Planning for coastal resilience : best practices for calamitous times / Timothy Beatley.
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2009.Description: xvi, 181 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 1597265616 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1597265624 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781597265614 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781597265621 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 333.91/7160973 22
- HT392 .B47 2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Climate Change and Coastal Resilience -- I. Coastal Resilience: Background and Vulnerability -- Ch. 1. Coastal Resilience: What Is It! -- Ch. 2. The Vulnerability of Coastal Communities -- II. Approaches to Planning for Coastal Resilience -- Ch. 3. Coastal Resilience: Key Planning Dimensions -- Ch. 4. Barriers to Coastal Resilience -- Ch. 5. Understanding the Political Setting and Context -- Ch. 6. Principles of Coastal Resilience -- Ch. 7. Tools and Techniques for Enhancing and Strengthening Coastal Resilience -- III. Best Practices in Planning for Coastal Resilience -- Ch. 8. Worcester County, Maryland -- Ch. 9. Cannon Beach and the Northwest Oregon Coast -- Ch. 10. Palm Beach County, Florida -- Ch. 11. Charleston County, South Carolina -- Ch. 12. New Orleans, Louisiana, and Resilience after Katrina -- Ch. 13. Brief Coastal Resilience Profiles -- Conclusion: The Promise of Coastal Resilience -- Appendix I. Passive Survivability: A Checklist for Action.
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