| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 290 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction: The changing risks of coastal communities -- Part I. Designing for equitable resilience. A comprehensive framework for coastal flood-risk reduction : charting a course toward resiliency -- Designing for resilience in rich coastal cities (and beyond) -- For whom do we account in climate adaptation? -- Preparation, adaptation, and retreat in Miami Beach and Buras -- Head of Bay Coastal Resilience : adaptive design for Jamaica Bay, New York -- Part II. Adapting public policy and finance. Public funding of coastal adaptation : a review of US public sources - and the case for more -- Insurance and coastal adaptation -- Environmental impact bonds : an innovation in financing climate adaptation -- Adapting coastal drinking water to rising seas -- Take out the trash when you leave : cleaning up properties abandoned to rising seas -- Flux zoning : from end-state planning to zoning for uncertainty -- Coastal urbanism : designing the future waterfront |
| Summary |
Tens of millions of Americans are at risk from sea level rise, increased tidal flooding, and intensifying storms. The design and policy decisions that have shaped coastal areas are in desperate need of updates to help communities better adapt to a changing climate. A Blueprint for Coastal Adaptation identifies a bold new research and policy agenda and provides implementable options for coastal communities. In this book, coastal adaptation experts discuss the interrelated challenges facing communities experiencing sea level rise and increasing storm impacts. These issues extend far beyond land use planning into housing policy, financing for public infrastructure, insurance, fostering healthier coastal ecosystems, and more. Deftly addressing far-reaching problems from cleaning up contaminated, abandoned sites, to changes in drinking water composition, chapters give a clear-eyed view of how we might yet chart a course for thriving coastal communities. They offer a range of climate adaptation policies that could protect coastal communities against increasing risk, while preserving the economic value of these locations, their natural environments, and their community and cultural values. Lessons are drawn from coastal communities around the United States to present equitable solutions. The book provides tools for evaluating necessary tradeoffs to think more comprehensively about the future of our coastal communities. Coastal adaptation will not be easy, but planning for it is critical to the survival of many communities. A Blueprint for Coastal Adaptation will inspire innovative and cross-disciplinary thinking about coastal policy at the state and local level while providing actionable, realistic policy and planning options for adaptation professionals and policymakers. Publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed July 27, 2021) |
| Subject |
Coastal zone management.
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Coast changes.
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City planning -- Climatic factors.
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Coastal ecosystem health.
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Coastal zone management.
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City planning -- Climatic factors.
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Coast changes.
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Coastal ecosystem health.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kousky, Carolyn, editor.
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Fleming, Billy, editor.
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Berger, Alan, 1964- editor.
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Goodell, Jeff, author of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9781642831405 |
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1642831409 |
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