뉴욕시장, 100억불 규모 저지대 맨하튼 침수 방벽 건설계획 발표 VIDEO: Mayor de Blasio’s $10 BILLION plan to save Manhattan from rising sea levels: NYC proposes extending the city's shoreline into the East River
Mayor de Blasio’s $10 BILLION plan to save Manhattan from rising sea levels: NYC proposes extending the city's shoreline into the East River by TWO BLOCKS to create higher ground
Study launched by city estimates 37% of Lower Manhattan risks flood by 2050
With estimated 6-foot sea level rise, expects risk area to raise to 50% by 2100
Plan proposes extending the shoreline up to 500 feet – or two full city blocks
City is also hoping to fortify Lower Manhattan with grassy berms and barriers
뉴욕시장, 100억불 규모 저지대 맨하튼 침수 방벽 건설계획 발표 빌 드 블라시오 뉴욕시장은 해수면 상승 시 침수 위기의 맨해튼을 방벽으로 둘러싸고 해안선을 최대 152m까지 연장해 해수면 상승으로부터 보호하겠다는 계획을 밝혔다 오늘 시에서 발표한 기후 조사에 대한 계획은 대략 37%의 저지대 맨하탄이 향후 30년 내에 폭풍우로 인한 침수 위기에 위험에 처할 것이라는 것을 찾아냈다. 그리고 2100년에는 거의 50%범위까지 증가할 것이라고 한다. 약 5억 달러가 드는 녹화 상태의 탈부착 가능한 장벽으로 대부분의 저지대 맨하탄 지역을 견고히 하는 것 외에도,브루클린 다리에서 배터리에 이르기까지 가장 낮은 지역에 더 많은 땅을 이 프로젝트에 추가할 것을 제안했다. 이렇게 하는 것은 몇 년이 걸릴 것이고, 100억 달러나 들 수 있다. 황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 큐레이터 Ki Cheol Hwang, conpaper editor, curator |
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By ASSOCIATED PRESS and CHEYENNE MACDONALD FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 14:35 GMT, 14 March 2019 | UPDATED: 20:56 GMT, 14 March 2019
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has revealed a plan to protect Lower Manhattan from rising sea levels by surrounding it with earthen berms and extending its shoreline by as much as 500 feet (152 meters).
The plan piggybacks on a climate resilience study released by the city today, which found that roughly 37 percent of Lower Manhattan properties will be at risk from storm surges in the next 30 years.
And by 2100, it says this will rise to almost 50 percent.
De Blasio’s new plan aims to combat an estimated six feet of sea level rise that's expected to encroach upon the city by the end of the century.
In addition to fortifying most of Lower Manhattan with grassy berms and removable barriers, which would cost roughly $500 million, the city has proposed adding more land to the lowest-lying areas, from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Battery.
Doing this would take several years, and could cost as much as $10 billion.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has revealed a plan to protect lower Manhattan from rising sea levels by surrounding it with earthen berms and extending its shoreline by as much as 500 feet (152 meters). The plan is mapped out, along with the flood risk, above
The Democratic mayor announced the plan Thursday after previewing it in New York Magazine.
Officials have been developing schemes to fortify New York City's waterfront ever since Superstorm Sandy destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in 2012.
In addition to storm surges, groundwater table rise is also projected to put 7 percent of buildings at risk of destabilization, and put streets and underground utilities at risk of corrosion and water infiltration.
The plan piggybacks on a climate resilience study released by the city this today, which found that roughly 37 percent of Lower Manhattan properties will be at risk from storm surges in the next 30 years. And by 2100, it says this will rise to almost 50 percent. This is mapped above
‘Hurricane Sandy showed us how vulnerable areas like Lower Manhattan are to climate change,’ said Mayor de Blasio.
‘That’s why we not only have to reduce emissions to prevent the most cataclysmic potential effects of global warming, we have to prepare for the ones that are already inevitable.
‘Our actions will protect Lower Manhattan into the next century. We need the federal government to stand behind cities like New York to meet this crisis head on.’
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