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25%OFFJesse Keenan - Blue Dunes - Resiliency by Design - 9781941332153 - V9781941332153
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Blue Dunes - Resiliency by Design

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Description for Blue Dunes - Resiliency by Design Paperback. Editor(s): Keenan, Jesse; Weisz, Claire. Num Pages: 288 pages, color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AMCR; AMVD; RPC; TNFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 666.
Blue Dunes chronicles the design of artificial barrier islands developed to protect the Mid-Atlantic region of North America in the face of climate change. It narrates the complex, and sometimes contradictory, research agenda of an unlikely team of analysts, architects, ecologists, engineers, physicists, and planners addressing extreme weather and sea level rise within the practical limitations of science, politics, and economics.

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia Books on Architecture and the City
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
665g
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781941332153
SKU
V9781941332153
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99-1

About Jesse Keenan
Jesse M. Keenan is a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. Keenan is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of adaptation science and climate change planning and design. Keenan serves as the vice chair of the U.S. Community Resilience Panel for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems under the White House Climate Adaptation Plan ... Read more

Reviews for Blue Dunes - Resiliency by Design
Highly detailed, interdisciplinary, and technically complex, Blue Dunes also manages to be a rather beautiful book. . . . But most important of all, it is a window into the types of engineering and scientific ingenuity, not to mention political and economic will, that will be necessary to guard against the effects of climate change.
Ray Bert
Civil ... Read more

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