Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmospheric carbon dioxide
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Catalog of Databases and Reports
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmospheric carbon dioxide
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Reducing Coastal Risk on the East and Gulf Coasts
Author: Committee on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science, Engineering, and Planning: Coastal Risk ReductionPublisher:
ISBN: 9780309305860
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hurricane- and coastal-storm-related losses have increased substantially during the past century, largely due to increases in population and development in the most susceptible coastal areas. Climate change poses additional threats to coastal communities from sea level rise and possible increases in strength of the largest hurricanes. Several large cities in the United States have extensive assets at risk to coastal storms, along with countless smaller cities and developed areas. The devastation from Superstorm Sandy has heightened the nation's awareness of these vulnerabilities. What can we do to better prepare for and respond to the increasing risks of loss? Reducing Coastal Risk on the East and Gulf Coasts reviews the coastal risk-reduction strategies and levels of protection that have been used along the United States East and Gulf Coasts to reduce the impacts of coastal flooding associated with storm surges. This report evaluates their effectiveness in terms of economic return, protection of life safety, and minimization of environmental effects. According to this report, the vast majority of the funding for coastal risk-related issues is provided only after a disaster occurs. This report calls for the development of a national vision for coastal risk management that includes a long-term view, regional solutions, and recognition of the full array of economic, social, environmental, and life-safety benefits that come from risk reduction efforts. To support this vision, Reducing Coastal Risk states that a national coastal risk assessment is needed to identify those areas with the greatest risks that are high priorities for risk reduction efforts. The report discusses the implications of expanding the extent and levels of coastal storm surge protection in terms of operation and maintenance costs and the availability of resources. Reducing Coastal Risk recommends that benefit-cost analysis, constrained by acceptable risk criteria and other important environmental and social factors, be used as a framework for evaluating national investments in coastal risk reduction. The recommendations of this report will assist engineers, planners and policy makers at national, regional, state, and local levels to move from a nation that is primarily reactive to coastal disasters to one that invests wisely in coastal risk reduction and builds resilience among coastal communities.
Coastal Risk Assessment
Author: Ansar KhanPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 331969992X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
This book discusses how to collect data and analyze databases in order to map risk zones, and contributes to developing a conceptual framework for coastal risk assessment. Further, the book primarily focuses on a specific case study: the Bay of Bengal along the southeastern coast of India. The dramatic rise in losses and casualties due to natural disasters like wind, storm-surge-induced flooding, seismic hazards and tsunami incidence along this coast over the past few decades has prompted a major national scientific initiative investigating the probable causes and possible mitigation strategies. As such, geoscientists are called upon to analyze the coastal hazards by anticipating the changes in and impacts of extreme weather hazards on the Bay of Bengal coasts as a result of global climate change and local sea-level change.
Coastal Construction Manual
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood damage prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
CDIAC Catalog of Numeric Data Packages and Computer Model Packages
Author: Thomas A. BodenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmospheric carbon dioxide
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Multi Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
Author: Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Author: Coastal Construction Manual, Vol. 1, Principles and Practices of Planning, Siting, Designing, Constructing, and Maintaining Buildings in Coastal Areas, Edition 3, August 2005
Author: NSSDC CD-ROM Catalog
Author: Syed S. TowheedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : CD-ROMs
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, World Data Center-A for Atmospheric Trace Gases
Author: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmospheric carbon dioxide
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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