Coastal Change, Ocean Conservation and Resilient Communities

1. Introduction
Marcha Johnson

2. Traditional Cultures Editorial: Mobility and Innovation in Traditional Coastal Cultures
John R. Gillis

3. Designing the Edge Editorial
Carter Craft

4. Literature Review: Principles and Practices of Coastal Adaptation in the Era of Climate Change
Donald Watson

5. Case Study: Hunts Point, the Brooklyn Greenway, and the East Shore of Staten Island
Tricia Martin, Andrew Moore, Richard Roark, Eric Rothstein

6. Case Study: Seahurst and Percival
Peter Hummel, Anna Spooner

7. Case Study: Jamaica Bay Fringing Vegetation: Restoring Upland Habitats at an Urban Shoreline
Steven N. Handel, Christina M. K. Kaunzinger

8. Case Study: Establishing Ecological Trajectory and Design Solutions for the Ash Creek Estuary
Bryan Quinn

9. Plan for the Future: Adaptations by Marine Organisms and Shoreline Substrates to Coastal Conditions, Lessons for Planning Human Communities
Marcha Johnson

10. Plan for the Future: Advancing Ecological Engineering Through Science, Conceptual Design, and Community Resilience Building
Adam W. Whelchel

11. Protect the Ocean, Protect Ourselves
Sylvia Earle

12. Concluding Statement: Saving Coastal Ecosystems and Our Life Support System While We Save Our Waterfront Cities
Marcha Johnson

Keywords: Life Sciences, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Coastal Sciences, Urban Ecology, Climate Change Management and Policy, Landscape Ecology