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When the Tide is High: Estimating the Welfare Impact of Coastal Erosion Management [PDF]

A choice experiment was undertaken at Buffalo beach, Whitianga, in order to investigate beach visitors’ preferences for various coastal erosion management options.
Phillips, Yvonne
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Factors affecting the economic life of timber in coastal structures

, 2020
C ? CORPS OF ENGINEERS rr*7“_.~ = BEACH EROSION BOARD OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS D EPARTMENT OF TH E A RM Y FACTORS AFFECTING THE ECONOMIC LIFE OF TIMBER IN COASTAL STRUCTURES TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NO. 66 *
United States. Beach Erosion Board
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‘From the Fields Into the Bars’: The Story of Israel's First Transgender Novel, The Cut (1977)

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1977, an Israeli transgender woman, Judy Spotheim, published an autobiographical novel entitled The Cut. It describes the emergence of a trans community in the commercial‐sex areas of Tel Aviv‐Jaffa, hoping to humanise trans women (coccinelles). This article is the first to study the novel and present a biography of Spotheim.
Gil Engelstein, Iris Rachamimov
wiley   +1 more source

Research on Beach Erosion Risk and Shoreline Stability: A Case Study of the Zhongjieshan Islands Marine Reserve

Haiyang Kaifa yu guanli
In this paper, taking the key sandy shoreline of Zhongjieshan Islands Marine Reserve as an example, considering Shapu Beach and Ercunxiao beach on Qingbang Island, and Dongjihou Beach on Miaozihu Island, the coupling mathematical model of wave, tidal ...
DING Xuelin, SONG Zekun, ZHANG Zefei, ZHANG Feng, ZHU Yong   +4 more
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Beach erosion

, 1988
During the last century, a general rise (1,5 mm/year) level is observed. This phenomenon explains the crosion of some beaches. Our research in Calvi (Corsica) show that the erosion (1,4 m/year) is mainly accelerated by the housting development in the fringing dunes and on the beach since 1980.
openaire   +1 more source

Effect of bottom roughness on wind tide in shallow water

, 2020
G^ -D EP/AIR TM ENT OF TH E ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BEACH ERO SION BOARD OF FICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS E F F E C T OF BOTTOM ROUGHNESS ON WIND TIDE IN SHALLOW WATER TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NO. 95 % ’ Hs TA 7 .W34tm no.95 1957 aero -c k v Of i V k > % 'r
United States. Beach Erosion Board
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“Women of the Happy Life”: Prostitution, Public Morality, and Venereal Disease in US‐Occupied Nicaragua, 1912–33

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the years of the US occupation (1912–33), Nicaragua's government legally regulated prostitution. Convinced of their objectives to protect society's moral and public health, politicians embarked on a long struggle to apprehend, quarantine, and segregate female prostitutes nationwide.
Eimeel Castillo
wiley   +1 more source

Model study of wave refraction

, 2020
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BEACH EROSION BOARD OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS MODEL STUDY OF WAVE REFRACTION TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NO.103 MASTER PLANNINO DIV19t0N ·ENDINll:ER SICCTICN H1i!ADQ.UARTERS PR.I: lPIO OP' SAN P'RANCISCO ·, '!I .
United States. Beach Erosion Board;
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Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain

History, EarlyView.
Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

A Method for Specification of Sand for Beach Fills

, 1957
85 pgs.The present report presents an analysis of the general problem on the basis of a statistical method that appears to hold some promise of providing a rational basis for organizing the data pertinent to beach fill problems.
Beach Erosion Board, US Army Corps of Engineers
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