Title Saving Cape Hatteras Lighthouse from the sea : options and policy implications / Committee on Options for Preserving Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council.

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Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press : Available from [the] Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, 1988.

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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 136 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Note	Committee chairman : Rutherford H. Platt.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-136).
Funding	Support provided by the National Park Service CX-5000-7-0040
Contents	""Saving Cape Hatteras Lighthouse from the Sea""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""Rate of Shoreline Retreat""; ""Relevant Public Policies""; ""THE PRESERVATION OPTIONS AND EVALUATIONS""; ""Incremental Relocation of the Lighthouse Intact""; ""Seawall/Revetment""; ""Rehabilitation of Groinfield with Revetment""; ""Other Options""; ""BROADER ISSUES""; ""Introduction""; ""HISTORICAL BACKGROUND""; ""RECENT PROPOSALS""; ""THE PRESENT STUDY""; ""Part I Background Considerations""; ""1 The Physical Setting""
	""STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE HATTERAS SHORE""""ORIGIN OF THE OUTER BANKS""; ""ISLAND MORPHODYNAMICS""; ""STORMS""; ""CHANGES IN SEA LEVEL""; ""Historical Trends""; ""Estimated Future Trends""; ""SHORELINE RETREAT""; ""TREND ANALYSIS""; ""SUMMARY OF SHORELINE RETREAT ESTIMATES""; ""2 Relevant Public Policies""; ""PROTECTION OF NAVIGATION""; ""NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MANDATE""; ""PROTECTION OF HISTORIC STRUCTURES""; ""COASTAL BARRIER RECESSION""; ""FLOOD-HAZARD MITIGATION""; ""ENHANCEMENT OF RECREATION AND TOURISM""; ""PUBLIC EDUCATION""; ""FEDERAL CONSISTENCY WITH STATE LAW""
	""WETLANDS PROTECTION""""ECONOMIC EFFECTIVENESS""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION""; ""USE AND PROTECTION OF THE COAST""; ""3 Concepts of Historic Preservation""; ""Part II The Criteria, Options, And Evaluation""; ""4 Preservation Options and Evaluation Criteria""; ""THE OPTIONS""; ""CRITERIA TO EVALUATE PRESERVATION OPTIONS""; ""5 Evaluation the Options""; ""INCREMENTAL RELOCATION: THE PREFERRED OPTION""; ""Overview""; ""Cost of First Move""; ""Cost of Future Moves""; ""Evaluation""; ""Site Selection""; ""Ecological Consequences of Moving the Lighthouse""; ""Recent Legislation""; ""Summary""
	""PROTECTION OF THE LIGHTHOUSE IN SITU""""Groinfield Rehabilitation Without Revetment""; ""Groinfield Rehabilitation with Revetment""; ""Seawall/Revetment""; ""Artificial Reefs""; ""Offshore Breakwaters and Groins""; ""Artificial Seagrass""; ""Beach Nourishment""; ""No Action""; ""New Lighthouse""; ""6 Practical Considerations""; ""CONTRACTING CONSIDERATIONS""; ""INSURANCE""; ""INTERIM MEASURES""; ""REHABILITATION OF THE LIGHTHOUSE""; ""SITE DESIGN""; ""Appendix A Major Shoreline Protection Measures""; ""GENERAL MEASURES TAKEN IN CAPE HATTERAS VICINITY""
	""THE NPS DECISION PROCESS AND THE VALUE OF OPEN PLANNING""""ACTIONS TO PROTECT CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE SINCE 1980""; ""Appendix B Additional Analyses of Shoreline Retreat""; ""TREND ANALYSIS FOR SHORELINE WITH NO PROTECTION""; ""THE BRUUN RULE""; ""Appendix C Partial List of National Park Structures Moved by the National Park Service""; ""Appendix D Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""References""
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Subject	Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (N.C.) -- Conservation and restoration.
	Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (N.C.)
	Conservation and restoration.
	Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (N.C.) -- Conservation and restoration.
	Lighthouses -- Conservation and restoration -- North Carolina.
	Lighthouses -- Conservation and restoration.
	North Carolina.
	Lighthouses.
	Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- North Carolina.
	Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Technical reports.
	Technical reports.
Added Author	Platt, Rutherford H.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources.
Other Form:	Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Options for Preserving Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Saving Cape Hatteras Lighthouse from the sea. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press : Available from [the] Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, 1988 (OCoLC)18067457
ISBN	0309583071 (electronic book)
	9780309583077 (electronic book)

Title Saving Cape Hatteras Lighthouse from the sea : options and policy implications / Committee on Options for Preserving Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council.

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