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Measuring and Understanding Coastal Processes

By National Research Council; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Commission on Engineering

Book information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
1989
ISBN
9780309571760, 9780309041294
LCC
GB451.2 -- .N35 1989eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1570865 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
129\129
Time added
2023-08-12 17:49:30
Coastal engineering. ; Coast changes.

Description

Much of the U.S. coastline is rapidly changing?mostly eroding. That fact places increasing pressure on the planners and managers responsible for coastal development and protection, and could have a direct effect on many of the 125 million Americans living within 50 miles of the coast who rely on its resources and beaches for their livelihood or recreation. Although rapid advances have been made in the measurement systems needed to understand and describe the forces and changes at work in the surf-zone environment, their potential for allowing more accurate and reliable planning and engineering responses has not been fully realized. This book assesses coastal data needs, instrumentation, and analyses, and recommends areas in which more information or better instrumentation is needed.

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