Book chapter
Green Infrastructure as Climate Change Resiliency Strategy in Jamaica Bay
Prospects for Resilience, pp 193-216
01 Jan 2017
Abstract
Green infrastructure (GI) is a term used to describe a variety of natural, designed, or restored ecosystem features that are recognized to provide useful services. The first word, “green,” refers to the biotic components of these systems, and “infrastructure” implies that GI must be planned, sited, shaped, and managed very carefully to address very explicit sets of urban needs, often in a decentralized manner, and sometimes in hybrid configurations with traditional “hard” infrastructure. The goal of this chapter is to explore how strategic retrofitting of specific types of GI into the Jamaica Bay watershed can potentially enhance its resilience, specifically with respect to the increasingly acute climate stressors.
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- Title
- Green Infrastructure as Climate Change Resiliency Strategy in Jamaica Bay
- Creators
- Maria Raquel Catalano de SousaStephanie MillerMichael DorschFranco A. Montalto
- Publication Details
- Prospects for Resilience, pp 193-216
- Publisher
- Island Press/Center for Resource Economics; Washington, DC
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering; Center for Public Policy
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85032835674
- Other Identifier
- 991019174889604721