Sentences with phrase «coastal defense»

The company worries, with reason, that sea - level rise threatens several billions of dollars in coastal defense infrastructure.

Although risks are distributed across all levels of economic development, wealthy countries effectively limit their present - day threat by gross domestic product — enabled infrastructure and coastal defense investments.

By all accounts, the new coastal defense systems represent a significant addition to Beijing's military portfolio in one of the most contested regions in the world.

Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal defense from the effects of both weather and longshore drift.

By all accounts, the new coastal defense systems are a significant addition to Beijing's military portfolio in one of the most contested regions in the world.

Architectural Significance of the Porches The wood - frame barracks at historic Fort Baker were constructed in 1902 to house over one hundred coastal defense soldiers.

That poses a challenge for China's navy, which is mostly designed for coastal defense.

HISTORY LESSON: The headlands are dotted with interpretive sites highlighting their role in coastal defense, from mid-19th-century fortifications to Cold War - era anti-aircraft missile batteries.

And, in Golden Gate, all of those things are here — whether it's Fort Point and its amazing history of coastal defense; or it's Alcatraz, with its multi-layered history; or Muir Woods, that really is, in some ways, the heart of the whole movement for National Monuments to be established.

Fort Wetherill used to be a coastal defense battery and training camp on granite cliffs 100 feet high.

It is about floating homes, flood protection, coastal defense and many more types of investments.

Look for the coastal defense systems the city put in place in World War II to fend off the Japanese Navy.

It was established as part of a coastal defense system designed to protect New York City and Long Island Sound.

During World War I it became a coastal defense area and housed a major naval base.

Located inside a coastal defense fort first used during the Spanish American War, this museum outlines the the history of Tybee Island as an integral part of America's coastal defense system.