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  • Earth 107N - Coastal Processes, Hazards, and Society
    • Module 1: Societies and Economics of Coastal Regions
    • Module 2: Coastal Landscapes
    • Capstone Project: Stage 1 Instructions
    • Module 3: Coastal Systems: Landscapes and Processes
      • Goals and Objectives
      • Environments of Coastal Zones
      • Reef Coasts
      • Nearshore, Beaches, and Dunes
        • Nearshore
        • Beach
        • Dunes
        • Learning Check Point
      • Barrier Islands
      • Deltaic Coasts
      • Estuaries
      • Coastal Wetlands and Maritime Forests
      • Module 3 Lab
      • Summary and Final Tasks
    • Module 4: Sea Level Rise
    • Capstone Project: Stage 2 Instructions and Examples
    • Module 5: Hurricane Formation and Evolution
    • Module 6: Hurricane Stories
    • Module 7: Tsunami
    • Module 8: Coastal Engineering: Hard and Soft Structures
    • Capstone Project: Stage 3 Instructions and Examples
    • Module 9: Managed Retreat
    • Module 10: Smart Building
    • Capstone Project: Stage 4 Instructions and Examples
    • Module 11: Vulnerability to Coastal Hazards: Policy for Coastal Resilience
    • Module 12: Emergency Management Cycle for Coastal Hazards
    • Capstone Project: Stage 5 Instructions and Examples
    • Module 13: Sea Level Rise Policy

Authors: Sean Cornell, Associate Professor Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Duncan Fitzgerald, Professor Boston University, Nathan Frey, Research Assistant The Pennsylvania State University, Ioannis Georgiou, Associate Professor, University of New Orleans, Kevin C. Hanegan, Research Assistant University of New Orleans, Li-San Hung, Research Assistant The Pennsylvania State University, Mark Kulp, Associate Professor University of New Orleans, Diane Maygarden, Research Associate University of New Orleans, David Retchless, Research Assistant The Pennsylvania State University, and Brent Yarnal, Professor The Pennsylvania State University, Tim Bralower, Professor The Pennsylvania State University. Team Lead: Tim Bralower, Professor, The Pennsylvania State University. Learning Designer: April Millet, The Pennsylvania State University

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