Structures of Coastal Resilience

Structures of Coastal Resilience presents new strategies for creative and collaborative approaches to coastal planning for climate change. In the face of sea level rise and an increased risk of flooding from storm surge, we must become less dependent on traditional approaches to flood control that h...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Seavitt Nordenson, Catherine, Nordenson, Guy (Author), Chapman, Julia (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC Island Press/Center for Resource Economics 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 03348nmm a2200385 u 4500
001 EB001845736
003 EBX01000000000000001010241
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 180901 ||| eng
020 |a 9781610918596 
100 1 |a Seavitt Nordenson, Catherine 
245 0 0 |a Structures of Coastal Resilience  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c by Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, Guy Nordenson, Julia Chapman 
250 |a 1st ed. 2018 
260 |a Washington, DC  |b Island Press/Center for Resource Economics  |c 2018, 2018 
300 |a XIV, 226 p. 85 illus., 41 illus. in color  |b online resource 
505 0 |a Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Designing for Coastal Resiliency -- Chapter 2. Visualizing the Coast -- Chapter 3. Reimagining the Floodplain -- Chapter 4. Mapping Coastal Futures -- Chapter 5. Centennial Projections -- Afterword -- Endnotes -- Glossary -- Index 
653 |a Biodiversity 
653 |a Landscape architecture 
653 |a Landscape ecology 
653 |a Landscape Architecture 
653 |a Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning 
653 |a Sustainability Management 
653 |a Regional planning 
653 |a Industrial management—Environmental aspects 
653 |a Urban planning 
653 |a Biodiversity 
653 |a Landscape Ecology 
700 1 |a Nordenson, Guy  |e [author] 
700 1 |a Chapman, Julia  |e [author] 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b Springer  |a Springer eBooks 2005- 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-859-6?nosfx=y  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 710 
520 |a Structures of Coastal Resilience presents new strategies for creative and collaborative approaches to coastal planning for climate change. In the face of sea level rise and an increased risk of flooding from storm surge, we must become less dependent on traditional approaches to flood control that have relied on levees, sea walls, and other forms of hard infrastructure. But what are alternative approaches for designers and planners facing the significant challenge of strengthening their communities to adapt to uncertain climate futures? Authors Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, Guy Nordenson, and Julia Chapman have been at the forefront of research on new approaches to effective coastal resilience planning for over a decade. In Structures of Coastal Resilience, they reimagine how coastal planning might better serve communities grappling with a future of uncertain environmental change. They encourage more creative design techniques at the beginning of the planning process, and offer examples of innovative work incorporating flexible natural systems into traditional infrastructure. They also draw lessons for coastal planning from approaches more commonly applied to fire and seismic engineering. This is essential, they argue, because storms, sea level rise, and other conditions of coastal change will incorporate higher degrees of uncertainty—which have traditionally been part of planning for wildfires and earthquakes, but not floods or storms. This book is for anyone grappling with the immense questions of how to prepare communities to flourish despite unprecedented climate impacts. It offers insights into new approaches to design, engineering, and planning, envisioning adaptive and resilient futures for coastal areas