Richard Burroughs has completed a new book, Coastal Governance, which provides a clear description of how U.S. coasts are currently managed and identifies new approaches that could be applied to lingering challenges. The book familiarizes professionals and students with the policy process and probes factors that determine which issues get attention and how. By presenting and evaluating sector-based, spatial, and ecosystem-based management, the text equips readers to assess the effectiveness of approaches to wastewater, oil, dredging, wetlands, state coastal programs, fisheries, and watersheds. The book is one of the volumes in the Foundations of Contemporary Environmental Studies Series produced by Island Press.
