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Tag Archives: reef
Resilience Concepts Behind Living Breakwaters
I was asked by an intern at City Atlas, Travis Gonzales, to answer his well-posed questions on our winning Rebuild By Design entry, Living Breakwaters, and here is that Q&A, which I think gets addresses some important aspects of the concept. … Continue reading
Posted in climate, security, water
Tagged design, flooding, levee, living breakwaters, oyster, Rebuild By Design, reef, resilience, sea level rise, Staten Island, wave
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Living Growing Breakwaters and Building Community Resilience
We had great news a few weeks ago — our team was selected as a winner of the HUD Rebuild By Design competition, and New York State is being awarded $60 million to build out our project — Living, Growing Breakwaters off … Continue reading
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Tagged coastal, education, flood, hazard, Kate Orff, Living Growing Breakwaters, modeling, oyster, reef, resilience, risk, SCAPE, Staten Island, stepping down, storm, surge, Tottenville, urban, waves
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