Inspired by the Dutch model of living with water, New York’s coastal defenses are on the rise. The city — like others around the country — is combining infrastructure like floodwalls with nature-based features, as it moves ahead with the largest resiliency project in the U.S.
In densely populated cities surrounded on all sides by water the borough of Manhattan in New York City as a prime example the risks from sea level rise and climate change are not just hypotheticals; they are existential threats.
After nearly three years of erecting a sea wall to protect against potential catastrophic flooding, the Stuyvesant Cove Park finally opened back up to the