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An inspiring guide to innovative strategies for preparing communities for unprecedented climate impacts
50 color images showcase creative design approaches and mapping techniques
Presents new insights combining fields of design, engineering, and planning to inform cross-disciplinary work
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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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About the authors
Catherine Seavitt Nordenson is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at CUNY’s City College of New York and principal of Catherine Seavitt Studio. Her research focuses on design adaptation to sea level rise in urban coastal environments and explores novel landscape restoration practices given the dynamics of climate change.
Guy Nordenson is a structural engineer and professor at Princeton University. He also runs his own practice. He currently serves as Commissioner of the NYC Public Design Commission and member of the NYC Panel on Climate Change and the board of the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy.
Julia Chapman is the Project Manager for Structures of Coastal Resilience. She received a Master of Architecture from Princeton University, where she was awarded the AIA Henry Adams Medal for academic achievement and the Suzanne K. Underwood Prize for excellence in design.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Structures of Coastal Resilience
Authors: Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, Guy Nordenson, Julia Chapman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-859-6
Publisher: Island Press Washington, DC
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, Guy Nordenson, and Julia Chapman 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61091-859-6Published: 09 August 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 226
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Landscape Architecture, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Landscape Ecology, Biodiversity, Sustainability Management