The beaches are moving : the drowning of America's shoreline : with a new epilogue /

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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Kaufman, Wallace (Author), Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1983.
Series:Living with the shore.
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Subjects:
Beaches > United States.
Coast changes > United States.
Plages > États-Unis.
Littoral > Modifications > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Beaches
Coast changes
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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