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The Beaches Are Moving : The Drowning of America's Shoreline /
Our beaches are eroding, sinking, washing out right under our houses, hotels, bridges; vacation dreamlands become nightmare scenes of futile revetments, fills, groins, what have you--all thrown up in a frantic defense against the natural system. The romantic desire to live on the seashore is in doom...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham, N.C. :
Duke University Press,
1983.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Beaches Are Moving
- Who's Afraid of Sea Level?
- The Beaches Are Made of Continents
- Energy: Winds, Waves, and rides
- The Beach Is Four Miles Wide
- Barrier Islands: Let the Lighthouse Fall
- The Human Nature of Natural Disaster
- The Will to Power: An Old World Heritage
- Sand Castles and Supermen
- Engineered Shorelines: The Point of No Return
- Who Owns the Beaches?
- How to Live with a Beach
- Epilogue: It's Not All Over Now
- Checklist for Buying or Building on the Beach
- Where to See the Beaches Moving
- Bibliography of Useful Reference.