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Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Options for Preserving Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.

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
Published 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
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 SHOREORIGIN 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 PROTECTIONECONOMIC 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 SITUGroinfield 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 PLANNINGACTIONS 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
Notes Committee chairman : Rutherford H. Platt
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-136)
Notes Support provided by the National Park Service CX-5000-7-0040
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Subject Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (N.C.) -- Conservation and restoration
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (N.C.)
Lighthouses -- Conservation and restoration -- North Carolina
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- North Carolina
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
Conservation and restoration
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration
Lighthouses -- Conservation and restoration
North Carolina
Form Electronic book
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.
ISBN 0309583071
9780309583077