Tuesday, 11 August 2015

New York Resiliency Plan

New York Resiliency Plan

New York, “The City That Never Sleeps”, is a dream city for many. Considered as one of the world’s greatest city, it definitely need a plan to protect it from environmental/natural disasters such as storms, rising sea levels and climate change.
The Resiliency Plan  puts forward initiatives to strengthen coastal defences, upgrade buildings and construction standards, protect infrastructure, such as the power grid and waste water system, and make vulnerable neighbourhoods safer. The plan includes 257 short, medium, and long-term initiatives.
The main aim of this project is “focused on resilience of buildings and power infrastructure during future coastal storms – the city will be able to prevent economic losses of more than US$ 22 billion by the 2050s, according to current estimates.” (c40.org)


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