Structures of Coastal Resilience

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Structures of Coastal Resilience

Author	: Catherine Seavitt Nordenson
File Size	: 48,5 Mb
Publisher	: Island Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 21 June 2018
ISBN	: 9781610918589
Pages	: 262 pages

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Structures of Coastal Resilience by Catherine Seavitt Nordenson Book PDF Summary

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic, The New York Times -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Designing for Coastal Resiliency -- Chapter 2. Visualizing the Coast -- Chapter 3. Reimagining the Floodplain -- Chapter 4. Mapping Coastal Futures -- Chapter 5. Centennial Projections -- Afterword by Jeffrey P. Hebert, vice-president for adaptation and resilience, The Water Institute of the Gulf -- Endnotes -- Glossary -- Index

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