Coastal Heritage Magazine The Way Water Behaves: Rain Gardens and Native Plants—Where Every Drop Counts Curbing flooding, encouraging native species, and reducing stormwater runoff through native-plant landscaping and the understanding of how water moves. By mimicking...
Flood Vulnerability Assessment: City of Beaufort, S.C. A report by a team from S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments on the history and science of rising sea levels and potential flood mitigation strategies was prepared for the...
Coastal Heritage Magazine Communities Under Water: Lessons Learned from Extreme Floods Inundations in 2015 and 2016 drove home the message that building coastal resilience is critical and requires changes. Rising Concern. The October 2015 flood inundated many coastal...
Coastal Heritage Magazine Water Cities: Can We Climate-Proof the Coast? U.S. coastal cities could learn from the Dutch who say, “When building or rebuilding, always think about water.” Flood Prone. A man rescued a bus driver from a stranded shuttle in downtown...
Coastal Heritage Magazine No Worries? The New Science of Risk and Choice We can’t understand our disaster risks until we set our minds sternly to the task. On the Beach. Coastal disasters are becoming costlier because growing populations and high-value development...
