Coastal world heritage sites. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vanda Claudino-Sales.
• Authors: Claudino-Sales, Vanda
• Contents: Part I - World heritage on continental coasts Africa 1. Banc D´Arguin National Park, Mauritania 2. Nambid Sand Sea, Namibia 3. Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Senegal 4. Cape Floral Region Protected Areas, South Africa 5. iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa Asia 6. The Sandarbans, Bangladesh and India 7. Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park, the Philippines Central America 8. área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica 9. Rio Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras 10. Darien National Park, Panama Europe 11. Stevens Klint, Denmark 12. High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago, Finland and Sweden 13. West Norwegian Fjords - Geiran-Gerfjord and Nærøyfjord, Norway 14. Danube Delta, Romania 15. Donãna National Park, Spain North America 16. Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Canada 17. Miguasha Natural Park, Canada 18. Mistaken Point, Canada 19. Kluane/Wrangell-St Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek, Canada and United States of America 20. Sian Ka'an, Mexico 21. Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino, Mexico 22. Everglades National Park, United States of America 23. Olympic National Park, United States of America 24. Redwood National and State Parks, United States of America Oceania 25. Kakadu National Park, Australia 26. Ningaloo Coast, Australia 27. Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia South America 28. Península Valdés, Argentina 29. Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves, Brazil 30. Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves, Brazil Part II - World coastal heritage in islands, gulfs and reefs Arctic Ocean 31. Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve, Russia Atlantic Ocean 32. Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas, Brazil 33. Gros Morne National Park, Canada 34. Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark 35. Surtsey, Iceland 36. Laurisilva of Madeira, Portugal 37. Gough and Inaccessible Islands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 38. Saint Kilda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Indian Ocean 39. Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles 40. Socotra Archipelago, Yemen Pacific Ocean 41. Fraser Islands, Australia 42. Great Barrier Reefs, Australia 43. Lord Howe Island Group, Australia 44. Shark Bay, Australia 45. Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia 46. Malpelo Fauna and Flora Park, Colombia 47. Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica 48. Galápagos Islands, Ecuador 49. Lagoons of New Caledonia, France 50. Ogasawara Islands, Japan 51. Shiretoko, Japan 52. Phoenix Islands, Kiribati 53. Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico 54. Islands and Protected Areas of Gulf of California, Mexico 55. Te Wahipounamu South-West, New Zealand 56. Rock Island Southern Lagoon, Palau 57. Coiba National Park and the Zone of Marine Protection, Panama 58. Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russia 59. East Rennel, Solomon Island 60. Henderson Islands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 61. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, United States of America 62. Papahānaumokuākea, United States of America Southern Ocean 63. Heard and McDonald Islands, Australia 64. Macquarie Island, Australia 65. New Zealand Sub-antarctic Islands, New Zealand Caribbean Sea 66. Belize Barrier Reef System, Belize 67. Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba 68. Desembargo del Granma National Park, Cuba 69. Pitons Management Area, Saint Lucia China Sea 70. Ha Long Bay, Vietnam 71. Yakushima, Japan 72. Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tube, Korea Mediterranean Sea 73. Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola, France 74. The Aeolian Islands, Italy 75. Ibiza, Spain North Sea 76. The Wadden Sea, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany 77. Dorset and East Devon Coast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 78. Giants Causeway and Causeway Coast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Red Sea 79. Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island -Marine National Park, Sudan East Indian Archipelago 80. Komodo National Park, Indonesia 81. Lorentz National Park, Indonesia 82. Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, Indonesia 83. Ujung Kulan National Park, Indonesia 84. Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Philippines.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxi, 602 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 363.6/9; Earth sciences; World Heritage areas; Coastal archaeology; Endangered ecosystems; Marine Sciences; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Marine Biology; Geological surface processes (geomorphology); Ecological science, the Biosphere; Limnology (freshwater); Regional geography; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789402415285; 9402415289
• Related ISBNs: 9789402415261
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 13, 2018).
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