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Coastal change, ocean conservation and resilient communities / Marcha Johnson, Amanda Bayley, editors.

Other author/creatorJohnson, Marcha, editor.
Other author/creatorBayley, Amanda (Landscape architect), editor.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2016]
Copyright Notice ©2016
Descriptionxi, 168 pages : color illustrations, maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction / Marcha Johnson -- Traditional cultures editorial : mobility and innovation in traditional coastal cultures / John R. Gillis -- Designing the edge editorial / Carter Craft -- Literature review : principles and practices of coastal adaptation in the era of climate change / Donald Watson -- Case study : Hunts Point, the Brooklyn Greenway, and the east shore of Staten Island / Tricia Martin [and 3 others] -- Case study : Seahurst and Percival / Peter Hummel and Anna Spooner -- Case study : Jamaica Bay fringing vegetation : restoring upland habitats at an urban shoreline / Steven N. Handel and Christina M.K. Kaunzinger -- Case study : establishing ecological trajectory and design solutions for the Ash Creek Estuary / Bryan Quinn -- Plan for the future : adaptations by marine organisms and shoreline substrates to coastal conditions, lessons for planning human communities / Marcha Johnson -- Plan for the future : advancing ecological engineering through science, conceptual design, and community resilience building / Adam W. Whelchel -- Protect the ocean, protect ourselves / Sylvia Earle -- Concluding statement : saving coastal ecosystems and our life support system while we save our waterfront cities / Marcha Johnson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2016953302
ISBN9783319419138
ISBN3319419137

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Joyner General Stacks HT392 .C53 2016 ✔ Available Place Hold