America's most vulnerable coastal communities
By: edited by Joseph T. Kelley, Orrin H. Pilkey, J. Andrew G. Cooper
Series: Special paper -- 460; Special papers (Geological Society of America) -- 460.
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780813724607
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Camp Ellis, Maine : a small beach community with a big problem...it's jetty  -- Joseph T. Kelley and Laura L. Brothers; title: Balancing natural processes and competing uses on a transgressive barrier, Duxbury Beach, Massachusetts  -- Peter S. Rosen, Duncan M. FitzGerald, and Ilya V. Buynevich; title: Case study on the effects of coastal engineering structures and beach restoration methods after storms, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, New York  -- Nicholas K. Coch; title: Eye of a human hurricane : Pea Island, Oregon Inlet, and Bodie Island, northern Outer Banks, North Carolina  -- Stanley R. Riggs ... [et al.]; title: North Topsoil Beach, North Carolina : a model for maximizing coastal hazard vulnerability  -- Orrin H. Pilkey and William J. Neal; title: Folly Beach, South Carolina : an endangered barrier island  -- Norman Levine ... [et al.]; title: History of poor economic and environmental renourishment decisions in Broward County, Florida  -- Harold R. Wanless; title: Continued development of the west end of Dauphin Island, Alabama-- a policy review  -- George F. Crozier; title: Hurricane Rita and the destruction of Holly Beach, Louisiana : why the chenier plain is vulnerable to storms  -- Asbury H. Sallenger ... [et al.]; title: Natural versus anthropogenic mechanisms of erosion along the upper Texas coast  -- Davin J. Wallace, John B. Anderson, and Antonio B. Rodriguez; title: 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; title: Bad beach management : European perspectives -- J. A. G. Cooper, G. Anfuso, and L. Del Rio.