How Design Can Save NYC When The Next Big Storm Hits
How Design Can Save NYC When The Next Big Storm Hits
September 12th, 2011 By Suzanne LaBarre Read More: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664977/...big-storm-hits Video: http://www.moma.org/explore/multimedia/videos/125/802 Quote:
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Very cool. Certainly adapting what we can mainland to the effects of worsening climate is far more practical than giant walls and dams. Here in Chicago, the city has been experimenting with permeable pavers and quite a few new projects have green roofs to the point it's become common design.
How impressive it would be to see NYC rooftops as a sea of green. Though bundling utilities seems like a pipe dream (no pun intended) it's probably best in the long term. I can only imagine the chaos of conduit beneath the city. Imagine having this all cleaned up and organized, and integrated into a smart grid system. |
Having played with mud and water as a kid, I think I have a simple answer:
Construct an emergency sewer system than is deeper underground than the subways, whose flooding with copper corroding salt water would destroy in a very short time period. When underground NYC is flooded, the damage increases exponentially with how long the salt water remains (fresh water is not nearly as serious a problem). The key to NYC's (Manhattan) survival is not damaging too seriously the buried power cables, fiber optics cables, fresh water lines, brown water lines, subways, steel rail commuter and passenger train lines, etc. The keys are drainage grade, and, pumps. EDIT: regardless of the creation of marsh environments, etc., the key will remain the absolute heigth of sea level. The issue, IMO, will not be slowing the water down as much as not letting it in. |
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