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Category : Aquatic resources
Languages : en
Pages :
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Shoreline Resources Chapter
Author: Mitigating Shore Erosion Along Sheltered Coasts
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309103460
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Like ocean beaches, sheltered coastal areas experience land loss from erosion and sea level rise. In response, property owners often install hard structures such as bulkheads as a way to prevent further erosion, but these structures cause changes in the coastal environment that alter landscapes, reduce public access and recreational opportunities, diminish natural habitats, and harm species that depend on these habitats for shelter and food. Mitigating Shore Erosion Along Sheltered Coasts recommends coastal planning efforts and permitting policies to encourage landowners to use erosion control alternatives that help retain the natural features of coastal shorelines.
Shoreline Analysis Taken from Chapter 3 of The Natural Resources, Knox County, Maine and Amended November, 1963
Author: Knox County Regional Planning CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Imprints (Publisheres' and printers' statements)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Shoreline for the Public
Author: Dennis W. DucsikPublisher: MIT Press (MA)
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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The problem of land management along the coastal shoreline is an important one for the American public, whose already extraordinary recreational demands on this limited space are expected to nearly triple by the turn of the century. "Shoreline for the Public" notes that the institutional mechanisms operating over the past three centuries to allocate scarce coastal resources among competing users have brought unchecked private development to America's coasts. Compounded by problems of pollution, erosion, and the increasing tendency of private owners to restrict public access, this trend has resulted in severe limitations on opportunities for public recreation.The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 proclaims a national interest in the problem of decreasing public recreational space in the face of mushrooming demand. This study discusses the social significance of the problem, outlines the causes of coastal mismanagement in terms of the organization of economic and political activity, and examines in detail the legal issues pertinent to the formation of public policy. Included are analyses of the legal regimes governing public versus private rights in seashore areas, the judicial application of common-law principles to secure public recreational rights, shoreline acquisition, and the application of land-use controls to regulate shoreline development. The author concludes that a number of legal techniques "can" be made effective in preserving the seashore as a unique recreational resource for public use.While concentrating on the narrow land-sea strip, "Shoreline for the Public" raises larger issues facing environmental resource management. Decreasing open space for public recreation is prototypical of the complexity of coastal resource management issues. The problems cannot be solved solely by judicial activity but will require coherent and orderly long-range legislative and administrative management to make equitable and efficient choices among policy alternatives. Bringing public recreation, private use, and conservation into balance will require the application of new techniques at the interfaces between government and the courts, between government and the citizenry, and between different levels of government.
Shoreline Management Guidebook: Shoreline master program handbook
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Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Shoreline Management Initiative: an Assessment of Residential Shoreline Development Impacts in the Tennessee Valley
Author: ORRRC Study Report
Author: United States. Outdoor Recreation Resources Review CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Managing Coastal Erosion
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309041430
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
More and more of the nation's vast coastlines are being filled with homes and vacation resorts. The result is an increasing number of structures built on erosion-prone shoresâ€"with many of these structures facing collapse or damage. In response to mounting property losses, Congress has given the Federal Emergency Management Agency responsibility for incorporating coastal erosion into its National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). This book from the National Research Council addresses the immediate question of how to develop an erosion insurance programâ€"as well as the larger issues raised by the continually changing face of our nation's shorelines. Managing Coastal Erosion explores major questions surrounding a national policy on coastal erosion: Should the federal government be in the business of protecting developers and individuals who build in erosion-prone coastal areas? How should such a program be implemented? Can it prompt more responsible management of coastal areas? The volume provides federal policymakers, state floodplain and resource managers, civil engineers, environmental groups, marine specialists, development companies, and researchers with invaluable information about the natural processes of coastal erosion and the effect of human activity on those processes. The book also details the workings of the NFIP, lessons to be learned from numerous state coastal management programs, and much more.
Amendment No. 4, Incorporation of the Revised Washington Shoreline Management Act Guidelines Into the Federally Approved Washington Coastal Management Program
Author: Comprehensive Coastal Resource Management Guidance
Author: Virginia Institute of Marine Science Center for Coastal Resources ManagementPublisher:
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Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 27
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