TY - GEN
T1 - The Performance of Ecologically-Enhanced Urban Shorelines in NYC during Superstorm Sandy
AU - Miller, J. K.
AU - Rella, A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Recently alternative shoreline stabilization approaches have become increasingly common in the urban northeastern United States. The occurrence of Superstorm Sandy just several months after the completion of two neighboring projects in the Bronx, NY, presented a unique opportunity to examine the performance of non-traditional shoreline projects under extreme conditions. The assessment of the two projects along the East River was part of a larger forensic analysis in which the performance of a total of six traditional and non-traditional shoreline projects was undertaken. Of the two Bronx, NY, sites, Hunts Point received significantly less damage due to its more robust design and more natural gentle slope. At Oak Point, debris impact and scour impacting an oversteep slope were found to be the primary damage mechanisms.
AB - Recently alternative shoreline stabilization approaches have become increasingly common in the urban northeastern United States. The occurrence of Superstorm Sandy just several months after the completion of two neighboring projects in the Bronx, NY, presented a unique opportunity to examine the performance of non-traditional shoreline projects under extreme conditions. The assessment of the two projects along the East River was part of a larger forensic analysis in which the performance of a total of six traditional and non-traditional shoreline projects was undertaken. Of the two Bronx, NY, sites, Hunts Point received significantly less damage due to its more robust design and more natural gentle slope. At Oak Point, debris impact and scour impacting an oversteep slope were found to be the primary damage mechanisms.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784480304.042
DO - 10.1061/9780784480304.042
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85026272105
T3 - Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2015: Resilient Coastal Communities - Proceedings of the Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters Joint Conference 2015
SP - 392
EP - 400
BT - Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2015
A2 - Wallendorf, Louise
A2 - Cox, Daniel T.
T2 - Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters Joint Conference 2015
Y2 - 9 September 2015 through 11 September 2015
ER -