Storm Surge Barriers to Protect New York City [[electronic resource] ] : Against the Deluge

• Autore: Bowman Malcolm J
• Pubblicazione: Reston, : ASCE, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 627.42
• Soggetto topico: Breakwaters -- New Jersey -- Congresses; Breakwaters -- New York (State) -- Congresses; Flood damage prevention -- New Jersey -- Congresses; Flood damage prevention -- New York (State) -- Congresses; Shore protection -- New Jersey -- Congresses; Shore protection -- New York (State) -- Congresses; Storm surges -- New Jersey -- Congresses; Storm surges -- New York (State) -- Congresses; Shore protection - New York (State); Sea-walls - New Jersey; Shore protection - New Jersey; Flood damage prevention - New York (State); Flood damage prevention - New Jersey; Breakwaters - New York (State); Breakwaters - New Jersey; Storm surges - New York (State); Storm surges - New Jersey; Sea-walls - New York (State); Mechanical Engineering; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Hydraulic Engineering
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KhindaJagtar S HillDouglas
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Lessons of Katrina: What Went Wrong and Why""; ""3 Synthetic Storm Simulation for Wind Risk Assessment""; ""4 Hydrodynamic/GIS Simulation of Storm Surge Flooding in the NY/NJ Harbor System""; ""5 Vulnerability and Potential Losses in New York City from Coastal Flooding""; ""6 Hydrologic Feasibility of Storm Surge Barriers""; ""7 Climate Adaptation Cost for Flood Risk Management in the Netherlands""; ""8 Regulatory Changes to a New York Harbor Storm Barrier System""; ""9 Storm Surge Barriers: Ecological and Special Concerns"" ; ""10 Geotechnical Aspects of Three Storm Surge Barrier Sites to Protect New York City from Flooding""""11 A Global Overview of Navigable Storm Surge Barriers: Suitable Gate Types for New York from a Dutch Perspective""; ""12 Student Designs of Storm Surge Barriers for the NYC Metropolitan Area""; ""13 East River Storm Surge Barrier""; ""14 Verrazano Narrows Storm Surge Barrier: A Dutch Vision""; ""15 Arthur Kill Storm Surge Barrier: Design Concept""; ""16 NY/NJ Outer Harbor Gateway""; ""17 Review Panel: Should Barriers Be Built in New York City?""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E"" ; ""F""""G""; ""H""; ""L""; ""N""; ""O""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""
• Titolo autorizzato: Storm Surge Barriers to Protect New York City
• ISBN: 0-7844-7700-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452786903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II