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Proceedings of the Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008 conference, held in Turtle Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, April 13-16, 2008. Sponsored by the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of ASCE; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration; U.S. Geological Survey.

This collection contains 90 papers with state-of-the-art information coastal engineering.

Topics include:

• sea-level rise,
• hurricanes and storm surge,
• coastal inundation and flooding,
• shoreline erosion and beach nourishment,
• shoreline management,
• coastal hazard mitigation,
• vulnerability of coastal structures,
• marine facilities, and
• social science/coastal disasters.

This proceedings is a companion to Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008: Tsunamis and will be valuable to engineers, managers, planners, scientists, geologists, economists, oceanographers, and meteorologists working in the coastal zone.