Adapting Cities to Sea Level Rise Green and Gray Strategies /
"Stefan Al provides an accessible overview of typical strategies for designing an urban shoreline to respond to flooding, with a strong emphasis on past and present Dutch approaches. Numerous illustrations make it useful for non-designers, as well as students of design. I recommend the book to...
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Washington, DC :
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-908-1 |
Table of Contents:
- Prelims
- Acknowledgments
- Forward by Edgar Westerhof
- Introduction
- Part One: City Strategies
- Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands
- New York City, New York, USA
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Part Two: Local Strategies
- Hard-Protect Strategies
- Soft-Protect Strategies
- Store Strategies
- Retreat Strategies
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index. .