David M. Bush, Norma J. Longo, William J. Neal

Living on the Edge of the Gulf: The West Florida and Alabama Coast

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new look at the West Florida and Alabama Gulf shoreline, in the context of burgeoning development and revised coastal regulations.

Produktdetails

• Living with the Shore
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• New
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: Juli 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 162mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780822325338
• ISBN-10: 0822325330
• Artikelnr.: 21362448

Autorenporträt

David M. Bush is Associate Professor of Geology at State University of West Georgia. Norma J. Longo is a geologist who lives in Durham, North Carolina. William J. Neal is Professor of Geology at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. Luciana S. Esteves is a coastal geologist who lives in Brazil. Orrin H. Pilkey is James B. Duke Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Emeritus, at Duke University. Deborah F. Pilkey is an engineer who lives in Simi Valley, California.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures, Tables, and Risk Maps
Preface
Preface to Living with the West Florida Shore (1985)
1. The Nine Lives of the Shoreline
2. Living with Beaches, Barrier Islands, and Wetland Coasts
3. Living with Storms
4. Living with Coastal Engineering
5. Living by the Rules of the Sea: Assessing Risk
6. Living with Your Shore: Coastal Reach and Site Analysis
7. Living with the Rest of Nature
8. Living with Coastal Construction: Buying, Building, or Retrofitting Your
House
9. Living with Coastal Regulations
Appendixes
A. Hazard Safety Checklist
B. Guide to Local, State, and Federal Agencies Involved in Coastal
Development
C. 101 Useful References and Other Resources