With continuing influx of large numbers of people into coastal regions, human stresses on
coastal ecosystems and resources are growing at the same time that climate variability and
change and associated consequences in the marine environment are making coastal areas
less secure for human habitation. The article reviews both climatic and nonclimatic drivers of
the growing stresses on coastal natural and human systems, painting a picture of the mostly
harmful impacts that result and the interactive and systemic challenges coastal managers …