Living on the edge of the Gulf : the West Florida and Alabama coast /

Living on the edge of the Gulf : the West Florida and Alabama coast /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2001.
Description:xxiv, 340 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Living with the shore
Subject:
Shore protection -- Florida -- West Florida.
Shore protection -- Alabama.
Coastal zone management -- Florida -- West Florida.
Coastal zone management -- Alabama.
House construction -- Florida -- West Florida.
House construction -- Alabama.
Coastal zone management.
House construction.
Shore protection.
Gulf Coast (Fla.)
Gulf Coast (Ala.)
Alabama.
Alabama -- Gulf Coast.
Florida -- Gulf Coast.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4480934
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:Bush, David M.
ISBN:0822325330 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822325659 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-330) and index.

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505 0 0 |t Preface to Living with the West Florida Shore (1985) --  |g 1.  |t The Nine Lives of the Shoreline --  |t Climatic Life: The Dynamic Coastal Zone --  |t Geologic Life: Geologic Origins, Time, and Change --  |t Coastal Life: Regional Coastal Types --  |t Physical Life: Processes, Sediments, Environments --  |t Biologic Life: Plants and Animals --  |t Prehistoric Life: Early Humans --  |t Historic Life: The First Resorts, Development, Storms --  |t Present Life: Population Explosion and Impact --  |t Future Life: Prospects --  |g 2.  |t Living with Beaches, Barrier Islands, and Wetland Coasts --  |t Northwest Barrier Chain --  |t Big Bend Marsh Coast --  |t West-Central Barrier Chain --  |t Ten Thousand Islands Mangrove Coast and Everglades --  |t The Significance of Barrier Islands in Risk Evaluation --  |t Barrier Island Evolution --  |t Stationary or Grounded Barrier Islands --  |t Rolling Sandbars: How Islands Migrate --  |t The Role of the Shoreface in Barrier Island Evolution --  |t Geologic Framework of the Eastern Gulf Coast: Know Your Shoreface --  |t Beaches: The Shock Absorbers --  |t If Most of the Ocean-Side Shorelines Are Eroding, What Is the Long-Range Future of Beach Development? --  |g 3.  |t Living with Storms --  |t Hurricanes --  |t Southwesters and Winter Storms --  |t Coastal Storm Processes --  |g 4.  |t Living with Coastal Engineering --  |t Shoreline Armoring --  |t Beach Nourishment --  |t Retreat through Relocation --  |t Are Variances Eroding Beach Protection Efforts? --  |t Truths of the Shoreline --  |g 5.  |t Living by the Rules of the Sea: Assessing Risk --  |t Coastal Stability: Terra Infirma --  |t Selecting Your Site: Sunny Playground or Watery Tempest? --  |t Stability Indicators: Can You Read Nature's Record? --  |t Coastal Environments: How Does Your Site Fit the Bigger Picture? --  |t Water Resources, Services, and Utilities --  |t Site Risk: Do You Know the Rules for Survival? --  |t Escape Routes: Do You Have an Emergency Plan? --  |g 6.  |t Living with Your Shore: Coastal Reach and Site Analyses --  |t The Northwest Barrier Island Chain --  |t Alabama --  |t Florida --  |t The Big Bend Marsh Coast --  |t The West-Central Barrier Island Chain --  |t Past Reflections: Future Expectations --  |g 7.  |t Living with the Rest of Nature --  |t Sinkhole Collapse and Subsidence --  |t Other Types of Subsidence --  |t River and Estuary Flooding --  |t At Least There Are No Earthquakes? --  |t Water Problems: Are You Ready for More Infrastructure? --  |t El Nino: The Global Connection --  |t The Final Hazard: Human Infrastructure --  |g 8.  |t Living with Coastal Construction: Buying, Building, or Retrofitting Your House --  |t Can We Learn from Past Experience? --  |t Coastal Reality versus Coastal Reality --  |t The Structure: Concept of Balanced Risk --  |t Can We Rely on Building Codes? --  |t Coastal Forces: Design Requirements --  |t The National Flood Insurance Program --  |t Construction Type --  |t House Selection --  |t Strengthening the Exterior Envelope --  |t Structural Integrity --  |t Keeping Dry: Pole or "Stilt" Houses --  |t Utility Systems --  |t Dry Flood-Proofing --  |t An Existing House: What to Look for, Where to Improve --  |t What Can Be Done to Improve an Existing House? --  |t Mobile Homes: Limiting Their Mobility --  |t High-Rise and Medium-Rise Buildings: The Urban Shore --  |t Modular Unit Construction: Prefabricating the Urban Shore --  |t What Should Be Done to Protect Property along the Gulf of Mexico Coast? --  |g 9.  |t Living with Coastal Regulations --  |t National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) --  |t Upton-Jones Amendment (1987) and National Flood Insurance Reform Act (1994) --  |t The Coastal Barriers Resource Act (COBRA) --  |t Rivers and Harbors Act of 1889 --  |t Coastal Zone Management Act --  |t Coastal Regulation: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. 
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