{"id":5084,"date":"2019-12-01T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?p=5084"},"modified":"2025-04-15T14:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T19:43:12","slug":"long-term-function-of-coastal-islands-derived-from-engineering-with-nature-efforts","status":"publish","type":"research-projects","link":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/research\/project\/long-term-function-of-coastal-islands-derived-from-engineering-with-nature-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Term Function of Coastal Islands Derived from Engineering With Nature Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This project seeks to overcome historical practices of dredged sediment management and increase frequency that island systems are restored or created. In doing so, this will offer increased opportunities to advance \u201ctriple win\u201d outcomes (economic, social and environment benefits) derived from island restoration and\/or creation opportunities. Ultimately, this research task will establish criteria and methods for evaluating long-term function, life- cycle costs, derived benefits and design alternatives for islands; leverage multi-agency interest and expertise to gain acceptance \/value-added of island construction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Information<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/coastalscience.noaa.gov\/project\/evaluating-efficacy-of-island-restoration-and-enhancement-for-coastal-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\">NOAA \u2013 National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Research Project Evaluating the Efficacy of Island Restoration and Enhancement for Coastal Protection<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/coastalscience.noaa.gov\/news\/swan-island-restoration-begins\/\" target=\"_blank\">NOAA-NCCOS \u2013 Swan Island Restoration Begins in Chesapeake Bay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5041,"template":"","tags":[],"project-categories":[],"project-status-type":[79],"class_list":["post-5084","research-projects","type-research-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-status-type-complete"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Long Term Function of Coastal Islands Derived from Engineering With Nature Efforts - Engineering With Nature<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/research\/project\/long-term-function-of-coastal-islands-derived-from-engineering-with-nature-efforts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Long Term Function of Coastal Islands Derived from Engineering With Nature Efforts - Engineering With Nature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This project seeks to overcome historical practices of dredged sediment management and increase frequency that island systems are restored or created. 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