2024 EDRA Great Places “Book Award.” 

This book assesses national and global strategies to address a critical and timely issue — flooding and sea level rise. Brilliantly structured, it identifies structural, nonstructural, and hybrid approaches to heighten flood resilience. Utilizing a consistent investigation, the book offers design-based tactics for protecting people and the environment. Involving a significant number of contributors, this book underscores the need for departing beyond traditional engineering solutions towards more nature-based approaches. Receiving praise from academics, researchers, practitioners and professional organizations, this book is an exceptional resource for urban management professionals, planners, landscape architects in fighting climate change through innovative design responses. The book scores very high in the four categories of evaluation including context, process, outcomes, and impact. The Jury views the book as a holistic examination of pioneering strategies for addressing flooding and sea level rise in diverse contexts across the United States and globally. Offering instrumental and perceptive insights into a mix of engineering and nature-based solutions, it offers great lessons for urban managers, planners, and designers to combat climate change through thoughtful design.