Prospects for resilience : insights from New York City's Jamaica Bay /

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Given the realities of climate change and sea-level rise, coastal cities around the world are struggling with questions of resilience. Resilience, at its core, is about desirable states of the urban social-ecological system and understanding how to sustain those states in an uncertain and tumultuous...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sanderson, Eric W. (Editor ), Solecki, William (Editor ), Waldman, John R. (Editor ), Parris, Adam S. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2016]
Temas:
Sustainable development > United States > Case studies.
Renewable energy sources > United States > Case studies.
Human ecology > United States > Case studies.
Suburban life > United States.
Développement durable > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Énergies renouvelables > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Écologie humaine > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Vie de la banlieue > États-Unis.
Regional & area planning.
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design.
The environment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Human ecology
Renewable energy sources
Suburban life
Sustainable development
Jamaica Bay (N.Y.)
New York Region.
New York, Région de.
Atlantic Ocean > Jamaica Bay
United States
United States > New York Region
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Part I: Introduction to Resilience in Jamaica Bay
  • 1. Introduction: Why Prospects for Jamaica Bay
  • 2. Resilience Practice in Urban Watersheds
  • Part II: Social-ecological Systems of Jamaica Bay
  • 3. Dynamics of the Biophysical Systems of Jamaica Bay
  • 4. Change and Resilience of Jamaica Bay's Ecological Systems
  • 5. Social-Ecological System Transformation in Jamaica Bay
  • Part III: Tools for Resilience Practice
  • 6. Resilience Indicators and Monitoring
  • 7. Computational Modelling of the Jamaica Bay System
  • 8. Green Infrastructure as a Climate Change Resiliency Strategy
  • 9. Application of Decision Science to Resilience Management in Jamaica Bay
  • 10. Building Community Resilience Practice Capacity
  • Part IV: Prospects for Resilience in Jamaica Bay
  • 11. Resilience Practice and Process and Product
  • Glossary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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