METRICS OF COASTAL RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY AT FORT TILDEN, GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, POST-HURRICANE SANDY

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Rebuild by Design competition was born to encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration and resilience planning in coastal and flood protection design. The Living Breakwaters project is a layered resilience approach to promote risk reduction, enhance ecosystems, and foster social resilience. Following the competition, the project was awarded $60 million by HUD (US Department of Housing and Urban Development) in June 2013. It is currently in final design and permitting with construction anticipated to begin the summer of 2019. The Living Breakwaters Project is a unique design of an offshore breakwater system to promote coastal resilience in Tottenville, Staten Island, New York. It combines physical risk reduction through wave attenuation and erosion prevention functions with ecological enhancement and habitat creation as an integrated part of the design. This paper explores the modeling and design of these unique coastal engineering and ecological structures.

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Coastal Impacts, Recovery, and Resilience Post-Hurricane Sandy in the Northeastern US

Estuaries and Coasts ◽

10.1007/s12237-020-00809-x ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 (7) ◽

pp. 1603-1609

Author(s):

Amanda L. Babson ◽

Richard O. Bennett ◽

Susan Adamowicz ◽

Sara Stevens

Keyword(s):

Special Section ◽

Hurricane Sandy ◽

Storm Events ◽

Central Question ◽

Related Factors ◽

Management Actions ◽

Coastal Impacts ◽

Coastal Resilience ◽

Research Advance ◽

Unpublished Research

Abstract Post-Hurricane Sandy research has improved our understanding of coastal resilience during major storm events, accelerated sea level rise, and other climate-related factors, helping to enhance science-based decision-making, restoration, and management of coastal systems. The central question this special section examines is: “looking across the breadth of research, natural resource management actions and restoration projects post-Hurricane Sandy, what can we say about coastal impact, recovery, and resilience to prepare for increasing impacts of future storms?” These five studies, along with lessons from other published and unpublished research, advance our understanding beyond just the documentation of hurricane impacts but also highlights both natural and managed recovery, thereby advancing the developing field of coastal resilience.

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