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Future of the sea: health and wellbeing of coastal communities

A report examining the long-term trends in and challenges to the health and wellbeing of UK coastal communities.

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Future of the sea: health and wellbeing of coastal communities

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This report summarises the evidence on the drivers of and growing threats to the health and wellbeing of coastal communities. These include:

  • the current health status of UK coastal communities
  • economic and demographic drivers of change
  • threats to health from the changing environment, including pollution and climate change

It was commissioned as part of the Foresight Future of the sea project.

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Published 31 August 2017

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