ABSTRACT

This comprehensive collection of data and theory provides an essential resource base for intelligent ocean-management decisions. The book begins with essays on ocean science and technology, social and political organization theory relating to the oceans, and some of the problems of extracting energy from the oceans and monitoring oceans from space.

part I

The Nature of Ocean Space

part II|46 pages

Technical Problems and Opportunities for Using Ocean Space

part III|97 pages

Political, Economic, and Legal Problems and Opportunities for Using Ocean Space

part IV|16 pages

Getting Our Own House in Order