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Book Restoring and Protecting Marine Habitat

Download or read book Restoring and Protecting Marine Habitat written by Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tremendous changes have occurred this century in the nation's coastal habitats, in the way society views them, and in the way they are managed. This volume offers a complete, highly readable assessment of how scientific knowledge and coastal engineering capabilities can be more effectively used to protect and restore marine habitat. It addresses traditional and innovative uses of technology to protect remaining natural marine habitats, to enhance or restore those that have been altered, and to create marine habitat from lands used for other purposes. The use of dredged materials as a vital resource in protection and restoration work is explored. The book also explores organizational, management, and regulatory barriers to using the best available technology and engineering practice. Specific options for improvements are offered in each area.

Book Beach Nourishment and Protection

    Book Details:
  • Author : Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 1995-12-12
  • ISBN : 030917614X
  • Pages : 353 pages

Download or read book Beach Nourishment and Protection written by Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-12-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many coastal communities have built structures at their beaches and added quantities of sand in contoured designs to combat erosion. Are such beach nourishment projects technically and economically sound? Or are they nothing more than building sand castles, as critics claim? Beach Nourishment and Protection provides a sound technical basis for decision-making, with recommendations regarding the utility of beach nourishment, the appropriate role of federal agencies, responsibility for cost, design methodology, and other issues. This volume: Examines the economic and social role of beaches, the history of beach nourishment projects, and management strategies for shore protection. Discusses the role of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, with a close-up look at the federal flood insurance program. Explores the state of the art in project design and prediction of outcomes, including the controversy over the use of traditional and nontraditional shore protection devices. Addresses what is known about the environmental impacts of beach nourishment. Identifies what outcomes should be targeted for continued monitoring by project officials. Beach Nourishment and Protection provides insight into the technical, economic, environmental, and policy implications of beach nourishment and protection, with examples and suggested research directions.

Book Bridge Hydraulics

Download or read book Bridge Hydraulics written by Dr Les Hamill and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-12-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The design of bridges across rivers and streams is a major component of many civil engineering projects. The size of waterways must be kept reasonably small for reasons of economy and yet be large enough to allow floods to pass. Bridge Hydraulics is the first book to consider both arched and rectangular waterway openings in detail and to describe a

Book Shiphandling Simulation

Download or read book Shiphandling Simulation written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1992-02-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a result of major shipping disasters on all coasts, the safety of vessel operations in U.S. ports and waterways and the effectiveness of waterway designs are under increased scrutiny. But are traditional waterway design practices that rely heavily on rules of thumb and conservatism providing adequate margins of safety while keeping the overall costs of waterway projects within the funding capabilities of local project sponsors? Shiphandling Simulation addresses how computer-based simulation can be used to improve the cost- effectiveness of waterway design while satisfying safety objectives. The book examines the role of computer simulation in improving waterway design, evaluates the adequacy of data input, explores the validity of hydrodynamic and mathematical models, assesses required and achievable accuracy of simulation results, and identifies research needed to establish shiphandling simulation as a standard design aid. Case studies of waterway design efforts employing shiphandling simulation are analyzed and lessons learned are identified.

Book Applied Mechanics Reviews

Download or read book Applied Mechanics Reviews written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Estuarine and Coastal Modeling

Download or read book Estuarine and Coastal Modeling written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Estuarine and Coastal Modeling

Download or read book Estuarine and Coastal Modeling written by Malcolm L. Spaulding and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty papers from the October 1997 conference explore the development, application, calibration, validation, and visualization of predictions from marine environmental modeling. The authors focus on the application of models to bays, sounds, estuaries, embayments, lagoons, and coastal seas to solve engineering and environmental impact and assessment problems. Papers also describe recent model developments, applications and interpretations, and visualization of results. Two special sessions discuss nowcasting and forecasting of the currents for the sailing events of the 1996 Olympic Games, and model results for hydrodynamic and water quality simulations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Library Journal

Download or read book Library Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 1226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Forthcoming Books

Download or read book Forthcoming Books written by Rose Arny and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 1552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Walford s Guide to Reference Material  Science and technology

Download or read book Walford s Guide to Reference Material Science and technology written by Albert John Walford and published by London : Library Association Pub.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised and updated guide to reference material. It contains selective and evaluative entries to guide the enquirer to the best source of reference in each subject area, be it journal article, CD-ROM, on-line database, bibliography, encyclopaedia, monograph or directory. It features full critical annotations and reviewers' comments and comprehensive author-title and subject indexes. The contents include: mathematics; astronomy and surveying; physics; chemistry; earth sciences; palaeontology; anthropology; biology; natural history; botany; zoology; patents and interventions; medicine; engineering; transport vehicles; agriculture and livestock; household management; communication; chemical industry; manufactures; industries, trades and crafts; and the building industry.

Book Oceanic Abstracts with Indexes

Download or read book Oceanic Abstracts with Indexes written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Subject Guide to Books in Print

Download or read book Subject Guide to Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 1894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sedimentation Control to Reduce Maintenance Dredging of Navigational Facilities in Estuaries

Download or read book Sedimentation Control to Reduce Maintenance Dredging of Navigational Facilities in Estuaries written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1987-02-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mahasagar

Download or read book Mahasagar written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Oceanic Abstracts

Download or read book Oceanic Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

Download or read book Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: