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Tag Archives: resilience
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
Posted in security, water
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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Jamaica Bay Restoration: Anything is Possible if You’re Strategic
[This is a guest post from Charles “Si” Simenstad, Research Professor; Wetland Ecosystem Team, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, in response to the question posed in a prior post, “What specific actions would you propose, if … Continue reading
Posted in opinion, water
Tagged Baylands, estuary, Jamaica Bay, oxygen, Puget Sound, resilience, restoration, revitalization, San Francisco Bay, shoreline, Simenstad, urban, wetland
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