Foreword; Contents; About the Editors and Contributors; 1 Introduction; Language of Fear and Culture of Emergency Response; References; 2 Traditional Cultures Editorial: Mobility and Innovation in Traditional Coastal Cultures; References; 3 Designing the Edge Editorial; About Edges; Environmental Policy Seeks to Transcend the Edges; A Moment in Time, and Some Limitations of Urbanizing the Floodplain; Goals Were Changing, Design Approaches Were not; Looking Back and Looking Forward Along the Waterfront Edge; Reference

4 Literature Review: Principles and Practices of Coastal Adaptation in the Era of Climate ChangeIntroduction; Summary; References; 5 Case Study: Hunts Point, the Brooklyn Greenway, and the East Shore of Staten Island; Introduction; Hunts Point Case Study; Brooklyn Greenway Case Study; East Shore of Staten Island Case Study; Data Gathering for the Shoreline Parks Master Plan; Impacts of the USACE LOP; The Shoreline Parks Master Plan; References; 6 Case Study: Seahurst and Percival; Seahurst Park and Percival Landing Case Studies; Seahurst Park Ecosystem Restoration Project; Ecosystem Goals

Park GoalsPercival Landing Major Rehabilitation Project; Design for a 50-Year Life, Including Predicted Sea Level Rise; Enhance the Natural Environment and Provide Nearshore Habitat Restoration; Accommodate a Wide Range of Users and Events Across a Spectrum of Ages and Physical Abilities; Express Olympia's Unique History, Identity, and Culture; Improve Wayfinding to and Through the Site; Provide Exemplary Environmental Performance; A Vibrant Waterfront, Rediscovered; References; 7 Case Study: Jamaica Bay Fringing Vegetation: Restoring Upland Habitats at an Urban Shoreline; Introduction

The Landscape Problem and PotentialSite Ecological History; Current Habitats; Framework for Ecological Restoration; General Recommendations for Plantings South of the Shore Parkway; Recommended Maritime Red Cedar Forest Palette; Trees; Understory Shrubs; Coastal Meadow Palette; General Recommendations for Tree and Shrub Plantings North of the Shore Parkway; Recommended Inland Forest Palette; Trees; Understory Shrubs; Acknowledgments; References; 8 Case Study: Establishing Ecological Trajectory and Design Solutions for the Ash Creek Estuary; Ash Creek Estuary; Recent History

Ash Creek Master Plan Identifies St.-Mary's-by-the-Sea Improvement ProjectSite Analysis and Establishing Ecological Trajectory; St. Mary's Barrier Spit and Shoreline; Beneficial Role of St. Mary's; Potential Threats to St. Mary's Sand Spit; St. Mary's Concept Plan; Conclusion; References; 9 Plan for the Future: Adaptations by Marine Organisms and Shoreline Substrates to Coastal Conditions, Lessons for Planning Human Communities; The "Architecture" of Shoreline Organisms [1]; Response to Physical Disturbances; References