Sentences with phrase «seawalls damaged»
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has warned that the city could lose 35 feet of lakefront a year to erosion unless it restores seawalls damaged by record high Lake Michigan water levels.
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It will be cheaper, they tell us, to adjust to increased storm damage, build more dikes and seawalls, relocate people and pay the costs of increased air - conditioning than it would be to take steps to slow global warming.
About 500 yards of the path south of Fullerton Avenue have been closed since June 15 while crews repair storm damage to the walkway and seawall.
Building a bulkhead or seawall along one or a few coastal properties may protect homes from damaging storm waves for a few years, but could end up doing more harm than good.
Traditional defensive approaches — such as building seawalls and levees, or replenishing sand along eroded beaches — can help protect against flooding and damage but may not provide adequate or sustainable long - term protection.
GDP increase does not translate in any obvious way to damage increase; in fact, wealthier countries can better afford to build stronger structures and to protect assets (for example, build seawalls and pass and enforce building regulations).1 A grass hut will be completely destroyed by a hurricane, but a modern steel office building will only be partially damaged; damage does not scale linearly with the value of the asset.