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The geologists Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper sound the alarm in this frank assessment of our current relations. English Pages [] Year The Last Beach is an urgent call to save the world's beaches while there is still time. Five friends, trapped inside a secret paradise: An industrial prince, heir to the new world his family has built; A dre.

As one of the West Coast's most unique and beautiful resort cities, Laguna Beach has thrived as an enduring enclave. Beaches—Environmental aspects. Seashore ecology. Cooper, J. P55 The beach is the most dynamic and valued feature on the surface of the earth. It is constantly changing shape, absorbing the impacts of storms, and providing a home to an amazing number of living organisms and marine animals.

The beach, sadly, has also become a place of extreme fragility. Unbridled coastal developments of all kinds—buildings, roads, railways, airports—are threatening and destroying the beaches that attracted us to the shore in the first place. Notwithstanding, the seas are rising ineluctably.

The unabated construction of dams contributes to sand starvation by impeding the natural flow of sediments from mountaintops to rivers, deltas, and finally to beaches. On the coast, seawall construction disrupts the natural movement of sand and waves, hindering the process of sand deposition along the shorelines.

The beaches, scarred and battered by these inflictions, are furthermore degraded by pollution from many sources such as oil, plastic, chemicals, sewage, and refuse. Is there hope, or are we to remain blind and deaf to the signs and calls of nature?

Ron ( Miss Erica Sommers ) Daugherty

As we stand on the beach looking at the present of our feet and gazing at the horizon of our future, we must wonder: Is this to be the last beach? Will generations to come never know the pleasure and beauty of a natural beach? The loss of beaches will have a detrimental impact on all living beings. It is not too late, but a major change in perspective is needed in our society.

In this book, Orrin H. Cooper advocate a new view of beaches. If we can embrace this ideal, we can yet save the day.