Shore And Beach

Author : Carl Heywood Hobbs
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Bathing beaches
ISBN : 9780231160544

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The Beach Book by Carl Heywood Hobbs Pdf

Waves and tides, wind and storms, sea-level rise and shore erosion: these are the forces that shape our beaches, and beach lovers of all stripes can benefit from learning more about how these coastal processes work. With animation and clarity, The Beach Book tells sunbathers why beaches widen and narrow, and helps boaters and anglers understand why tidal inlets migrate. It gives home buyers insight into erosion rates and provides natural-resource managers and interested citizens with rich information on beach nourishment and coastal-zone development. And for all of us concerned about the long-term health of our beaches, it outlines the latest scientific information on sea-level rise and introduces ways to combat not only the erosion of beaches but also the decline of other coastal habitats. The more we learn about coastline formation and maintenance, Carl Hobbs argues, the better we can appreciate and cultivate our shores. Informed by the latest research and infused with a passion for its subject, The Beach Book provides a wide-ranging introduction to the shore, and all of us who love the beach and its associated environments will find it timely and useful.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Bathing beaches
ISBN : MINN:31951D03564952T

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Shore and Beach Preservation by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors Pdf

Author : A.C. Brown,Anton McLachlan
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080465099

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The Ecology of Sandy Shores by A.C. Brown,Anton McLachlan Pdf

The Ecology of Sandy Shores provides the students and researchers with a one-volume resource for understanding the conservation and management of the sandy shore ecosystem. Covering all beach types, and addressing issues from the behavioral and physiological adaptations of the biota to exploring the effects of pollution and the impact of man's activities, this book should become the standard reference for those interested in Sandy Shore study, management and preservation. More than 25% expanded from the previous edition Three entirely new chapters: Energetics and Nutrient Cycling, Turtles and Terrestrial Vertebrates, and Benthic Macrofauna Populations New sections on the interstitial environment, seagrasses, human impacts and coastal zone management Examples drawn from virtually all parts of the world, considering all beach types from the most exposed to the most sheltered

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Coastal zone management
ISBN : UFL:35051105524609

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Shore and Beach by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert G Dean
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789813103306

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Beach Nourishment by Robert G Dean Pdf

This book is written for engineers, students of coastal processes and laypersons interested in beach nourishment, which consists of the placement of large quantities of good quality sediment on the beach to advance the shoreline seaward. The improvement of project performance through proper design and the predictability of performance are emphasized. The overall longevity of a project is addressed as are local erosional areas. The roles which wave height, project length and sediment quality play in project performance are addressed quantitatively. The results are illustrated through reference to a number of monitored nourishment projects. Biological and economic aspects of beach nourishment are addressed.

Author : Derek Jackson,Andrew Short
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780081029275

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Sandy Beach Morphodynamics by Derek Jackson,Andrew Short Pdf

Sandy beaches represent some of the most dynamic environments on Earth and examining their morphodynamic behaviour over different temporal and spatial scales is challenging, relying on multidisciplinary approaches and techniques. Sandy Beach Morphodynamics brings together the latest research on beach systems and their morphodynamics and the ways in which they are studied in 29 chapters that review the full spectrum of beach morphodynamics. The chapters are written by leading experts in the field and provide introductory level understanding of physical processes and resulting landforms, along with more advanced discussions. Includes chapters that are written by the world's leading experts, including the latest up-to-date thinking on a variety of subject areas Covers state-of-the-art techniques, bringing the reader the latest technologies/methods being used to understand beach systems Presents a clear-and-concise description of processes and techniques that enables a clear understanding of coastal processes

Author : Barbara Delinsky
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250119506

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A Week at the Shore by Barbara Delinsky Pdf

“A first-rate storyteller who creates believable, sympathetic characters who seem as familiar as your neighbors,” (The Boston Globe), Barbara Delinsky presents a captivating new novel about a woman whose unexpected reunion with her estranged family forces her to confront a devastating past in A Week at the Shore. One phone call is all it takes to lure Mallory Aldiss back to her family’s Rhode Island beach home. It's been twenty years since she's been gone—running from the scandal that destroyed her parents' marriage, drove her and her two sisters apart, and crushed her relationship with the love of her life, Jack Sabathian. Twenty years during which she lived in New York, building her career as a photographer and raising her now teenage daughter Joy. But that phone call makes it clear that something has brought the past forward again—something involving Mallory’s father. Compelled by concern for her family and by Joy’s wish to visit her mother’s childhood home, Mallory returns to Bay Bluff, where conflicting loyalties will be faced and painful truths revealed. In just seven watershed days at the Rhode Island shore, she will test the bonds of friendship and family—and discover the role that love plays in defining their lives.

Author : Patricia Heyer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439675755

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Haunted Jersey Shore Beaches, Boardwalks and Lighthouses by Patricia Heyer Pdf

Ghostly Fun in the Sand and Sun The wide sandy beaches, colorful boardwalks and majestic lighthouses of the Jersey Shore share supernatural secrets and unexplainable encounters... In Absecon the dead pose as guides for a unique afterhours tour of its historic lighthouse. A reformed criminal met the apparition of his victim, learning remorse is eternal, on Long Beach Island. Newly built casinos in Atlantic City have former patrons stopping by for one last goodbye, from beyond the grave. A spectral organist haunts and plays the pipe organ of Asbury Park's Convention Hall. Author Patricia Heyer uncovers the eerie mysteries that shroud many of the Shore's iconic landmarks.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Beach erosion
ISBN : UVA:X001766371

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Shore Protection Manual by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031010366

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Ludington Harbor Shore Damage Mitigation by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031009889

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White Lake Harbor Shore Damage Mitigation by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Detroit District
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Beach erosion
ISBN : MINN:31951002862273W

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Mitigation of shore damage attributed to the Federal navigation structures at Hammond Bay Harbor, Michigan by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Detroit District Pdf

Author : Orrin H. Pilkey Jr.,J. Andrew G. Cooper
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780822375944

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The Last Beach by Orrin H. Pilkey Jr.,J. Andrew G. Cooper Pdf

The Last Beach is an urgent call to save the world's beaches while there is still time. The geologists Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper sound the alarm in this frank assessment of our current relationship with beaches and their grim future if we do not change the way we understand and treat our irreplaceable shores. Combining case studies and anecdotes from around the world, they argue that many of the world's developed beaches, including some in Florida and in Spain, are virtually doomed and that we must act immediately to save imperiled beaches. After explaining beaches as dynamic ecosystems, Pilkey and Cooper assess the harm done by dense oceanfront development accompanied by the construction of massive seawalls to protect new buildings from a shoreline that encroaches as sea levels rise. They discuss the toll taken by sand mining, trash that washes up on beaches, and pollution, which has contaminated not only the water but also, surprisingly, the sand. Acknowledging the challenge of reconciling our actions with our love of beaches, the geologists offer suggestions for reversing course, insisting that given the space, beaches can take care of themselves and provide us with multiple benefits.

Author : Andrew W. Kahrl
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469628738

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The Land Was Ours by Andrew W. Kahrl Pdf

The coasts of today's American South feature luxury condominiums, resorts, and gated communities, yet just a century ago, a surprising amount of beachfront property in the Chesapeake, along the Carolina shores, and around the Gulf of Mexico was owned and populated by African Americans. Blending social and environmental history, Andrew W. Kahrl tells the story of African American–owned beaches in the twentieth century. By reconstructing African American life along the coast, Kahrl demonstrates just how important these properties were for African American communities and leisure, as well as for economic empowerment, especially during the era of the Jim Crow South. However, in the wake of the civil rights movement and amid the growing prosperity of the Sunbelt, many African Americans fell victim to effective campaigns to dispossess black landowners of their properties and beaches. Kahrl makes a signal contribution to our understanding of African American landowners and real-estate developers, as well as the development of coastal capitalism along the southern seaboard, tying the creation of overdeveloped, unsustainable coastlines to the unmaking of black communities and cultures along the shore. The result is a skillful appraisal of the ambiguous legacy of racial progress in the Sunbelt.

Author : David M. Bush
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780822315902

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Living with the Puerto Rico Shore by David M. Bush Pdf

In this, the eighteenth title in Duke University Press's Living With the Shore series, the authors present a "user's guide" to the coastal zone of Puerto Rico. Presenting a geological appraisal of the history, dynamics, and hazards of the island's coastline, Living With the Puerto Rico Shore is the first in the series to examine a tropical region and the first to examine an area outside the continental United States. The book provides detailed descriptions of the entire shoreline, noting the specific coastal hazards of each coastal reach. These hazards include coastal erosion, storm surge flooding, and potential damage from earthquakes. Where high-density development or significant roads and utilities are particularly at risk, these are also noted. The effects that sand mining, seawalls, jetties, and other attempts at coastal engineering have had on the island are examined. Finally, the authors discuss historical and legal aspects of coastal planning in Puerto Rico, presenting guidelines for selecting building sites. Of interest to all concerned with protecting our shores and beaches and useful to the coastal planner and manager, Living With the Puerto Rico Shore contains an extensive bibliography and a list of agencies involved in coastal issues.