Urban Resilience

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This Old House

History, Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Sea levels are rising at an alarming rate worldwide. And yet, we keep moving to waterfront communities regardless of the threats. What does this mean for the buildings and residents of waterfront cities like New York City and Miami? How do we build our cities to be more resilient? Or is the best course of action to convince millions of people around the world to abandon their homes for higher ground? Host Kevin O'Connor speaks with Antony Wood, professor and executive director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Jim Murley, the Chief Resilience Officer for Miami-Dade County, and Jainey Bavishi, head of New York City’s Resilience Office about what’s being done now to mitigate this growing risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.7	What's likely the most dangerous storm people in our area have ever seen now slamming full
0:37.1	throttle into New Jersey.
0:38.4	On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy made landfall around New York City.
0:44.4	And Sandy absolutely pounding seaside heights.
0:47.3	A storm badly damaging homes and buildings as it continues to intensify.
0:56.0	The storm's span was massive, roughly 1,000 miles in diameter.
1:02.0	Homes were washed away.
1:04.0	Subway systems were flooded, power was out, and fires raged throughout neighborhoods.
1:10.0	Life on the eastern seaboard came to a standstill.
1:14.9	Superstorm Sandy followed Katrina and Andrew, and there was Harvey and Irma and Michael.
1:21.2	Rising seas, king tides, and hurricanes repeatedly threatened coastal cities.
1:29.3	But here's the thing.
1:31.3	Since Sandy, 345,000 people have moved into New York City.
1:37.3	And in Miami, another city under constant barrage from storms and water,
1:41.3	two million additional residents have moved there since Hurricane Andrew.
1:46.0	We're not running away from the problem, we're running to it.
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