Structures of Coastal Resilience
Structures of Coastal Resilience presents new strategies for creative and collaborative approaches to coastal planning for climate change. In the face of sea level rise and an increased risk of flooding from storm surge, we must become less dependent
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Structures of Coastal Resilience
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Structures of Coastal Resilience
Structures of Coastal Resilience
Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, Guy Nordenson, and Julia Chapman
Washington | Covelo | London
Structures of Coastal Resilience © 2018 Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, Guy Nordenson, and Julia Chapman All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher: Island Press, Suite 650, 2000 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 ISLAND PRESS is a trademark of the Center for Resource Economics. Keywords: Adaptation, adaptive management, climate change, Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), flood risk, floodplain management, National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), nonstructural flood risk management measures, sea level rise, storm surge, United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), United States Geological Survey (USGS), vulnerability, water quality, wetland Library of Congress Control Number: 2017958675 All Island Press books are printed on environmentally responsible materials. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents Foreword by Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic, The New York Times ...................... ix Acknowledgments....................................................................................................... xiii Chapter 1. Designing for Coastal Resiliency................................................................ 1 Chapter 2. Visualizing the Coast.................................................................................11 Chapter 3. Reimagining the Floodplain.....................................................................73 Chapter 4. Mapping Coastal Futures.......................................................................123 Chapter 5. Centennial Projections............................................................................167 Afterword by Jeffrey P. Hebert, vice-president for adaptation and resilience, The Water Institute of the Gulf................................................................................183 Endnotes......................................................................................................................187 Glossary........................................................................................................................197 Index.............................................................................................................................211
Foreword
Michael Kimmelman
architecture critic, the new york times
A while back, havin
