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1 online resource (160 pages) |
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""Responding to Changes in Sea Level""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Conclusions""; ""Recommendations""; ""1 Relative Mean Sea Level ""; ""PAST CHANCES IN RELATIVE MEAN SEA LEVEL""; ""Geologic Record of Sea Level""; ""Sea Level Rise in the Twentieth Century""; ""Range of Sea Level Estimates Available""; ""METHODS OF OBSERVING RELATIVE MEAN SEA LEVEL""; ""Two Examples""; ""2 Assessment of Changes in Relative Mean Sea Level ""; ""ESTIMATES OF FUTURE MEAN SEA LEVEL RISE""; ""SCENARIOS USED IN THIS REPORT"" |
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""3 Relative Sea Level Rise Effects And Responses """"4 Affected Hydrodynamic Processes ""; ""STORM SURGE""; ""TIDAL RANGES AND CURRENTS""; ""WAVES""; ""Case A""; ""Case B""; ""5 Effects of Sea Level Rise in the Coastal Zone ""; ""SANDY COASTLINES""; ""Geologic Indicators""; ""Historical Records""; ""Techniques of Projecting Shoreline Retreat Due to Sea Level Rise""; ""Historical Trend Analysis""; ""The Bruun Rule""; ""Sediment Budget Approach""; ""Dynamic Equilibrium Model""; ""BLUFF AND CLIFF RETREAT""; ""TIDAL INLETS""; ""WETLANDS""; ""Back-Barrier Marshes"" |
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""Estuarine (Brackish) Marshes""""Tidal Freshwater Marshes""; ""Processes of Marsh Loss with Sea Level Rise""; ""Human-Induced Changes""; ""Prospects for Wetlands""; ""6 Alternative Responses ""; ""COASTAL STRUCTURES AND PROTECTIVE TECHNIQUES""; ""Groins""; ""Bulkheads and Sea Walls""; ""Revetments""; ""Beach Nourishment""; ""Method I""; ""Method II""; ""Beach Nourishment with Groins""; ""Perched Beach""; ""Offshore Breakwaters""; ""Storm Surge Barriers""; ""Other Devices""; ""Engineering Case Studies""; ""Galveston, Texas""; ""The Netherlands""; ""Miami Beach, Florida"" |
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""Harrison County, Mississippi""""Tybee Island, Georgia""; ""Terminal Island, California""; ""RETREAT""; ""Mechanism of Retreat""; ""Engineering, Geologic, and Economic Considerations""; ""CONTROLLING THE RATE OF SEA LEVEL RISE""; ""7 Assessment of Response Strategies for Specific Facilities and Systems ""; ""AIRPORTS""; ""LEVEES""; ""Existing Levees""; ""New Levees""; ""SEDIMENTATION OF SEAPORTS AND HARBORS, NAVIGATION CHANNELS, TURNING BASINS, AND DOCKING AREAS""; ""BREAKWATERS, SEA WALLS, AND JETTIES""; ""NAVIGATION GATES""; ""PIERS AND WHARVES""; ""DRY DOCKS AND WET DOCKS"" |
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""HIGHWAYS, RAILROADS, BRIDGES, AND VEHICULAR TUNNELS""""COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS""; ""POWER PLANTS""; ""PIPELINES""; ""FLOODING AND STORM DRAINS""; ""HOTELS AND MALLS""; ""RESIDENTIAL CENTERS""; ""WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS""; ""Perched Fresh Water""; ""Aquifers""; ""Freshwater Intakes from Upstream Regions of Estuaries""; ""LANDFILLS AND WASTE DISPOSAL SITES""; ""OFFSHORE PLATFORMS AND ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS""; ""8 Decisions for the Future ""; ""STRATEGIC DECISIONS""; ""Economic Factors""; ""Long-Term Costs""; ""Design Life Versus Remedial Measures""; ""Social Factors"" |
| Notes |
""Degree of Risk from Sea Level Rise"" |
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Print version record |
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Coastal engineering -- United States
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Sea level -- United States
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Coastal engineering.
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Sea level.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780309595759 |
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0309595754 |
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