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Product Identifiers

PublisherSpringer International Publishing A&G

ISBN-103030518973

ISBN-139783030518974

eBay Product ID (ePID)28050399155

Product Key Features

Original LanguageItalian

Book TitleEmpty Sea : the Future of the Blue Economy

Number of PagesXxi, 203 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2021

TopicIndustries / General, Earth Sciences / Hydrology, Earth Sciences / General

IllustratorYes

GenreScience, Business & Economics

AuthorUgo Bardi, Ilaria Perissi

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight19.5 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal333.9164

Table Of ContentChapter1: Introduction: If a jellyfish stings you, there is a reason.- Chapter2: Man and the sea.- Chapter3: The war against the sea.- Chapter4: Understanding overshoot.- Chapter5: The blue economy.- Chapter6: Conclusion: The horror that came to Sarnath.

SynopsisThe "Blue Economy" is used to describe all of the economic activities related to the sea, with a special emphasis on sustainability. Traditional activities such as fisheries, but also undersea mining, tourism, and scientific research are included, as well as the phenomenal growth of aquaculture during the past decade. All of these activities, and the irresistible prospect of another new frontier, has led to enthusiastic and, most likely, overenthusiastic assessments of the possibilities to exploit the sea to feed the world, provide low-cost energy, become a new source of minerals, and other future miracles. This book makes sense of these trends and of the future of the blue economy by following our remote ancestors who gradually discovered the sea and its resources, describing the so-called fisherman's curse - or why fishermen have always been poor, explaining why humans tend to destroy the resources on which we depend, and assessing the realistic expectations for extracting resources from the sea. Although the sea is not so badly overexploited as the land, our demands on ecosystem services are already above the oceans' sustainability limits. Some new ideas, including "fishing down" for untapped resources such as plankton, could lead to the collapse of the entire marine ecosystem. How Neanderthals crossed the sea in canoes, how it was possible for five men on a small boat to kill a giant whale, what kind of oil the virgins of the Gospel put into their lamps, how a professor of mathematics, Vito Volterra, discovered the "equations of fishing," why it has become so easy to be stung by a jellyfish while swimming in the sea, and how to play "Moby Dick," a simple board game that simulates the overexploitation of natural resources are just some of the questions that you will be able to answer after reading this engaging and insightful book about the rapidly expanding relationship between humanity and the sea., Chapter1: Introduction: If a jellyfish stings you, there is a reason.- Chapter2: Man and the sea.- Chapter3: The war against the sea.- Chapter4: Understanding overshoot.- Chapter5: The blue economy.- Chapter6: Conclusion: The horror that came to Sarnath.

LC Classification NumberG1-922