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Resilience from the Perspective of a Chief Urban Designer
Urban designers make plans to transform cities in anticipation of change. As Chief Urban Designer for New York City under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the author and his team had been working with the Office of Emergency Management since 2007 to anticipate the effects of a possible hurricane strike. In our computer scenario, we imagined that the old brick buildings in the neighborhood that survived the storm were hardened with reinforcing steel and integrated into new hurricane‐resistant building structures. Residents and new neighbors returned to find Prospect Shore physically better prepared for storms, socially better integrated into the surrounding city, and therefore more sustainable and resilient than before. The reality of Hurricane Sandy overwhelmed our imaginings, both personally and professionally. The author would like to say that the only challenge on the path to resilience is urban design's classic dilemma: how to achieve growth while preserving character.
Resilience from the Perspective of a Chief Urban Designer
Urban designers make plans to transform cities in anticipation of change. As Chief Urban Designer for New York City under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the author and his team had been working with the Office of Emergency Management since 2007 to anticipate the effects of a possible hurricane strike. In our computer scenario, we imagined that the old brick buildings in the neighborhood that survived the storm were hardened with reinforcing steel and integrated into new hurricane‐resistant building structures. Residents and new neighbors returned to find Prospect Shore physically better prepared for storms, socially better integrated into the surrounding city, and therefore more sustainable and resilient than before. The reality of Hurricane Sandy overwhelmed our imaginings, both personally and professionally. The author would like to say that the only challenge on the path to resilience is urban design's classic dilemma: how to achieve growth while preserving character.
Resilience from the Perspective of a Chief Urban Designer
Paté‐Cornell, Elisabeth (editor) / Rouse, William B. (editor) / Vest, Charles M. (editor) / Washburn, Alexandros (author)
2016-07-25
3 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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