THIRD COAST ATLAS

Third Coast Atlas: Prelude to a Plan describes the conditions for urbanization across the Great Lakes region. It assembles a multi-l ayered, empirical description of urbanization processes within the drainage basins of the five Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Ri ver.Measuring over 10,000 miles, the Great Lakes coastline, known as the third coast, is longer than the Atlantic and Pacific coas tlines of the United States combined. The Great Lakes Basin holds over 20 percent of the worlds total surface fresh water, and is h ome to twen...[Read more]