Category Research

Mashpee Dock and Float Mapping 

By Nicholas Warner, UHI Research Intern During 2023, Urban Harbors Institute began working with the Town of Mashpee to create a harbor plan.  Among the town’s priorities were (1) understanding the location and number of docks and piers along the… Continue Reading →

Understanding Benefits and Barriers to Managed Retreat

By Kristin Uiterwyk, Director Moving infrastructure, people, and property out of vulnerable coastal areas is one of many ways in which communities can prepare for and respond to the impacts of sea level rise and climate change. This strategy, sometimes… Continue Reading →

Supporting Municipalities Through the Municipal Technical Assistance Program

By Allison Novelly, Research Analyst In 2022 the Urban Harbors Institute launched the Municipal Technical Assistance Program (MTAP) which provides affordable capacity and expertise on relatively small or short-term coastal management and planning projects. Designed to help communities advance harbor… Continue Reading →

Measuring Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A UMass Boston Study with Nantucket Island and the Nantucket Field Station

By Shannon Hogan, Research Associate In 2019, researchers from the School for the Environment at UMass Boston and the Nantucket Department of Public Works commenced a multi-year study on measuring microplastic abundance and composition in the marine environment of Nantucket… Continue Reading →

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