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Book SynopsisThis book assesses and illustrates innovative and practical world-wide measures for combating sea level rise from the profession of landscape architecture. The work explores how the appropriate mixture of integrated, multi-scalar flood protection mechanisms can reduce risks associated with flood events including sea level rise.
Because sea level rise is a global issue, illustrative case studies performed from the United States, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Japan, China, and the Netherlands identify the structural (engineered), non-structural (nature-based), and hybrid mechanisms (mixed) used to combat sea level rise and increase flood resilience. The alternative flood risk reduction mechanisms are extracted and analyzed from each case study to develop and explain a set of design-based typologies to combat sea level rise which can then be applied to help proctor new and existing communities.
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"In terms of the global implications of sea-level rise, the future is now. This book acknowledges the urgency of addressing the impacts of sea-level rise in coastal and other at-risk communities by focusing on solutions that address hard and soft engineering and design in a global context."
- Dr. Jennifer Horney, Professor, Founding Director of the Epidemiology Program, Core Faculty of the Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
"This important book offers practical and evidence-driven design solutions for coastal communities threatened by sea level rise. Through illustrative case studies from around the world the authors offer a range of innovative structural and nature-based solutions that are critical to building community resilience. A must read for anyone interested in how resilience can be advanced through landscape architecture, urban design, and land use planning."
- Dr. Phil Berke, Director, Center for Resilient Communities and Environment, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
"It is rare in the field of flood risk reduction to find international comparisons. Design for Sea Level Rise provides that and more. This book includes integrated analyses of eighteen flood cases from around the world. Impressively illustrated and presented, this piece of work will surely become the benchmark for landscape architects interested in addressing the increasing threat of flooding from sea level rise."
- Dr. Samuel Brody, Director, Center for Texas Beaches and Shores, Professor, Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Science, Texas A&M University at Galveston
"With its range of well-illustrated case studies from around the world, Design for Sea Level Rise: Global Innovative Solutions seems likely to become an essential resource for designers and planners interested in this central sustainability challenge."
- Dr. Stephen M. Wheeler, Professor, Department of Human Ecology, U.C. Davis
"Sea level rise is much perceived as a worldwide problem not related to people's lives. In this insightful book, Newman and Qiao present a collection of global case studies to combat sea level rise. The design-based typologies and illustrated mechanisms provide valuable knowledge and resources for mitigating rising seas."
- Charlene M. LeBleu, FCELA, FASLA, AICP, Professor, Landscape Architecture, Auburn University
Table of ContentsSection 1: Landscape Architecture and Sea Level Rise
1. Sea Level Rise as a Design and Planning Issue
2. Global Strategies for Flood and Sea Level Rise Mitigation
Section 2: Global Design for Sea Level Rise
Structural Heavy Design
3. Jefferson Parish, New Orleans Region, Louisiana
4. Tampa, Florida
Non-structural Heavy Design
5. Busan, Korea
6. Moakley Park, Boston, Massachusetts.
7. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8. Fisherman’s Bend, Victoria, Australia
9. Island Bay, Greater Wellington Region of Aotearoa-New Zealand
10. Wilmington, Delaware
Hybrid Heavy Design
11. Franks Tract Futures, Sacramento: San Joaquin Delta, California
12. Samut Sakhon, Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand
13. Port Saint Joe, Florida
14. Miyagi Prefecture, Sendai, Japan
Balanced Design
15. Fleming Park, Baltimore, MD
16. Sanya Dong’an Wetland Park, Hainan, China
17. Houston-Galveston Metropolitan Statistical Area, League City, TX
Scenario-based Design
18. Amsterdam and Western Scheldt Regions, the Netherlands
19. Miami, Florida
20. Christchurch, Canterbury Region, Aotearoa New Zealand
Section 3: Innovative Solutions for Sea Level Rise
21. Structural Mechanisms
22. Non-structural Mechanisms
23. Hybrid Mechanisms
24. The Urban Periculum: A Landscape at Risk from Sea Level Rise
