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Structures of Coastal Resilience (Paperback, 2nd None Ed.)
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Structures of Coastal Resilience (Paperback, 2nd None Ed.)
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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.
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