Living with the changing California Coast /

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Crowded into the beautiful, narrow strip at the edge of the ocean, the large number of people who live near California's dynamic coastline often have little awareness of the hazards--waves, tides, wind, storms, rain, and runoff--that erode and impact the coast and claim property on a regular ba...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Griggs, Gary B.
Otros Autores: Patsch, Kiki, 1977-, Savoy, Lauret E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Shore protection > California.
Coasts > California.
Coastal zone management > California.
Rivage > Protection > Californie.
Littoral > Californie.
Littoral > Aménagement > Californie.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
NATURE > General.
Coastal zone management
Coasts
Shore protection
Küstenschutz
Küste
Kustgebieden.
Kustbescherming.
California
Kalifornien
Californië.
america.
california coast.
california residents.
california.
climate change.
coastal features.
coastal hazards.
coastal landscape.
coastline.
erosion.
geologic change.
geologic instability.
geologic processes.
geological profile.
homebuyers.
human impact.
land developers.
land development.
landforms.
maps.
mexico.
natural world.
nonfiction.
oregon border.
photographs.
practical guide.
reference guide.
regional geography.
regional geology.
regional history.
sea levels.
united states.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A perspective on the coast of California ; The evolution of the California coast ; Weather, climate change, sea level and the coastline ; Understanding the shoreline ; The erosion of the coastline ; Building or buying on the coast ; Responding to coastal hazards / Gary Griggs, Kiki Patsch, Lauret Savoy
  • An overview of California's coastal hazards : theory and practice / Charles Lester
  • The northern California coast : the Oregon border to Shelter Cove / Lauret Savoy, Gary Griggs and Derek Rust
  • Point Delgada to Point Arena ; Point Arena to San Francisco / Lauret Savoy, Dorothy Merritts, Karen Grove and Robert Walker
  • The San Francisco coastline / Gary Griggs, Kim Fulton and Lauret Savoy
  • San Francisco to Ano Nuevo / Jerry Weber, Gary Griggs, Ken LaJoie and Scott Mathieson
  • Ano Nuevo to the Monterey Peninsula / Gary Griggs and Kiki Patsch
  • The Monterey Peninsula to Morro Bay / Cheryl Hapke
  • Morro Bay to Point Conception / Antony Orme
  • Point Conception to Rincon Point / Robert Norris and Kiki Patsch
  • Rincon Point to Santa Monica / Antony Orme
  • The coast of southern California : Santa Monica to Dana Point / Douglas Sherman and Bernard Pipkin
  • Dana Point to the international border / Reinhard Flick.

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