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6 hours agoNYC Mayor Mamdani's administration to pay $95 million for flood protection efforts in Brooklyn
Mayor Mamdani's administration will invest $95 million to protect South Brooklyn from flooding during intense storms.
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fromConde Nast Traveler
2 months agoWhy 2026 Is the Year You Should Finally Go to Venice
Venice is shifting toward sustainable, decentralized tourism with visitor limits, flood protections, island food production, revived artisan traditions, restored historic hotels, and the Biennale's return.
fromABC7 San Francisco
2 months agoPalo Alto's horizontal levee passes test, reduces flooding during storms
So, with this storm surge and the King tide event, it was a great opportunity for us to test this out. So, we came out here and we were able to further document and see how well it performed. So, we got to see that the king tide came up very close to where the pathway is behind you, and it did what it's supposed to do,
Environment
New York City
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 months agoelevating new york's waterfront: wagner pavilion signals flood-resiliency for lower manhattan
Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park and Pavilion elevates Battery Park City's southern edge nearly ten feet, integrating flood-defensive infrastructure with public waterfront access.
Environment
fromSan Jose Spotlight
3 months agoEstremera: The work behind the water we all rely on - San Jose Spotlight
Valley Water provides safe, reliable water, flood protection, and environmental stewardship for nearly two million people through infrastructure upgrades, purification, and local supply expansion.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months agoA win for nature and people': Elizabeth line soil used to create Essex bird haven
When I first started working at Wallasea it looked an awful lot like a construction site because that's what it was. But just 10 years on, there's no evidence of the diggers or trucks. There's just thousands and thousands of birds who now use it as a refuge, shelter and nursery for their chicks. It's an almost unbelievable transformation.
Environment
New York City
fromProPublica
5 months agoNew York Moves Forward With a Brooklyn Flood Protection Plan That Falls Short of Other City Projects
New York City is building $218 million flood protections in Red Hook that guard only against 10-year storms, leaving residents vulnerable to larger, frequent floods.
fromFast Company
6 months agoIn Toronto, a polluted industrial wasteland is now a beautiful park
"It's incredibly transformed," says Emily Mueller De Celis, a landscape architect at the firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, which won a competition to "renaturalize" the area in 2007. "Rather than walking around in and amongst oil refineries and other industry, now you are immersed in nature, walking along the banks of a river with spectacular views back to the city."
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US news
fromsubscriber.politicopro.com
11 months agoNew Hospitals, Schools and Apartments Will Have to Meet Stronger Building Codes for Flooding
New building codes require hospitals and schools to have stronger flood protection.
The International Code Council has approved major revisions to flood safety standards for construction.
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