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Planning for coastal resilience : best practices for calamitous times / Timothy Beatley.
Title: Planning for coastal resilience : best practices for calamitous times / Timothy Beatley.
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Beatley, Timothy, 1957-
Book
Type: Book
D551.457/BEA/MAIN
Call no: D551.457/BEA/MAIN
Washington, DC : Island Press,
Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press,
c2009.
Year: c2009.
Coastal management - United States. ; Sustainable development - United States. ; Emergency management - United States.
xvi, 181 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Physical description: xvi, 181 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
9781597265614 (cloth : alk. paper) 1597265616 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781597265621 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN/ISSN: 9781597265614 (cloth : alk. paper) 1597265616 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781597265621 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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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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Abstract:
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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