Coastal Change, Ocean Conservation and Resilient Communities

✍ Scribed by Marcha Johnson, Amanda Bayley (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 175
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Traditional Cultures Editorial: Mobility and Innovation in Traditional Coastal Cultures....Pages 7-13
Designing the Edge Editorial....Pages 15-22
Literature Review: Principles and Practices of Coastal Adaptation in the Era of Climate Change....Pages 23-40
Case Study: Hunts Point, the Brooklyn Greenway, and the East Shore of Staten Island....Pages 41-55
Case Study: Seahurst and Percival....Pages 57-84
Case Study: Jamaica Bay Fringing Vegetation: Restoring Upland Habitats at an Urban Shoreline....Pages 85-102
Case Study: Establishing Ecological Trajectory and Design Solutions for the Ash Creek Estuary....Pages 103-113
Plan for the Future: Adaptations by Marine Organisms and Shoreline Substrates to Coastal Conditions, Lessons for Planning Human Communities....Pages 115-124
Plan for the Future: Advancing Ecological Engineering Through Science, Conceptual Design, and Community Resilience Building....Pages 125-154
Protect the Ocean, Protect Ourselves....Pages 155-161
Concluding Statement: Saving Coastal Ecosystems and Our Life Support System While We Save Our Waterfront Cities....Pages 163-164
Back Matter....Pages 165-168

✦ Subjects

Conservation Biology/Ecology;Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning;Coastal Sciences;Urban Ecology;Climate Change Management and Policy;Landscape Ecology