Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008
Proceedings of Sessions of the Conference, April 13-16, 2008, Turtle Bay, Oahu, Hawaii
Description:... Proceedings of the Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008 conference, held in Turtle Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, April 13-16, 2008. Sponsored by the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of ASCE; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration; U.S. Geological Survey.
This collection contains 90 papers with state-of-the-art information coastal engineering.
Topics include:
- sea-level rise,
- hurricanes and storm surge,
- coastal inundation and flooding,
- shoreline erosion and beach nourishment,
- shoreline management,
- coastal hazard mitigation,
- vulnerability of coastal structures,
- marine facilities, and
- social science/coastal disasters.
This proceedings is a companion to Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008: Tsunamis and will be valuable to engineers, managers, planners, scientists, geologists, economists, oceanographers, and meteorologists working in the coastal zone.
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