New Book on Living Shorelines Coming Soon

eThe Center for Coastal Resources Managment's latest email announced the publication of a SAGE relavant book.  Description below or go straight to the CCRM website for the announcement and promo code.  The Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM) develops and supports integrated and adaptive management of coastal zone resources.

"A new book about living shorelines will be published in March 2017 and is now available for pre-order. Living Shorelines: The Science and Management of Nature-Based Coastal Protection is a synthesis of recent thinking and results from practitioners and researchers of Living Shorelines.  International perspectives are presented from leading researchers and managers in the East, West and Gulf coasts of the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia that are working on natural approaches to shoreline management. This new living shorelines book is co-edited by CCRM scientists Donna Marie Bilkovic and Molly M. Mitchell (and others).
Key Features

• Makes recommendations on the correct usage of the term living shorelines
• Offers guidance for shoreline management in the future
• Includes lessons learned from the practice of shoreline restoration/ conservation
• Synthesizes regional perspectives to identify strategies for the successful design and implementation of living shorelines
• Reviews specific design criteria for successful implementation of living shorelines
• Provides detailed discussions of social, regulatory, scientific and technical considerations to justify and design living shoreline projects"