Engineering away our natural defenses: An analysis of shoreline hardening in the US

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 301-307

  Gittman, Rachel K ^a,d   Fodrie, F Joel ^a   Popowich, Alyssa M ^b   Keller, Danielle A ^a   Bruno, John F ^a   Currin, Carolyn A ^c   Peterson, Charles H ^a   Piehler, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b U S COAST GUARD   (United States)

^c Natl Oceanic/Atmosph Admin   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; COAST; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HARDENING; POPULATION GROWTH; STORM SURGE; WAVE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939486587     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/150065     Document Type: Article

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