Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and HarborsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bathing beaches
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Shore and Beach Preservation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and HarborsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bathing beaches
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Shore and Beach Preservation. Hearings ... on H.R. 7590
Author: United States. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on rivers and harborsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Proceedings of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 17-19, 1977
Author: American Shore and Beach Preservation AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beach erosion
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Saving America's Beaches
Author: Scott L. DouglassPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9789812776907
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
This book tells you where beach sand comes from, how waves are formed and how they break and move sand down the coast, how OC works of manOCO have blocked this movement and caused beach erosion, and what can be done to save the beaches for future generations of Americans. A three-part prescription for healthy beaches is proposed: OC backing offOCO, OC bypassing sandOCO, and OC beach nourishmentOCO. So if you love waves and beaches, and care about the future of your favorite beach spot, then read this book while you enjoy the beach."
Shore and Beach
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The Ecology of Sandy Shores
Author: A.C. BrownPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080465099
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
The Ecology of Sandy Shores provides the students and researchers with a one-volume resource for understanding the conservation and management of the sandy shore ecosystem. Covering all beach types, and addressing issues from the behavioral and physiological adaptations of the biota to exploring the effects of pollution and the impact of man's activities, this book should become the standard reference for those interested in Sandy Shore study, management and preservation. - More than 25% expanded from the previous edition - Three entirely new chapters: Energetics and Nutrient Cycling, Turtles and Terrestrial Vertebrates, and Benthic Macrofauna Populations - New sections on the interstitial environment, seagrasses, human impacts and coastal zone management - Examples drawn from virtually all parts of the world, considering all beach types from the most exposed to the most sheltered
Shore and Beach
Author: Shore & Beach
Author: Coastal Sediments '07
Author: Nicholas C. KrausPublisher: ASCE Publications
ISBN:
Category : Coast changes
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
This collection contains 197 papers presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Process, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 13-17, 2007.
Against the Tide
Author: Cornelia DeanPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231500111
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Americans love to colonize their beaches. But when storms threaten, high-ticket beachfront construction invariably takes precedence over coastal environmental concerns—we rescue the buildings, not the beaches. As Cornelia Dean explains in Against the Tide, this pattern is leading to the rapid destruction of our coast. But her eloquent account also offers sound advice for salvaging the stretches of pristine American shore that remain. The story begins with the tale of the devastating hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas, in 1900—the deadliest natural disaster in American history, which killed some six thousand people. Misguided residents constructed a wall to prevent another tragedy, but the barrier ruined the beach and ultimately destroyed the town's booming resort business. From harrowing accounts of natural disasters to lucid ecological explanations of natural coastal processes, from reports of human interference and construction on the shore to clear-eyed elucidation of public policy and conservation interests, this book illustrates in rich detail the conflicting interests, short-term responses, and long-range imperatives that have been the hallmarks of America's love affair with her coast. Intriguing observations about America's beaches, past and present, include discussions of Hurricane Andrew's assault on the Gulf Coast, the 1962 northeaster that ravaged one thousand miles of the Atlantic shore, the beleaguered beaches of New Jersey and North Carolina's rapidly vanishing Outer Banks, and the sand-starved coast of southern California. Dean provides dozens of examples of human attempts to tame the ocean—as well as a wealth of lucid descriptions of the ocean's counterattack. Readers will appreciate Against the Tide's painless course in coastal processes and new perspective on the beach.