Cost Sharing for Shoreline Protection.
Abstract
The nation's shorelines are being eroded by high winds and waves. Nonfederal interests have traditionally received federal help in the form of cost sharing for protective structures. The study provides the Army Corps of Engineers with an evaluation of alternative cost-sharing rules for shoreline protection with respect to efficiency, equity and administrative feasibility. Existing cost-sharing rules are described for hurricane, beach erosion, and emergency protection. The present cost-sharing system appears to induce local interests to choose costly techniques of protection, e.g., engineering rather than management techniques, and overbuilt projects in terms of the efficient scale. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0787327
Entities
People
- Harold E. Marshall
Organizations
- National Institute of Standards and Technology