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Electronic version freely available at publisher's website.

Introduction -- Natural Processes That Affect the Coast -- The Legacy of the Glaciers -- Lake Level Responses to Weather and Climate -- Plausible Future Climate Effects on Lake Levels --
Human Influence on Lake Levels -- Storms and Storm Surges -- Waves and Wave Climate -- Local Wave Conditions -- Local Water Currents -- Longshore and Cross-Shore Transport of Sediment -- Ice on the Shore -- Shoreline Erosion -- Lakebed Erosion -- How Stable is a Shoreline Slope? -- Water on the Land -- Protecting Your Coastal Investment -- Knowing Where You Are on Coastal Property -- Adaptation to Natural Processes -- Staying out of nature’s way -- Relocating threatened buildings -- Restoration of a Natural Shoreline -- Retaining and nourishing beaches -- Revegetating the shore -- Constructing dunes and beach ridges -- Creating or restoring wetlands -- Removing failed or failing structures -- Moderation of Erosion -- Making a bluff or bank more stable -- Managing water on the land -- Slowing wind erosion -- Improving existing protective structures -- Tripping waves -- Armoring the lakebed -- Armoring the Shore -- Revetments -- Seawalls -- Groins -- Breakwaters -- Unsuitable shore protection -- Junk shore protection -- Proprietary shore protection systems -- Environmental Impacts of Shore Protection Structures -- Impacts of groins -- Impacts of seawalls and revetments -- Impacts of breakwaters -- Water safety, shoreline aesthetics, altered habitat and cumulative impacts -- Private actions, public consequences -- Working with Engineers and Contractors -- The Economics of Protecting Your Coastal Investment -- Shoreline Property Features and Value -- Will Government Regulations Protect a Coastal Investment? -- Costs of Shore Protection -- Initial costs -- Maintenance costs -- Risk Management -- Accounting for Climate Change

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