Interweaving ecology and architecture for integrated disaster management | Guy Nordenson
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2017-02-14

How can coastal settlements be made more resilient to extreme weather? Guy Nordenson, Professor of Architecture and Structural Engineering at Princeton, shares the example of Chelsea Heights in Atlantic City – a low-income community still suffering the effects of Hurricane Sandy, where adaptations have included turning abandoned lots into wetlands and connecting them with canals to drain the community in the event of a future flood.

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