Engineering With Nature (registered trademark) Principles in Action: Islands

Abstract

The Engineering With Nature(registered trademark) (EWN) Program supports nature-based solutions that reduce coastal-storm and flood risks while providing environmental and socioeconomic benefits. Combining the beneficial use of dredged sediments with the restoration or creation of islands increases habitat and recreation, keeps sediment in the system, and reduces coastal-storm and flood impacts. Given the potential advantages of islands, EWN seeks to support science-based investigations of island performance, impacts, and benefits through collaborative multidisciplinary efforts. Using a series of case studies led by US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) districts and others, this technical report highlights the role of islands in providing coastal resilience benefits in terms of reducing waves and erosion as well as other environmental and socioeconomic benefits to the communities and the ecosystems they reside in.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1176011

Entities

People

  • Amanda S. Tritinger
  • Burton C Suedel
  • Danielle M. Szimanski
  • David C. Carson
  • Jeffrey K. King
  • Jeffrey M. Corbino
  • Jenny Davis
  • Joseph Z. Gailani
  • Kelly A. Egan
  • Paula E. Whitfield
  • William L. Balthis

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Case Studies
  • Ecology
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Eutrophication
  • Fish
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Habitats
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Shores
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.