Coastal Change, Ocean Conservation and Resilient CommunitiesThis collection of essays and design case studies explores a range of ideas and best practices for adapting to dynamic waterfront conditions while incorporating nature conservation in urbanized coastal areas. The editors have curated a selection of works contributed by leading practitioners in the fields of coastal science, community resilience, habitat restoration, sustainable landscape architecture and floodplain management. By highlighting ocean-friendly innovations and strategies being applied in coastal cities today, this book illustrates ways to cohabit with many other species who share the waterfront with us, feed in salt marshes, bury their eggs on sandy beaches, fly south over cities along the Atlantic Flyway, or attach themselves to an oyster reef. This book responds to the need for inventive, practical, and straightforward ways to weather a changing climate while being responsible shoreline stewards. |
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Contents
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3 Designing the Edge Editorial | 15 |
Principles and Practices of Coastal Adaptation in the Era of Climate Change | 23 |
Hunts Point the Brooklyn Greenway and the East Shore of Staten Island | 41 |
Seahurst and Percival | 56 |
Jamaica Bay Fringing Vegetation Restoring Upland Habitats at an Urban Shoreline | 85 |
Establishing Ecological Trajectory and Design Solutions for the Ash Creek Estuary | 103 |
Adaptations by Marine Organisms and Shoreline Substrates to Coastal Conditions Lessons for Planning Human Communities | 115 |
Advancing Ecological Engineering Through Science Conceptual Design and Community Resilience Building | 125 |
11 Protect the Ocean Protect Ourselves | 155 |
Saving Coastal Ecosystems and Our Life Support System While We Save Our Waterfront Cities | 162 |
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Coastal Change, Ocean Conservation and Resilient Communities Marcha Johnson,Amanda Bayley No preview available - 2016 |
Coastal Change, Ocean Conservation and Resilient Communities Marcha Johnson,Amanda Bayley No preview available - 2018 |
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