Ecoshorelines on Developed Coasts Guidance and Best Practices

Specific guidance is needed for ecoshorelines due to these and other unique requirements for working on developed coasts. The objective of this document is to, firstly, interrogate existing design guidance for techniques applicable to space-constrained regions that may be transferable to New Jersey and, secondly, compile developed living shoreline case studies and extract relevant information that is transferable to future New Jersey projects. Note that while ecological enhancements such as floating islands and vegetation baskets are used in developed settings, these and similar techniques are not included in the scope of this document. Instead, the focus is on space-constrained shoreline edge design. Relevant techniques and lessons from each case study relating to the design of the edge are extracted and contextualized for application in New Jersey.