The Permaculture and Social Equity Team proposed a social design process to build community capacity in leading the challenges of coastal adaptation and resiliency planning. The team was invited to implement their process in Marin City by Shore Up Marin, an environmental justice and resiliency planning organization. Out of the process grew a capacity building […]
“Elevate San Rafael” is a new paradigm for responding to complex environmental change and simply what needs to be done: occupy higher elevations and raise the quality of life and social connection for everyone. It proposes evolving the city by combining time-tested approaches to coastal adaptation with a moral, financial, and infrastructural agenda for large-scale
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Multiple times every year, Hoboken experiences flash flooding that results in flooded streets and properties. Flood risk from both storm surge and flash flooding within Hoboken is so severe that following Hurricane Irene in 2011 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012 the community (along with utility and federal partners) invested $700 million on flood risk reduction
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Situated at the mouth of the New York Bight, the south shore of Staten Island is vulnerable to wave action and erosion, particularly on its south shore in Tottenville. Dredging and the diminishment of natural and farmed oyster reefs have left it increasingly exposed over time. One of the hardest hit areas during Hurricane Sandy,
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Living with the Bay is a group of projects in Hempstead Lake State Park, Smith Park, Lister Park, and nearby areas designed to increase the physical and social resilience of communities along the Mill River and South Shore’s bays. Construction was kicked off this fall on a Education and Resilience Center in Hempstead Lake State Park. The
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The Lower Manhattan Coastal Resilience (LMCR) Project is comprised of four projects: Brooklyn Bridge Montgomery Coastal Resilience, The Battery Coastal Resilience, Battery Park City Resilience Projects, and the Financial District and Seaport Master Planning process. In March, 2019 New York City released a Lower Manhattan Climate Resilience Study which identified a need for the City to initiate the Financial
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The Lower Manhattan Coastal Resilience (LMCR) Project is comprised of four projects: Brooklyn Bridge Montgomery Coastal Resilience, The Battery Coastal Resilience, Battery Park City Resilience Projects, and the Financial District and Seaport Master Planning process. In March, 2019 New York City released a Lower Manhattan Climate Resilience Study which identified a need for the City to initiate the Financial
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The Resilient Bridgeportresilience strategy is comprised two pilot projects (Rebuild by Design & Flood Risk Reduction Project) focused on protecting homes, businesses and infrastructure in the South End of Bridgeport from chronic and acute flooding in order to foster long-term prosperity in the neighborhood. The project will provide safe routes for the neighborhood, demonstrate sustainable
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The Lower Manhattan Coastal Resilience (LMCR) Project is comprised of four projects: Brooklyn Bridge Montgomery Coastal Resilience, The Battery Coastal Resilience, Battery Park City Resilience Projects, and the Financial District and Seaport Master Planning process. In March, 2019 New York City released a Lower Manhattan Climate Resilience Study which identified a need for the City to initiate the Financial
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