Coastal Change, Ocean Conservation and Resilient Communities [Hardcover]

This 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. 

Karl F. Nordstrom

2. Introduction 

Marcha Johnson

3. Traditional Cultures Editorial: Mobility and Innovation in Traditional Coastal Cultures

John Gillis

4. Designing the Edge Editorial

Carter Craft

5. Literature Review: Principles & Practices of Coastal Adaptation in the Era of Climate Change

Donald Watson

6. Case Study: Hunts Point, the Brooklyn Greenway, and the East Shore of Staten Island 

Tricia Martin (WE Design), Andrew Moore (Quennell Rothschild Partners), Richard Roark (OLIN), Eric Rothstein (eDesign Dynamics)

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