Impact of Relative Sea-Level Rise, Erosion, and Development on Natural Buffers: Galveston Island, Texas

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dc.contributor.authorGibeaut, JCen_US
dc.contributor.authorTremblay, TAen_US
dc.contributor.otherProceedings of the Eighth Biennial State of the Bay Symposium January 23-25, 2007en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:46:37Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:46:37Z
dc.date.issuedJan. 24, 2007en_US
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dc.description.abstractFringing and interior salt- and fresh-water wetlands, interior ridges and swales, and the Gulf beach and foredune system are habitats important to maintaining the ecological health of Texas barrier islands. These geomorphic and sedimentary features also act as buffers to the effects of hazardous geological processes such as flooding and storm washover. Rising sea level and ongoing shoreline retreat have caused and will continue to cause these features to migrate and change character. A principal challenge in barrier-island environmental management, therefore, is to anticipate these changes and to develop policy that will not only sustain or improve upon the current status of natural buffers, but will also allow them to maintain their effectiveness as sea-level rise and erosion continue in the future. An inundation model, based on detailed topography and habitat mapping, was developed and combined with shoreline-change information to project how the distribution of natural buffers, including wetlands, beaches, and dunes, will change. Resulting maps can be used (1) to guide development away from areas prone to becoming future natural buffers and (2) to plan restoration and mitigation projects.en_US
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dc.geo-codeGalveston Island, Texasen_US
dc.history1-16-09 kswen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/18600
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dc.locationNot available in house - Please contact GBIC for assistanceen_US
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dc.publisherGalveston Bay Estuary Programen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries10117.00en_US
dc.relation.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/gbeppubs/sobviii/sobviii_rpr.htm#Gibeauten_US
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dc.subjectdevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectenvironmental managementen_US
dc.subjecterosionen_US
dc.subjectfreshwater marshesen_US
dc.subjectmitigationen_US
dc.subjectnatural buffersen_US
dc.subjectrestorationen_US
dc.subjectsalt water marshesen_US
dc.subjectsea level riseen_US
dc.titleImpact of Relative Sea-Level Rise, Erosion, and Development on Natural Buffers: Galveston Island, Texasen_US
dc.typeCONFen_US
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