America's most vulnerable coastal communities

Publication/Creation:

Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, [2009]

Format:

Book

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Full Title:

America's most vulnerable coastal communities / edited by Joseph T. Kelley, Orrin H. Pilkey, J. Andrew G. Cooper

Series Titles:

Special paper ; 460
Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 460.

Related/Included Titles:

Camp Ellis, Maine : a small beach community with a big problem...it's jetty /
Balancing natural processes and competing uses on a transgressive barrier, Duxbury Beach, Massachusetts /
Case study on the effects of coastal engineering structures and beach restoration methods after storms, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, New York /
Eye of a human hurricane : Pea Island, Oregon Inlet, and Bodie Island, northern Outer Banks, North Carolina /
North Topsoil Beach, North Carolina : a model for maximizing coastal hazard vulnerability /
Folly Beach, South Carolina : an endangered barrier island /
History of poor economic and environmental renourishment decisions in Broward County, Florida /
Continued development of the west end of Dauphin Island, Alabama-- a policy review /
Hurricane Rita and the destruction of Holly Beach, Louisiana : why the chenier plain is vulnerable to storms /
Natural versus anthropogenic mechanisms of erosion along the upper Texas coast /
Summary of Puerto Rico's vulnerability to coastal hazards : risk, mitigation, and management with examples /
Bad beach management : European perspectives /

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Additional Author/Creators:

Kelley, Joseph T.
Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934-2024
Cooper, J. A. G.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Shore protection--Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--Case studies
Shore protection--Gulf Coast (U.S.)--Case studies
Beach erosion--United States--Case studies
Coast changes--United States--Case studies

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Camp Ellis, Maine : a small beach community with a big problem...it's jetty / Joseph T. Kelley and Laura L. Brothers -- Balancing natural processes and competing uses on a transgressive barrier, Duxbury Beach, Massachusetts / Peter S. Rosen, Duncan M. FitzGerald, and Ilya V. Buynevich -- Case study on the effects of coastal engineering structures and beach restoration methods after storms, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, New York / Nicholas K. Coch -- Eye of a human hurricane : Pea Island, Oregon Inlet, and Bodie Island, northern Outer Banks, North Carolina / Stanley R. Riggs ... [et al.] -- North Topsoil Beach, North Carolina : a model for maximizing coastal hazard vulnerability / Orrin H. Pilkey and William J. Neal -- Folly Beach, South Carolina : an endangered barrier island / Norman Levine ... [et al.] -- History of poor economic and environmental renourishment decisions in Broward County, Florida / Harold R. Wanless -- Continued development of the west end of Dauphin Island, Alabama-- a policy review / George F. Crozier -- Hurricane Rita and the destruction of Holly Beach, Louisiana : why the chenier plain is vulnerable to storms / Asbury H. Sallenger ... [et al.] -- Natural versus anthropogenic mechanisms of erosion along the upper Texas coast / Davin J. Wallace, John B. Anderson, and Antonio B. Rodriguez -- Summary of Puerto Rico's vulnerability to coastal hazards : risk, mitigation, and management with examples / David M. Bush, William J. Neal, and Chester W. Jackson -- Bad beach management : European perspectives / J. A. G. Cooper, G. Anfuso, and L. Del Rio.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"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.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

vi, 179 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 28 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990025785020302486

ISBN:

0813724600 (pbk.)
9780813724607 (pbk.)

OCLC Number:

463454111

Barcode:

010002465511