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Structures of Coastal Resilience / by Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, Guy Nordenson, Julia Chapman.
Springer Nature - Springer Engineering eBooks 2018 English International Available online
Springer Nature - Springer Engineering eBooks 2018 English International- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seavitt Nordenson, Catherine, author.
- Nordenson, Guy, author.
- Chapman, Julia (Architect), author.
- Series:
- Engineering (Springer-11647)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Landscape architecture.
- Regional planning.
- City planning.
- Landscape ecology.
- Biodiversity.
- Industrial management--Environmental aspects.
- Landscape Architecture.
- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
- Landscape Ecology.
- Sustainability Management.
- Local Subjects:
- Landscape Architecture.
- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
- Landscape Ecology.
- Biodiversity.
- Sustainability Management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XIV, 226 pages) : 85 illustrations, 41 illustrations in color
- Edition:
- First edition 2018.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2018.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-1-61091-859-6
- 9781610918596
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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