Maritime Planning in New Zealand
This paper discusses maritime planning in New Zealand. After giving some background information, it deals with the statutory basis of such planning. It then looks at the Auckland experience,...

The Regulation of Private Waterside Development
To implement their Coastal Zone Management and Local Waterfront Revitalization Plans, towns and villages in the State of New York have been encouraged by the State to develop Harbor Management...

Design Considerations for a Navigational Channel
The hydraulic feasibility of the proposed navigation channel from Shuwaikh to the offshore area in Sulaibikhat Bay was studied. Channel width and alignment were determined considering...

Coastal Structures and Long Term Shore Migration
Marco Island is a barrier island located on Florida's Gulf coast. Using an aerial photo time series from 1926 to 1981, shoreline migration is examined. Since shore development...

Satellite-Tracked Buoy Activities in Saudi Arabia
During the pollution threat on the Gulf caused by the collapse of the NOWRUZ oil field well in February 1983, the Meteorology and Environmental Administration (MEPA) established an Oil...

Wetlands Mapping in the Coastal Zone: Progress Towards a National Digital Data Base
To date approximately 90 percent of the coastal zone of the lower 48 states has been mapped by the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI). A number of Federal and State agencies have expressed...

Design of Breakwaters for Hurricane Wave Attack
The breakwaters protecting Port of Haina in the Dominican Republic have been repeatedly damaged by hurricane storm waves. Attempt to repair the destroyed portions have been largely unsuccessful....

St. George Harbor?A Berm Breakwater Solution in Alaska's Bering Sea
The berm breakwater concept is based on the premise that locally available materials should be used in breakwater construction to the largest degree possible. By looking at failure dynamics...

Design Features of the Elliott Bay Marina
The paper presents a summary of the major coastal engineering design features of a new Puget Sound small craft harbor proposed for construction within the City of Seattle. The 1,200 berth...

Construction of Fisherman's Wharf Breakwater
The San Francisco District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers recently completed construction of a breakwater at Fisherman's Wharf. The construction, completed ahead...

U.S. Port Commerce in Radioactive Materials (abstract)
In the ten-year period assessed, total radioactive materials handled at U. S. ports expanded by over 19,000 tons, which amounts to almost a 173 percent growth rate. This abstract refers...

Institutional Constraints to Coastal Zone Management: A Case Study of Hawaii (abstract)
The problems that plague Hawaii's coastal zone management are primarily the result of 'institutional' factors, some of them rather unique. These...

A Case Study of the CEQ Worst Case Regulation
This paper focuses on a decision by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) not to include a worst case oil spill analysis in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed...

Port of Eastport, Maine: A Growing Breakbulk Cargo Port (abstract)
The Port of Eastport accommodated over 90,000 tons of international waterborne trade in 1986. In 1980, this trade-related port operation was non-existent. A Cargo Facility Economic and...

Nourishment of San Luis Beach, Galveston Island, TX
It has been proposed that one way of stopping shoreline retreat and protecting the foot of the Galveston Seawall is to nourish the complete length of the beach in front of the Seawall....

Shoreline Protection of the East Frisian Islands of Norderney and Langeoog
The seven East Frisian Islands protect as a natural barrier chain a part of the German coastline. In order to protect the health and bathing resorts against erosion, people constructed...

Shoreline Erosion Protection and Beach Nourishment
More than 40 percent of our national shoreline, excluding Alaska, is undergoing severe erosion. Structural measures including bulkheads, seawalls, revetments, groins, offshore breakwaters,...

Artificial Beach Design, Lake Forest, Illinois
A system of beaches and offshore breakwaters was designed to protect eroding bluffs along the shoreline of the City of Lake Forest. The beach system consists of sand fill contained by...

Integrated Disposal Studies in San Francisco Bay
The United States Army Corps of Engineers is studying the accumulation of dredged material at the Alcatraz Disposal Site in San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz was chosen for aquatic disposal...

Decisionmaking for Dredggedg Material Management
Management of dredged material produced in coastal environments is greatly complicated by the presence of chemical contaminants in the material. The kinds and quantities of contaminants...

 

 

 

 

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