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1、外文翻译原文ReporttotheResourcesAgency,StateofCaliforniaMaterialSource:TheOpenAccessPublisherAuthor:JudithKildow1.1CaliforniaandtheSeaCaliforniahasalwaysbeeninfluencedbythesea.Unlikeotherwesternstates,Californiawasfoundedfromtheseainward,firstbytheSpanishandthenbytheAmeri
2、cans.CaliforniaretainscloselinkstothePacificandbyutilizingitsresources,wasthefifthlargestindustrialeconomyin2000.3.Itsconnectionstotheoceanareevidencedbytheeconomicactivityofthousandsofbusinesses,itsburgeoningports,andinthebehaviorofmillionsofpeoplewhoflocktotheshor
3、e.Besidesattractingmillionsofpeople,Californiaisafascinatingplacetoexamineandanimportantplacetounderstand.California’scoasthasuniquephysicalqualities.Geographicallyandgeologically,California’scoastisamixtureofbroadsandbeaches,enormousestuariesturnedports,androckycli
4、ffformationsthatmakeitconducivetodifferingeconomiesandlifestyles.Thevariedclimatealongitscoastcontributestodifferingpatternsofliving.Demographically,itisheavilyurbanintheBayareaandSouthernCoastalareas,mixedruralandsemi-urbanalongtheCentralCoast,andmostlyruralalongth
5、eNortherncoast.Inthepast,ithasbeendifficulttofullyappreciatethemagnitudeoftheconnectionstotheocean.Now,itispossibletomeasuretheeconomicanddemographicrelationshipsastheychangeovertimethroughoutthestateasawhole,andinthedifferentcoastalregionsofCalifornia.Between1990an
6、d2000,California’spopulationgrewfrom29.8milliontoapproximately33.9million,anestimatedannualgrowthrateof13.7%.Seventy-sevenpercentofthepopulationlivesinornearthecoast,andafastergrowingpopulationinhabitstheinlandareasimmediatelyadjacenttothecoast.Anotherimportantindic
7、atorofchange,employment,isgrowingfasteralongthecoastthaninland,indicatingastronggrowthintheeconomyalongtheshore.Californiaholdsaprominentpoliticalleadershippositionwithrespecttocoastalzoneandoceanmanagement.Formanyyearsithasinitiatedinnovativeprogramsandpoliciestome
8、etthechallengesofbalancingprotectionofitresourcesanddevelopmentforitsgrowingpopulationandeconomy.Asthefirststatetopasscoastalmanagementleg
