Which of the Following About Coastal Development and Its Impacts

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following about coastal development and its impacts on the marine environment is/are FALSE

• A)Development of resorts,cities,industries,and agriculture along coasts alters or destroys many coastal ecosystems,including mangrove forests,salt marshes,sea grass beds,and coral reefs.
• B)Although only 50 countries have coastal management strategies,their goals are broad as not only do they address issues related to economic development of the thin strips of land that directly border the oceans but they also integrate the management of both land and water.
• C)Currently about 3.8 billion people (some 60% of the world's population)live within 150 km of a coastline and demographers project that perhaps as many as 6.0 billion people (about 75% of all humans)will live in coastal area by 2025 making sheer human numbers the main cause of coastal degradation.
• D)No false statement,all of the above (a,b,& c)are true.

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