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Storm Surge Barriers: Ecological and Special Concerns
Storm surge barriers constructed to protect New York City will reduce damage to infrastructure and save lives. However, there will be environmental, ecological, and social impacts. For example, the salinity regime of the harbor will be altered as will sediment dynamics and distribution. These will in turn impact fish and shellfish distributions. These impacts could be positive or negative depending on one's point of view, and depending on where one's home is located relative to the barriers, one could view such an expensive undertaking to be a fair or unfair use of public resources. The impacts of this massive infrastructure project must be thoroughly explored and debated. We initiate the debate by identifying and discussing some of these potential impacts.
Storm Surge Barriers: Ecological and Special Concerns
Storm surge barriers constructed to protect New York City will reduce damage to infrastructure and save lives. However, there will be environmental, ecological, and social impacts. For example, the salinity regime of the harbor will be altered as will sediment dynamics and distribution. These will in turn impact fish and shellfish distributions. These impacts could be positive or negative depending on one's point of view, and depending on where one's home is located relative to the barriers, one could view such an expensive undertaking to be a fair or unfair use of public resources. The impacts of this massive infrastructure project must be thoroughly explored and debated. We initiate the debate by identifying and discussing some of these potential impacts.
Storm Surge Barriers: Ecological and Special Concerns
Swanson, R. L. (author) / O'Connell, C. (author) / Wilson, R. E. (author)
Against the Deluge: Storm Surge Barriers to Protect New York City ; 2009 ; Brooklyn, New York, United States
2012-11-01
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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