ABSTRACT
As sea level rise (SLR) projections continue to elevate at accelerating rates in Miami-Dade County, FL, USA, it becomes increasingly important to design, develop, evaluate, and visualize resilient master plan strategies. In this chapter, three distinctively different landscape-based design typologies were proposed and evaluated for Miami, based on their effectiveness to mitigate flooding and SLR based on the average increase in elevation within the 100-year flood plain. These quantifications were based on models provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). In addition, each design’s economic feasibility, potential for increasing programmatic range, and character-defining features are investigated using landscape performance models.
