ADAPTIVE PLANNING FOR A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE: ALABAMA’S GULF STATE PARK MASTER PLAN

Abstract

The Gulf State Park Master Plan — a strategic framework for this beloved 6,150-acre park in coastal Alabama —offers a new model for addressing increasingly complex environments. The dynamism of the landscape, its context of emerging adaptive management techniques, and the need to accommodate built-in early action strategies allowed for a new kind of master plan, one where implementation and strategy co-existed and informed one another in real-time. We provide an overview of the master plan vision, examine its early action elements, and explain the value of engaging in planning and design implementation concurrently.

Keywords

Resilience / Master Planning / Coastal / Park / Ecology

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Higher Education Press