Planning for coastal resilience best practices for calamitous times /
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| Médium: | Elektronický zdroj E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Washington, D.C. :
Island Press,
c2009.
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| On-line přístup: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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- Introduction : climate change and coastal resilience
- Coastal resilience : what is it?
- The vulnerability of coastal communities
- Coastal resilience : key planning dimensions
- Barriers to coastal resilience
- Understanding the political setting and context
- Principles of coastal resilience
- Tools and techniques for enhancing and strengthening coastal resilience
- Worcester County, Maryland
- Cannon Beach and the Northwest Oregon Coast
- Palm Beach County, Florida
- Charleston County, South Carolina
- New Orleans, Louisiana, and resilience after Katrina
- Brief coastal resilience profiles : La Plata, Maryland : rebuilding after a devastating tornado ; The villages at Loreto Bay, Baja California Sur : a model of a new, resilient, and sustainable coastal town ; Kinston, North Carolina : sustainable redevelopment and green infrastructure ; Solara : solar-powered affordable housing in San Diego County, California ; Maui County, Hawaii : resilient island paradise ; Noisette, North Charleston, South Carolina : large-scale coastal redevelopment with resilience and sustainability at the core
- Conclusion : the promise of coastal resilience.