ENV DES 4C Chapter Notes - Chapter article: Ecosystem Services, Feasibility Study, Geomorphology

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Environmental Design
• Course: ENV DES 4C
• Professor: Kristina Hill

Document Summary

Hill- coastal infrastructure: a typology for the next century of adaptation to sea-level rise. Summary: typologies- useful when many alternative infrastructure design strategies exist, many coastal regions have begun to plan to adapt to sea level rise but need clear overview, mix of adaptation strategies = broades suite of benefits. Drivers of new investment: drivers of investment = marina development. Increase investment : need for freshwater, vulnerability, larger ships. Impacts of coastal infrastructure on natural systems: changes ecology and geomorphology, spatial dynamics, salinity, flooding, animal movements and reproduction, changes turbidity and migration, erosion and deposition. Identifying coastal infrastructure strategies appropriate for specific contexts: contextual issues: fragility or robustness of adjacent landscape, vulnerable - failure could result in loss of human life, a, destruction of ecosystem, resilient " recover quickly. Vii: deal with major changes in coastal ecosystems and communities, dynamics of specific coastal systems. C: great sophistication necessary, wider range of options.