
Overview
- Presents an interdisciplinary approach for geography, environment and marine science and the role of education
- A highly original area of work recognised as very important in policy terms by European and UN policy makers
- Based on the first European project in the field, though drawing contributions from around the world
Part of the book series: Key Challenges in Geography (KCHGE)
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This crossdisciplinary book appeals to students and scientists as well as professionals and practitioners in geography, environmental and marine sciences, international policy and many related fields.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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General on Ocean Literacy
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Jan Stel is Prof. em. Ocean Space and Human Activity at the University Maastricht, the Netherlands.Jan studied geology and palaeontology. His thesis concerned a paleo-biological study of Silurian favositid corals of the Swedish island Gotland. As an ocean science manager, he organized ocean going expeditions, developed a European consortium of small European countries to participate in the Ocean Drilling Program, initiated capacity building programs for IOC UNESCO, developed the Dutch Antarctic research program, and organized projects at the interface with the ocean industry. From 2000, he was a professor in ‘Ocean Space and Human Activities’ at the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands. Jan wrote some 350 (popular) science papers and blogs to inform the public at large why ocean space is important for us.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ocean Literacy: Understanding the Ocean
Editors: Kostis C. Koutsopoulos, Jan H. Stel
Series Title: Key Challenges in Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70155-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70154-3Published: 29 June 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70157-4Published: 30 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-70155-0Published: 28 June 2021
Series ISSN: 2522-8420
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8439
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 294
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 117 illustrations in colour
Topics: Physical Geography, Ecology, Environmental Geography, Oceanography, Environmental and Sustainability Education, Water, general