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Reducing Coastal Risk on the East and Gulf Coasts (Paperback)
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Hurricane- and coastal-storm-related losses have increased
substantially during the past century, largely due to increases in
population and development in the most susceptible coastal areas.
Climate change poses additional threats to coastal communities from
sea level rise and possible increases in strength of the largest
hurricanes. Several large cities in the United States have
extensive assets at risk to coastal storms, along with countless
smaller cities and developed areas. The devastation from Superstorm
Sandy has heightened the nation's awareness of these
vulnerabilities. What can we do to better prepare for and respond
to the increasing risks of loss? Reducing Coastal Risk on the East
and Gulf Coasts reviews the coastal risk-reduction strategies and
levels of protection that have been used along the United States
East and Gulf Coasts to reduce the impacts of coastal flooding
associated with storm surges. This report evaluates their
effectiveness in terms of economic return, protection of life
safety, and minimization of environmental effects. According to
this report, the vast majority of the funding for coastal
risk-related issues is provided only after a disaster occurs. This
report calls for the development of a national vision for coastal
risk management that includes a long-term view, regional solutions,
and recognition of the full array of economic, social,
environmental, and life-safety benefits that come from risk
reduction efforts. To support this vision, Reducing Coastal Risk
states that a national coastal risk assessment is needed to
identify those areas with the greatest risks that are high
priorities for risk reduction efforts. The report discusses the
implications of expanding the extent and levels of coastal storm
surge protection in terms of operation and maintenance costs and
the availability of resources. Reducing Coastal Risk recommends
that benefit-cost analysis, constrained by acceptable risk criteria
and other important environmental and social factors, be used as a
framework for evaluating national investments in coastal risk
reduction. The recommendations of this report will assist
engineers, planners and policy makers at national, regional, state,
and local levels to move from a nation that is primarily reactive
to coastal disasters to one that invests wisely in coastal risk
reduction and builds resilience among coastal communities. Table of
Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Institutional
Landscape for Coastal Risk Management 3 Performance of Coastal Risk
Reduction Strategies 4 Principles for Guiding the Nation's Future
Investments in Coastal Risk Reduction 5 A Vision for Coastal Risk
Reduction References Appendix A: Major U.S. Coastal Storms Since
1900 Appendix B: USACE Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Projects
Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
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