Against the deluge : storm surge barriers to protect New York City

Author(s)

• Against the Deluge : Storm Surge Barriers to Protect New York City
• Hill, Douglas
• Bowman, Malcolm J.
• Khinda, Jagtar S.
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Society of Civil Engineers. Committee on Ocean and Offshore Engineering

Bibliographic Information

Against the deluge : storm surge barriers to protect New York City

edited by Douglas Hill, Malcolm J. Bowman, Jagtar S. Khinda ; sponsored by Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers

American Society of Civil Engineers, c2013

• : pbk.

Other Title

Storm surge barriers to protect New York City

Note

"Papers presented at a conference, Against the Deluge: Storm Surge Barriers to Protect New York City, held on March 30 and 31, 2009, at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University in Brooklyn, New York"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Papers from a conference, Against the Deluge: Storm Surge Barriers to Protect New York City, held in Brooklyn, New York, March 30-31, 2009. Conference sponsored by the Infrastructure Group of the Metropolitan Section of ASCE; Environmental Sciences Section of the New York Academy of Sciences; Department of Civil Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York University. Publication sponsored by the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of ASCE. This report contains 16 papers exploring the development of storm surge barriers to protect New York City and nearby New Jersey from the effects of a future deluge. Although the main focus is mitigating the effects of a hurricane, rising sea levels may require protection for the city from what are now minor surges. These papers form a foundation for the scientific and engineering research necessary to evaluate the barrier concept and explore options for its design and execution. Topics include: modeling, simulation, and estimated effects of wind and storm surges hydrologic feasibility regulatory issues ecological and climate issues geotechnical issues navigability and design concepts for barriers at the East River, Verrazano Narrows, Arthur Kill, and Outer Harbor Gateway This collection is must-reading for coastal engineers, navigation engineers, emergency planners, and government officials in the New York City area, as well as other vulnerable coastal areas.

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Details

• NCID: BB11421282
• ISBN:
  • 9780784412527
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Reston, Va.
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 259 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TC330
  • DC23 : 627/.42
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Shore protection -- New York (State) -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Shore protection -- New Jersey -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Flood damage prevention -- New York (State) -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Flood damage prevention -- New Jersey -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Breakwaters -- New York (State) -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Breakwaters -- New Jersey -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Storm surges -- New York (State) -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Storm surges -- New Jersey -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Sea-walls -- New York (State) -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Sea-walls -- New Jersey -- Congresses