Beach brouhaha: As coastlines erode, who pays for new sand?
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Should taxpayers pay to safeguard coastal residents from the ocean or should beach towns shovel the sand themselves?
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By BRIAN SKOLOFF FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine. It's not sunken treasure or some Spanish galleon but instead nature's bounty, rows of coral reefs that generate billions of dollars a year in tourism spending.
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December's tsunami clogged shipping lanes, rearranged coasts, and created new islands. Now geographers are helping redraw the region so relief can reach ports in need.
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ZANZIBAR, Tanzania  - The white sand and the  aquamarine ocean are picture-perfect, the sort of stuff used by  brochures advertising Zanzibar's unspoiled beaches.
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The question is whether the market can continue rising as investors learn that the financial innovations that helped to build the boom were constructed on sand.
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By LIZ HULL A PENSIONER has been threatened with prison or a Pounds 50,000 fine if he takes windblown sand back to the beach where it came from. Arthur Bulmer's seafront garden became carpeted after a week of storms swept tons of sand from the beach across the road.
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By Ed Offley, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Jun. 4--CARILLON BEACH -- Asmall army of construction workers, interior decorators and landscapers is hard at work putting the finishing touches on a $56 million revitalization of the Carillon Beach resort community's downtown.
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MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka -- As far as the eye can see in this northern coastal town, shards of brick, asbestos roofing, and glass from destroyed houses litter a once-pristine beach. Uprooted trees, strewn with shreds of clothing ripped off people's bodies as the water engulfed them, lie half-buried in the sand.
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Waves and sharks aren't the only dangers at the beach. More than two dozen young people have been killed over the last decade when sand holes collapsed on them, report father-and-son doctors who have made warning of the risk their personal campaign.
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By Cynthia Needham; Journal Staff Writer  Mayor Scott Avedisian says the fee system cost twice as much to run as it took in.   * * *   WARWICK - Despite the snowy forecast, the city has made a major summer announcement: it will not charge beach parking fees this year.
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By AMY WOLD  With Congress not passing a Water Resources Development Act this year, federal funding to address south Louisiana's coastal land loss probably won't be coming anytime soon.
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Understanding why land sinks may help to prevent rising water levels along the Gulf Coast.
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Aerial images of tsunami-battered coastlines suggest the world map may be changed forever, with chunks of land sinking into the sea. But did the quake and the killer wave it spawned really significantly reshape the Indian Ocean's outline? Scientists say probably not.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 16--It can be pretty diffi cult to sell or rent beachfront property without a beach.
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Is a sea change about to occur? Don't count on it.
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By Scott Hiaasen, The Miami Herald  Mar. 13--Another patch of Biscayne Bay real estate. Another plan to build homes in the water.   Months after the state paid $7.2 million for six acres of bay muck, a Miami real-estate broker bought the muck next door.
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By David Magliano, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Dec. 16--Worth Williams' property on the southern end of Eastern Lake is causing a stir, and he is the focus of some concerned residents.  At issue is a planned dredging project that includes using a portion of Williams' property.