Pitfalls of Shoreline Stabilization Selected Case Studies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cooper, J. Andrew G. (Editor), Pilkey, Orrin H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Coastal Research Library, 3
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Oceanography.; Geobiology.; Coasts.; Physical geography.; Earth Sciences.; Coastal Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Physical Geography.; Earth Sciences, general.

At the coast all is not what it seems.  Decades of beachfront development have seen a variety of efforts to stabilize the shoreline to protect ill-placed beachfront property, both from shoreline erosion and from storm damage. Both of these problems become increasingly critical in a time of rising se...