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While it IS important to adapt to changing circumstances, it still is MORE IMPORTANT to prevent those circumstances happening at all [=mitigation].
Even if your presidents mind is too small to comprehend.
"How Turning New York Green Be A Solution To Urban Flooding" [7:48 min]
by Leaf of Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1_4vDsQKK8
Quote by LoL:
Aug 8, 2022
New York is the most populated city in the United States. With a population of over 8.8 million people, its twice the population of Los Angeles which is the 2nd most populated city in the USA. New York City comprises of 5 boroughs sitting where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean in a naturally sheltered, deep water harbor. Which made it an attractive location to the first Dutch colonizers who named the southern tip of present day Manhattan Island, New Amsterdam in 1626 it quickly became an important trading post to ship beaver fur back to Europe.
Just 38 years later the city came to be known by its present day name New York after the British conquered the Dutch colony in 1664 and over the following centuries the population of New York sky rocketed due to industrialization with steamships and cheap transportation by rail and canal bringing more people to the port. During the mid 1800s New York handled more goods and people than all the other American ports combined. By 1860, New York was by far the biggest and most important city in the United States and still is today and it has become 2nd richest city on earth. Making it one of the most iconic cities in the world, attracting over 66 million tourists each year.
However the geography of New York city has posed challenges for the continuously rising population, since much of it is built on the three islands of Manhattan, Staten Island, and western Long Island, making available land for development scarce which has encouraged high density living. As a result architectural innovations allowed for New York city to expand upwards with some of the first ever skyscrapers being built here. Despite this housing shortages and challenges still plague the city today, especially with regards to climate adaption.
The ever expanding urban environment of impermeable concrete surfaces has made New York venerable to severe flooding. New York city has always received plentiful rainfall especially during the Atlantic hurricane season which lasts from June through November. However severe flooding was said to be rare, once every 500 years but has now become a more regular occurrence. Since the 2000s tidal flooding has increased by 247% in some areas of New York, putting 431,000 people at risk. Flooding threatens human lives and damages property as well as disrupting the city, making some roads unusable and shutting down parts of the subway system. However New York City is now investing billions of dollars to turn this around.
In this video we will show you how new innovations in green infrastructure are turning the New York city scape into a sponge, saving the city billions of dollars whilst turning the city into a green oasis.
You can also check out NYC Environmental Protection for more information.
-> nyc.gov/site/dep/environment/flood-prevention.page <-
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