of the coasts of Sint Maarten
   

5. • Management of coral reefs and mangrove swamps
   

6. • Case study of the management of coral reefs on the Great Barrier Reef
   

7. • Case study of the management of mangroves on Towra Point
   

8. • Geopolitics of oceans
   

Chapter 4 of Our Planet’s Oceans and Coasts is ‘Ocean management futures’.  It comprises 20 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Biotic ocean resources
   

2. • Case study of the management of fishing in Hong Kong
   

3. • Abiotic ocean resources
   

4. • Managing ocean pollution
   

5. • The strategic value of oceans
   

6. • Case study of a contested ocean area - the South China Sea