Coastal disasters /

"Coastal disasters are physical phenomena that expose a coastal area to the risk of property damage, loss of life, and environmental degradation. This unique compendium focuses on disasters caused by hurricane, coastal floodings, tsunamis, sea level rise, and beach and bluff erosions. A clear u...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kim, Young C., 1936- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Jersey : World Scientific, [2026]
Series:Series on coastal and ocean engineering practice ; vol. 3
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Table of Contents:
  • Advances in morphodynamic modeling of coastal barriers : a review / Steven W.H. Hoagland, Catherine R. Jeffries, Jennifer L. Irish, Robert Weiss, Kyle Mandli, Sean Vitousek, Catherine M. Johnson, Mary A. Cialone
  • Factors in the formation of breach inlets
  • from empirical observations / Timothy W. Kana
  • Beach erosion and coastal structure damage by storm surge and waves / Nobuhisa Kobayashi, Tingting Zhu, and Jirat Laksanalamai
  • Global climate change and resilient coastal structures / Yalcin Yuksel
  • Storm surge : simulation, impact and mitigation / S.A. Sannasiraj and Vallam Sundar
  • Characteristics of tsunami disasters in Japan / Yukiyoshi Hoshigami.