Managing Coasts and Their Watersheds

By Government Printing Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000149377
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 0.2 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Managing Coasts and Their Watersheds
Author:	Government Printing Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Economic & political studies
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Printing Office
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Government Reference Publication

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Excerpt: ATTRACTING CROWDS, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES People, Jobs, and Opportunities While coastal counties (located entirely or partially within coastal watersheds) comprise only 17 percent of the land area in the contiguous United States, they are home to more than 53 percent of the total U.S. population. A study of coastal population trends predicts average increases of 3, 600 people a day moving to coastal counties, reaching a total population of 165 million by 2015.1 These figures do not include the 180 million people who visit the coast every year.2 Population growth and tourism bring many benefits to coastal communities, including new jobs and businesses and enhanced educational opportunities. Burgeoning industries associated with tourism and recreation in coastal areas (such as hotels, resorts, restaurants, fishing and dive stores, vacation housing, marinas, and other retail businesses) have created one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing economic forces (Appendix C).

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