Managing coastal erosion / Committee on Coastal Erosion Zone Management, Water Science and Technology Board, Marine Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Coastal Erosion Zone Management.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.).

Shore protection--United States.

Shore protection.

Flood damage prevention--United States.

Flood damage prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Addresses FEMA's need to know how to develop an erosion insurance program. Provides information about the natural processes of coastal erosion and the effects of human activity in coastal areas. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Contents:

Managing Coastal Erosion

Copyright

Preface

Contents

Executive Summary

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Erosion Hazard Reduction

Hazard Delineation

Recommended Methodologies

Standards For Development

Impacts Of Navigational And Flood Control Projects On Shore Stability

Erosion Control Through Coastal Engineering

Sand And Gravel Mining

Subsidence

Education

Data Base Development And Research

Research

Unified National Program For Floodplain Management

1 Introduction and Background

2 Coastal Erosion: Its Causes, Effects, and Distribution

INTRODUCTION

REGIONAL VARIATION

Types Of Beaches

BEACH PROCESSES

THE NATURAL SYSTEM

Beach Sands: Sources And Sinks

Seasonal Fluctuations

Storm-Related Beach Changes

Trends Of Shoreline Change

Natural Subsidence

HUMAN-INDUCED CHANGES

Inlets, Jetties, And Dredged Entrances

Ocean City Inlet, Maryland

St. Mary's Entrance, Florida

Port Canaveral, Florida

Sand Disposal Offshore

Sand Mining

Human-Induced Subsidence

Dams

Groins, Seawalls, and Breakwaters

U.S. COASTLINE CHARACTERISTICS

Atlantic Coast

Gulf Coast

Pacific Coast

Great Lakes

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

3 Management and Approaches

TYPES OF DIVERSITY

Physical Diversity

Settlement Diversity

Political Diversity

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS IN COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Private Sector

Public Sector

RELEVANT FEDERAL. PROGRAMS

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Coastal Barrier Resources Act

METHODS FOR EROSION HAZARD REDUCTION

Introduction

Shoreline Engineering

Beach Nourishment

Groins

Seawalls and Revetments.

Offshore Breakwaters

Sand Bypassing

Dune Building

Building and Land Use Management

Setback Requirements

The Taking Issue

Relocation

Construction Requirements

Other Community Management Tools

4 The National Flood Insurance Program

OVERVIEW

NFIP EROSION PROVISIONS

EXPERIENCE WITH HAZARD DELINEATION IN THE NFIP

EXPERIENCE WITH COSTS

LOSS PREVENTION UNDER THE NFIP: THE UPTON-JONES AMENDMENT

EXPERIENCE TO DATE WITH THE UPTON-JONES AMENDMENT

DELINEATION AND LOCAL MANAGEMENT OF E-ZONES

INCLUSION OF EROSION IN UNIFIED NATIONAL PROGRAM

5 State Programs and Experiences

TYPES OF STATE PROGRAMS

Program Elements

Program Experience

MICHIGAN'S GREAT LAKES SHORELAND EROSION PROGRAM

NORTH CAROLINA'S COASTAL EROSION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

FLORIDA'S COASTAL EROSION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

CALIFORNIA'S COASTAL EROSION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

6 Predicting Future Shoreline Changes

HISTORICAL SHORELINE CHANGE METHOD

Available Data Base

Shoreline Indicator for Mapping Purposes

Error Analysis of Map Compilation

Projection of Shoreline Positions

Existing Nationwide Data on Beach Erosion

PREDICTIVE MODELS

Background

Limitation of Existing Modeling Methodology

A COMPREHENSIVE METHOD OF PREDICTING SHORELINE CHANGES

Method Based on Monte Carlo Simulations

FEMA's Present Methodology

Definition of Imminent Collapse

RECOMMENDED METHODOLOGIES

Historical Shoreline Change Method

Long-Term Methodology

ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPUTERIZED NATIONAL DATA BASE

RESEARCH AND DATA NEEDS

Appendixes

A Upton-Jones Amendment

Public Law 100-242-Feb. 5, 1988.

Sec. 544. Schedule for Payment of Flood Insurance for Structures on Land Subject to Imminent Collaps...

B Glossary

C Shore Response Modeling Methods

Longshore Transport Models

Analytical Models

Numerical Models

Cross-Shore Transport Models

Swart (1976)

Vellinga (1983)

Kriebel And Dean (1985)

Balsillie (1986)

Larson et al. (1988)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Method

Braun Rule

References

D Sections Of National Flood Insurance Act Of 1968

Section 4001 (Section 1302 of Act)

Section 4002

Section 4012 (Section 1305 of Act)

Section 4102 (Section 1361 of Act)

Section 4101 (Section 1360 of Act)

Section 4121 (Section 1370 of Act)

Section 4022 (Section 1315 of Act)

E Minority Opinion Of Robert L. Wiegel

F Aftermath Of Hurricane Hugo

G Biographical Sketches Of Committee Members

Consultant

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780585158800

9786610212811

9781280212819

1280212810

9780309571791

0309571790

9780585158808

0585158800

OCLC:

43477392