Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428945458
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Oregon Inlet jetty project environmental and economic concerns still need to be resolved.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428945458
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Oregon Inlet Jetty Project
Author: Oregon Inlet Jetty Project
Author: United States Government Accountability OfficePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985003590
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Oregon Inlet Jetty Project: Environmental and Economic Concerns Need to Be Resolved
Oregon Inlet Jetty Project
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (GPublisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289125394
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
America's Most Vulnerable Coastal Communities
Author: Joseph T. KelleyPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813724600
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
"Sea level is rising, and yet Americans continue to develop beaches with little regard. In this volume, a group of coastal geologists discusses the startling saga of ten U.S. East and Gulf Coast shoreline communities (plus Puerto Rico and some western Europe strands) and the problems created by their inevitable interaction with natural processes in this highly dynamic geologic environment. The authors discuss the geologic context of the hazards of each site as the history of societal responses and their environmental impacts. Response to the natural coastal processes that threaten lives and buildings is carried out in a context of local, state and national politics with fixed short-term engineering solutions (beach replenishment, seawalls) generally favored over longer-term approaches (moving back, prohibition of seawalls). This essential GSA Special Paper foreshadows the impending rise of sea level and the myriad of shoreline responses and political controversies it will provoke."--Publisher's description.
Strengthening the Nation's Water Infrastructure
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Energy and ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Facing Catastrophe
Author: Robert R. M. VerchickPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674064259
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
As Hurricane Katrina vividly revealed, disaster policy in the United States is broken and needs reform. What can we learn from past disastersÑstorms, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, and wildfiresÑabout preparing for and responding to future catastrophes? How can these lessons be applied in a future threatened by climate change? In this bold contribution to environmental law, Robert Verchick argues for a new perspective on disaster law that is based on the principles of environmental protection. His prescription boils down to three simple commands: Go Green, Be Fair, and Keep Safe. ÒGoing greenÓ means minimizing exposure to hazards by preserving natural buffers and integrating those buffers into artificial systems like levees or seawalls. ÒBeing fairÓ means looking after public health, safety, and the environment without increasing personal and social vulnerabilities. ÒKeeping safeÓ means a more cautionary approach when confronting disaster risks. Verchick argues that government must assume a stronger regulatory role in managing natural infrastructure, distributional fairness, and public risk. He proposes changes to the federal statutes governing environmental impact assessments, wetlands development, air emissions, and flood control, among others. Making a strong case for more transparent governmental decision-making, Verchick offers a new vision of disaster law for the next generation.
FAA Airspace Redesign: An Analysis of the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Project
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 143790940X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
army corps of engineers: meeting the nation's water resource needs in the 21st century
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1422332276
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Army Corps of Engineers
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Transportation and InfrastructurePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description