The Beaches Are Moving: The Drowning of America's Shoreline
(Part of the Living with the Shore Series)
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Book Overview
Our beaches are eroding, sinking, washing out right under our houses, hotels, bridges; vacation dreamlands become nightmare scenes of futile revetments, fills, groins, what have you--all thrown up in... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0385143648
ISBN13:9780385143646
Release Date:January 1979
Publisher:Anchor Books
Length:326 Pages
Weight:1.04 lbs.
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A Classic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Pilkey argues that barrier islands move, whether we like it or not, and that attempts to stabilize them nearly always make things worse. A wonderful read, especially for your next beach vacation. Pilkey is regarded as something close to the devil incarnate by coastal developers and their allies
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