Coastal Impacts, Recovery, and Resilience Post-Hurricane Sandy in the Northeastern US
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PERSPECTIVES
Coastal Impacts, Recovery, and Resilience Post-Hurricane Sandy in the Northeastern US Amanda L. Babson 1
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Richard O. Bennett 2 & Susan Adamowicz 3 & Sara Stevens 4
Received: 12 May 2020 / Revised: 10 July 2020 / Accepted: 15 July 2020 # The Author(s) 2020
Abstract Post-Hurricane Sandy research has improved our understanding of coastal resilience during major storm events, accelerated sea level rise, and other climate-related factors, helping to enhance science-based decision-making, restoration, and management of coastal systems. The central question this special section examines is: “looking across the breadth of research, natural resource management actions and restoration projects post-Hurricane Sandy, what can we say about coastal impact, recovery, and resilience to prepare for increasing impacts of future storms?” These five studies, along with lessons from other published and unpublished research, advance our understanding beyond just the documentation of hurricane impacts but also highlights both natural and managed recovery, thereby advancing the developing field of coastal resilience. Keywords Resilience . Adaptation . Restoration . Hurricane Sandy . Coast . Impact
Introduction Hurricane Sandy made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone on October 29, 2012, near Brigantine, New Jersey. Record levels of storm surge were recorded in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut with tropical storm force winds extending over an area approximately 1600 km in diameter. The storm affected twenty-four states, with disaster declarations made in 12 States and the District of Columbia. In addition to extensive loss of life and infrastructure damage, there were significant impacts on estuarine and coastal ecosystems throughout the region. The magnitude of Hurricane Sandy and the breadth of research on ecosystem resilience post-Hurricane Sandy provides an opportunity to learn about the response and recovery of coastal ecosystems following the storm and to apply the results to ecosystem management to prepare for future storms.
Communicated by Charles T. Roman * Amanda L. Babson [email protected] 1
National Park Service, Narragansett, RI, United States
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA, USA
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wells, ME, USA
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National Park Service, Kingston, RI, USA
This perspectives paper sets the context for the special section, which includes studies of post-storm resilience, results of natural resource management actions, and restoration projects as part of the post-Hurricane Sandy coastal resilience efforts by the Department of the Interior (DOI). The section highlights some of the post-Sandy science undertaken to document and understand post-storm ecosystem recovery and resilience, and how systems function, followed by how our management actions can support resilience. The collective research provides an important foundation for managers with data, tools, and information necessary for future natural resource planning and adaptation efforts in preparing for future sto
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