Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota : Ocean and Coastal Economy.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (135 pages)
- Harte Research Institute Gulf of Mexico .
- Harte Research Institute Gulf of Mexico .
Intro -- Contents v -- Foreword: Fifty-Year Update of Bulletin 89 viiJohn W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder,and Sylvia A. Earle -- Preface xiii -- Acknowledgments xv -- Introduction xvii -- Chapter 1 The Gulf of Mexico Region as a Transnational Community 1Terry L. McCoy -- Chapter 2 The Productive Value of the Gulf of Mexico 21David W. Yoskowitz -- Chapter 3 An Economic Overview of Selected Industries Dependentupon the Gulf of Mexico 28charles m. Adams, Emilio Hernandez, and Jim Lee -- Chapter 4 The Changing Coastal and Ocean Economies of the United StatesGulf of Mexico 47Judith T. K ildow, Charles S. Colgan,and Linwood Pendleton -- Chapter 5 Environmental Sustainability of Economic Trends in the Gulf of Mexico:What Is the Limit for Mexican Coastal Development? 82Alejandro Yáńez-Arancibia, José J. Ramírez-Gordillo,John W. Day, and David W. Yoskowitz -- Contributors 105 -- Index 107.
The many economic factors affecting sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico region are perhaps as important as the waves on its shores and its abundant marine life. This second volume in Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota (a multivolumed work edited by John W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder, and Sylvia A. Earle) assesses the Gulf of Mexico as a single economic region. The book provides information and baseline data useful for assessing the goals of economic and environmental sustainability in the Gulf. In five chapters, economists, political scientists, and ecologists from Florida, California, Louisiana, Texas, Maine, and Mexico cover topics such as: the idea of the Gulf as a transnational community; the quantitative value of its productivity; a summary of the industries dependent on the Gulf, including shipping, tourism, oil and gas mining, fisheries, recreation, and real estate; the human uses and activities that affect coastal economies; and the economic trends evident in Mexico's drive toward coastal development. This first-of-its-kind reference work will be useful to scientists, economists, industry leaders, and policy makers whose work requires an understanding of the economic issues involved in science, business, trade, exploration, development, and commerce in the Gulf of Mexico.