COASTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FLORIDA KEYS

Jennifer Hesson & Matt Williams

December 22, 2007
University of Wisconsin - Madison
CEE 514:  Coastal Engineering
Home Background
 Problems
Wave Transformations
 Coastal Protection Devices
 Proposal
The population of the Florida Keys has exploded by over 160% in the past 40 years. Negative effects brought on by humans, such as seeping sewage, has put the nation's only living barrier coral reef in great danger.  Consequently, this is putting humans themselves in great danger, as the reef is the primary agent in wave protection. This coupled with unique geology, a complex hydrologic system, and rapidly rising seas due to global warming, has created a challenge for coastal engineers to design a more adequate wave protection system in the centuries to come.
Links

  • www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/append/glossary_s.htm

  • www.newforest.gov.uk/index.cfm

  • amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse

  • http://www.web.mek.dtu.dk/staff/apek/images/gabdiffraction.jpg

  • http://www.reefrelief.org/ecosystem.html
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