ASBPA's National Coastal Conference

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Join NortekUSA's Gulf Coast Manager, Don Conlee, for three days of coastal science, policy, technology and politics in Chicago.

What
  • Exhibit
When Oct 15, 2008 01:00 PM to
Oct 17, 2008 01:00 PM
Where Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza
Contact Name Don Conlee
Contact Email
Contact Phone 410-295-3733 Ext. 3
Attendees Don Conlee
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Subject areas include:

Global coastal issues

  • Impacts of increasing rates of sea (and lake) level rise
  • Adaptation of coastal environments and ecosystems
  • International perspectives on coastal preservation
  • Sustainable beaches: Structural and non-structural solutions
  • Effects of extreme storms and tsunamis on the coast
  • Regulatory policy changes to adapt to climate change

Federal, state, and local coastal policy

  • The process of federal funding: Congress, OMB, and U.S. Army Corps
  • Economics: Advantages of beaches
  • ASBPA mission: Sustaining the federal partnership
  • Integration of coastal science and policy for improved management

Coastal Protection & Structures

  • State-of-the-art of coastal structures
  • Combining hard and soft shore protection
  • Management of coastal inlets: Dredging and/or bypassing
  • Modeling sediment transport and coastal processes
  • State and local policies: Coastal structures

Management, monitoring and mitigation

  • Surfing: Great Lakes and marine beaches
  • Remote Sensing
  • Coastal ocean and weather observation systems
  • Advances in environmental mitigation
  • Education and public awareness

 

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