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Plan for the Future: Adaptations by Marine Organisms and Shoreline Substrates to Coastal Conditions, Lessons for Planning Human Communities

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Nature has provided inspiration for art, architecture, and engineering as long as humans have expressed themselves. In considering how we can learn to live better, more richly and with more care of the coastal systems surrounding cities, natural features have much to teach.

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Johnson, M. (2016). Plan for the Future: Adaptations by Marine Organisms and Shoreline Substrates to Coastal Conditions, Lessons for Planning Human Communities. In: Johnson, M., Bayley, A. (eds) Coastal Change, Ocean Conservation and Resilient Communities . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41914-5_9

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