Interesting article. And as there seems to be a push to develop the waterfront, a plan needs to be put in place.
"In the next decade, tens of thousands of new residents will move to new residential towers on the waterfront, many of which are being built as part of rezoning projects passed during the de Blasio administration. These developments will reshape the coasts of the Flushing Creek, Gowanus Canal, Harlem River as well as the mouth of the Newtown Creek. The waterfront plan does not specifically address how these flood-zone neighborhoods will fare in the face of sea level rise, but it does highlight the importance of zoning changes that ensure resilient design and public access".
https://gothamist.com/news/climate-r...ontent=2022224
The city is rolling out a new batch of climate resiliency plans to shore up its coastlines affecting more than 8 million residents living along 520 miles of coastline and hundreds of neighborhoods built on creeks, wetlands and islands.
For the last three years, a team of six planners at the Department of City Planning has worked full time to create the New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan. And after a yearlong pandemic delay, the 290-page document was released during the final days of former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration in December to combat the urgent challenges of climate change and sea level rise.
While the city government is not required to follow the plan’s strategic guidelines, it still provided a clear outline for how the next 10 years could unfold.
The plan highlights numerous climate resiliency projects that would make significant progress in the next 10 years, including the recent revival of the United States Army Corps of Engineers NY & NJ Harbor & Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study...
New York City’s first comprehensive waterfront plan was published in 1992, and in the three decades since, its coastline has undergone a remarkable transformation. Dozens of neighborhoods have transitioned away from their polluted industrial past, scores of new waterfront parks and green spaces have opened and hundreds of thousands of residents have been able to access nearby shorelines for the first time in generations.
The city’s waters are now the cleanest they have been in over a century, the report said, and this has spurred the return of beavers, bobcats, bald eagles and numerous aquatic species.
The latest waterfront plan builds upon the successes of the last 30 years and lays out a vision for a more equitable future, albeit one shaped by the daunting reality of climate change. The city is already seeing more severe storms and heavier rainfall, which have increased the intensity of tidal flooding, coastal erosion, and storm surges. These problems will increase dramatically over the next three decades, as sea levels rise...
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