NYTimes: A billion-dollar program to protect cities from climate change is at risk of failing because of the pandemic. Connecticut is preparing to build a first-of-its-kind underground flood wall. Virginia has planned an intricate system of berms, pump stations and raised roads to keep the flood-prone city of Norfolk dry. Louisiana has broken ground on […]
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The Architects Newspaper: How do you make waterfront locations resilient to the problems caused by climate change? How can you support communities to manage—and come to terms with—flood risk? As governments and developers reverse their thinking around the land value adjacent to our global rivers and harbors, these challenges are shifting urban design in new and
Join the Sydney Business Chamber for a discussion on Resilience and Building Back Better with Amy Chester from Rebuild by Design and others: Thursday May 7, 2020 10:00 AM in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Australia You can join though Zoom on Wednesday May 6th, at 8:00PM EST. Please register here.
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New York Daily News: Last week, both Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo appointed task-forces and sector advisory councils to help inform how New York will come out of the COVID-19 crisis. However, there are no experts in a crisis we have never experienced before. Our generation has never been through a global pandemic or a government-led shutdown and how
TIME TO HARNESS THE WISDOM OF CROWDS: DE BLASIO AND CUOMO SHOULD ASK REGULAR NEW YORKERS Read More »
ArchDaily: In 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck the eastern coastline of the United States and caused a level of flooding and destruction that was unprecedented for a major, densely populated city like New York. Storm surges brought a terrifying amount of water to the city streets, tunnels and subways; the National Ocean Service reported a 9.4-foot surge over Battery Park.
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Albany Times Union Blog: Voters in New York will decide later this year if the state should borrow $3 billion to spend on various environmental projects, including flood damage restoration and efforts intended to mitigate the effects of climate change. The so-called ‘Mother Nature Bond Act’ was set to be approved by the state Legislature
CUOMO, LAWMAKERS INCLUDE $3 BILLION ENVIRONMENTAL BOND IN STATE BUDGET Read More »
Rebuild by Design has been working with a coalition of leaders representing various interests to alert the State of the growing need to confront the new reality of climate change. In response to the coalition’s work, Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature have passed the landmark $3 billion “Restore Mother Nature” Bond Act,
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Politico: An agreement between lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo on a $3 billion bond act includes some broad categories for the use of the funding, including voluntary buyouts of properties threatened by rising seas. These details for the “Restore Mother Nature” bond act were included in the Capital Projects bill released after midnight Wednesday. Another
BOND ACT INCLUDES VOLUNTARY BUYOUTS, GREEN BUILDINGS AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE Read More »
Coalition of 100+ Organizations Supported Historic Commitment to Clean Water and Flood Reduction for ALBANY, NY — The New York State Legislature today passed a historic $3 billion Environmental Bond Act as part of the 2020-2021 state budget, providing funding for key investments in local infrastructure and environmental restoration that will help communities across New York prepare for flooding, rising seas, and dangerous extreme heat. The
Grist: Michael Berkowitz is a student of disaster, and a guru on how cities weather them. As the former executive director of the nonprofit consultancy 100 Resilient Cities, and now as founding principal at the similar Resilient Cities Catalyst, he has worked with dozens of local governments around the world to plan for hurricanes, droughts, earthquakes, terrorist
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