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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778661903321

Titolo

Beach nourishment and protection / / Committee on Beach Nourishment and Protection, Marine Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1995

ISBN

0-309-17614-X

1-280-19309-3

9786610193097

0-309-55647-3

0-585-02220-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 334 pages) : illustrations, map

Disciplina

627/.58

Soggetti

Beach nourishment

Shore protection

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.