Living with the New Jersey Shore

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

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

This volume in the Living with the Shore series provides practical and specific information on the status of the nation's coast and useful guidelines that enable residents, visitors, and investors to live with and enjoy the shore without costly and futile struggles against the forces of nature.

Product details

• Authors: Paul S. Gares, Paul S Garés, Paul S. Garés, Karl Nordstrom, William J Neal, William J. Neal, Karl Nordstrom, Karl F. Nordstrom, Paul S. Gares, Orrin H Pilkey, Orrin H. Pilkey, Norbert P Psuty, Norbert P. Psuty
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.1986
• EAN: 9780822306986
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-0698-6
• No. of pages: 209
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Series: Living with the Shore; Living with the Shore
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Angewandte Ökologie, Geologie und die Lithosphäre