The Effect of Erosion Upon Coastal Property Values
The effect of long-term severe erosion upon coastal property values is tested at a site along the Pacific Coast of Washington State. Statistical analysis of mean sales values suggests...
Identification of Consciousness and Behavior of Japanese and the Living Environment in a Coastal Zone
Japan's policy of coastal zone management has changed from placing emphasis on seaside disaster prevention, industry location, and harbor construction to creating the amenities...
Building Around a Building
Many, maybe most, construction disasters occur as the result of the failure of temporary structures. Despite the fact that temporary structures have a critical effect on the speed, safety...
Risky Waters
Risk assessment is a tool engineers use to clarify the impact and issues associated with various choices and perspectives. Because problems and projects related to water have such a significant...
Geomorphology, Convergent Margins and Earthquakes
Underthrusting along convergent plate margins, is commonly accompanied by the occurrence of shallow focus, large magnitude thrust earthquakes ( greater than magnitude 7. 5). In the subduction...
EEZ Governance in Australia, Canada, the United States and New Zealand
All four nations listed in the title claim 200-mile exclusive resource zones based on the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf...
The EEZ: Potential and Problems for Ocean Management
The emergence of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) represents the culmination of efforts to devise a transitional zone between the territorial sea, in which the coastal state has sovereignty...
Canada's Policy for National Marine Parks
The paper reviews some of the unique characteristics of marine ecosystems that demand management considerations distinct from those applied to terrestrial ones. The second part presents...
Common Priorities for Managing Marine Protected Areas: Results from an International Seminar
In 1986, representatives from 22 countries participated in the International Marine Protected Area Management Seminar. The Seminar provided an opportunity to identify and discuss major...
Rocky Habitat Mitigation Using Artificial Reefs in Puget Sound, Washington
In Puget Sound, Washington, artificial reefs are being studied to determine their potential to mitigate for man-caused degradation of rocky habitat. These studies demonstrate the biological...
Vertical Shelter From Hurricanes: Risk Perceptions and Politics
To reduce risks posed by high hurricane evacuation times, vertical shelters have been proposed. This paper presents a preliminary assessment of key decision makers' reactions...
Urban Waterfronts: Does Every Use Have a Place?
This paper is a comparison of different state definitions and techniques used to manage competing uses on the waterfront. Every use does have a place on the waterfront. But that place...
Coastal Area Development and Offshore Man-Made Islands
With offshore man-made islands, it is necessary to make the aims of land use clear in terms of the various conditions, such as a severe environment and vast construction costs. As technological...
Ocean Erosion Control for the Private Sector
The paper describes some procedures of design and construction of riprap type protective structures to contain ocean erosion and to provide an end product that both gives protection and...
Economical Solutions for Dredged Material Disposal
During the 1970's, the State of Wisconsin expressed concern about contamination of dredged materials and the deposition of pollutants into Wisconsin's Great Lakes...
Coastal Zone Management Plan Development in Malaysia: Issues and Possible Sollutions
Over the last few decades Malaysia has undergone fairly rapid rates of economic growth, characterised by high level of resource exploitation, without due consideration given to the environmental...
Effects of Damage and Redundancy on Structural Performance
There are numerous factors involved in the interrelationship between damage states, redundancy, system strength and structural performance. This volume examines some of these factors and...
Foundations for Transmission Line Towers
This special technical publication contains the proceedings of a two session symposium on foundations for transmission line towers. These papers were written by researchers, geotechnical...
The Mexico Earthquakes?1985
Factors Involved and Lessons Learned
This publication reports initial results of study of the 1985 Mexico earthquake, one year after the event. The findings present sufficient depth of analysis to provide an understanding...
The Dioxin Situation in West Germany
The public discussion in Germany of the 'dioxin problem' has recently become more rational than it was three years ago. Emotions and hard facts are in a balance...
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