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A Green New Deal for the FDR Fall Series 2022

A Green New Deal for the FDR Fall Series 2022 – Sustainability and Infrastructure.   Feature Project: East Side Coastal Resiliency Plan with Courtney Worrall, President & CEO of the Waterfront Alliance | Frank Avila Goldman, LES East River Residents Committee | Sarah Neilson, Chief of Policy & Long-Range Planning, NYC Park | Amy Chester, Managing Director, Rebuild

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Hurricane Sandy: Here’s a 10-year timeline of post-storm resiliency projects

SI Advance: Ten years ago Hurricane Sandy ravaged Staten Island’s shoreline, leaving damage that would take years to repair. In the years following the historic storm, the city, state and federal government created various programs to recover areas hit hardest and build infrastructure to mitigate flooding and potential damage from future storms. Programs, such as

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NYC Resilience Mapper

October 29, 2022 is the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. This map was developed to highlight the amazing community-led climate resilience work undertaken by organizations across New York City. Mapping these plans, along with government-led place-based plans and those from academic institutions, lets us visualize the community-level response to risks like storm surge, extreme rainfall,

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Housing And Climate Change

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 2:00–3:00 Eastern | 1:00–2:00 Central | 12:00–1:00 Mountain | 11:00–12:00 Pacific Register Now | Add to Calendar (iCal file)       James Elliott, Rice University Max Besbris, University of Wisconsin–Madison Amy Chester, Rebuild by Design Ivis Garcia Zambrana, Texas A&M University In recent years, natural disasters driven by climate change have led to increased

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TO MARK THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE SANDY, THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND REBUILD BY DESIGN ANNOUNCE THE  ARCHIVING OF THE HURRICANE SANDY DESIGN COMPETITION 

The competition led to $3.9 billion investment in climate infrastructure in the New York region.  New York – The New-York Historical Society, the city’s first museum, and Rebuild by Design announce the public release of an archive of the Hurricane Sandy Design Competition, the effort leading to changes in physical and social infrastructure in the

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Virtual Book Talk | Soaking the Middle Class: Suburban Inequality and Recovery from Disaster

RSVP is required. Please RSVP here.   NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to a book talk on Soaking the Middle Class: Suburban Inequality and Recovery from Disaster, featuring the authors Anna Rhodes and Max Bresbis in conversation with Daniel Aldana Cohen and Lori Peek, moderated by Amy Chester. This event is co-sponsored by Rebuild by

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The Living Breakwaters Could Be NJ’s Newest Defense Against Storm Surge

New Jersey Digest Magazine: Residents of New Jersey are no strangers to storm surge. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy battered the coastal towns of the state, inundating neighborhoods and streets with ocean water as the storm raged on. Atlantic City recorded a maximum storm surge of 5.82 feet during the height of Hurricane Sandy. The subsequent loss

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