Planning for coastal resilience : best practices for calamitous times / Timothy Beatley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beatley, Timothy, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coastal zone management--United States.

Coastal zone management.

Sustainable development--United States.

Sustainable development.

Emergency management--United States.

Emergency management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2009.

Summary:

In this timely book, Tim Beatley argues that, in the face of such threats, all future coastal planning and management must reflect a commitment to the concept of resilience. Resilience, Beatley explains, is a profoundly new way of viewing coastal infrastructure-an approach that values smaller, decentralized kinds of energy, water and transport more suited to the serious physical conditions coastal communities will likely face. Beatley provides case studies of five U.S. coastal communities, and "resilience profiles" of six North American communities, to suggest best practices and to propose guidelines for increasing resilience in threatened communities.

Contents:

Introduction : climate change and coastal resilience

Coastal resilience : what is it?

The vulnerability of coastal communities

Coastal resilience : key planning dimensions

Barriers to coastal resilience

Understanding the political setting and context

Principles of coastal resilience

Tools and techniques for enhancing and strengthening coastal resilience

Worcester County, Maryland

Cannon Beach and the Northwest Oregon Coast

Palm Beach County, Florida

Charleston County, South Carolina

New Orleans, Louisiana, and resilience after Katrina

Brief coastal resilience profiles : La Plata, Maryland : rebuilding after a devastating tornado ; The villages at Loreto Bay, Baja California Sur : a model of a new, resilient, and sustainable coastal town ; Kinston, North Carolina : sustainable redevelopment and green infrastructure ; Solara : solar-powered affordable housing in San Diego County, California ; Maui County, Hawaii : resilient island paradise ; Noisette, North Charleston, South Carolina : large-scale coastal redevelopment with resilience and sustainability at the core

Conclusion : the promise of coastal resilience.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61091-142-3

OCLC:

750183085