Karl Nordstrom, Paul S Garés, Norbert P Psuty, William J Neal, Orrin H Pilkey

Living with the New Jersey Shore

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a reasoned analysis, without polemics or faultfinding, of the conflict between beachfront development and the New Jersey shore's natural system.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 209
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 1986
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780822306986
• ISBN-10: 0822306980
• Artikelnr.: 21595148

Autorenporträt

Karl Nordstrom, Paul A. Garés, Norbert P. Psuty, Orrin H. Pilkey Jr., William Neal, and Orrin H. Pilkey Sr.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables viii
Foreword xi
Preface xv
1. A Coastal Perspective 1
2. Shoreline Dynamics 12
3. Man and the Shoreline 30
4. Selecting a Location on the New Jersey Shore 43
5. The Barrier Island, Land Use, and the Law 97
6. Building or Buying a House Near the Beach 107
Appendix A. Hurricane checklist 135
Appendix B. A guide to federal, state, and local agencies involved in
coastal development 139
Appendix C. Useful references 153
Appendix D. Field trips 176
Index 187