Reducing coastal risks on the East and Gulf coasts /

"Hurricane- and coastal-storm-related losses have increased substantially during the past century, largely due to increases in population and development in the most susceptible coastal areas. Climate change poses additional threats to coastal communities from sea level rise and possible increa...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science, Engineering, and Planning. Coastal Risk Reduction
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2014.
©2014
Temas:
Hurricane protection > Government policy > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Hurricane protection > Government policy > Gulf Coast (U.S.)
Flood damage prevention > Government policy > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Flood damage prevention > Government policy > Gulf Coast (U.S.)
Protection contre les ouragans > Politique gouvernementale > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis)
Protection contre les ouragans > Politique gouvernementale > Mexique, Côte du golfe du (États-Unis)
Dommages causés par les inondations > Prévention > Politique gouvernementale > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis)
Dommages causés par les inondations > Prévention > Politique gouvernementale > Mexique, Côte du golfe du (États-Unis)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Flood damage prevention > Government policy
Hurricane protection > Government policy
United States > Atlantic Coast
United States > Gulf Coast
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Institutional Landscape for Coastal Risk Management
  • Performance of Coastal Risk Reduction Strategies
  • Principles for Guiding the Nation's Future Investments in Coastal Risk Reduction
  • A Vision for Coastal Risk Reduction
  • References
  • Appendix A: Major U.S. Coastal Storms Since 1900
  • Appendix B: USACE Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Projects
  • Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.

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