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Beach nourishment and protection / Committee on Beach Nourishment and Protection, Marine Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.), Corporate Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beach nourishment.
- Shore protection.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 334 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Provides insight into the technical, economic, environmental, and policy implications of beach nourishment and protection, with examples and suggested research directions. This book also addresses what is known about the environmental impacts of beach nourishment, and identifies what outcomes should be targeted for monitoring by project officials.
- Contents:
- 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Management Strategies for Shore Protection; 5 3 The Federal Role in Beach Nourishment; 6 4 Beach Nourishment Project Design and Prediction; 7 5 Environmental Issues Associated with Beach Nourishment; 8 6 Monitoring; 9 7 Conclusions and Recommendations; 10 A Biographical Sketches; 11 B Papers Prepared for this Study; 12 C Prediction of Beach Nourishment Performance; 13 D Design of Beach Nourishment Projects; 14 E Economic Concepts and Issues: Social Costs and Benefits of Beach Nourishment Projects; 15 F Project Construction and Sediment Sources, Transfer, and Placement; 16 G Physical Processes Monitoring; 17 H U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Design Criteria; 18 I Excerpts from Federal Laws Pertaining to Placement of Sand from Channel Maintenance Projects on Beaches; 19 Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610193097
- 9780309176149
- 030917614X
- 9781280193095
- 1280193093
- 9780309556477
- 0309556473
- 9780585022208
- 0585022208
- OCLC:
- 726823041
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