Meeting Research and Education Needs in Coastal Engineering (1999) / Chapter Skim
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3 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
3 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
Pages 40-45
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Eighty-six percent of the coastline of California is eroding, and the last two E1 Nino events along the Pacific coast caused significant damage. Beaches, upon which most coastal tourism depends, are eroding nationwide as a result of a combination of reductions in sand supply, interventions in natural littoral drift systems, and the continually rising sea level.
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The committee believes universities should have stronger incentives for maintaining and building coastal engineering programs, which would be provided by the establishment of a division within a federal agency responsible for supporting academic research and education in this field. A substantial increase in research funding would ensure the long-term survival and health of the coastal engineering discipline.
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USACE has congressionally mandated responsibilities in every phase of the practice of coastal engineering and, therefore, has a strong interest in the success of coastal engineering research and education. USACE is also the largest single employer of coastal engineers and already has the expertise in place to administer applied engineering research contracts in this field.
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or the establishment of a new national plan for coastal engineering (such as the National Sediment Transport Study, which was conducted over a five-year period in the 1970s) , Sea Grant could not administer the national coastal engineering research program described in this report.
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The committee recommends that the National Science Foundation establish a program in its Engineering Division to fund fundamental research on coastal engineering. This program should be separately identified and should be directed by a highly qualified coastal engineer.
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In response to developmental pressures on our coastlines and the international demand for coastal engineering services, the United States must maintain a healthy and vigorous program in coastal engineering education and research.
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