有生命的防波堤--纽约沿海绿色基础设施

LIVING BREAKWATERS——COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEW YORK

我们如何将公众与其所处环境更直接地联系起来?我们如何在预测海平面上升和日益频发的风暴的同时修复水体,并将人们与海岸相连?"有生命的防波堤"是一个创新性的沿海绿色基础设施项目,是美国住房和城市发展部"为重建而设计"竞赛的获奖项目之一,意在为上述问题提供解决方案。该项目由纽约州政府风暴灾后恢复办公室实施,并获得了6 000万美元的社区发展补助灾后恢复专项资金。"有生命的防波堤"项目为拉里坦湾和斯塔滕岛量身设计,将水上基础设施与在岸教育和外展服务相结合,有助于降低灾害风险、提高生态系统稳定性,同时促进管理能力的培养。

How can we connect citizens more directly with their immediate environment？ How can we anticipate rising sea levels and increasingly intense storms, but also revive waterbodies, and connect people to the shore？ Living Breakwaters is an innovative coastal green infrastructure project that was selected as one of the winning projects of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development {HUD} Rebuild by Design competition that aims to answer these questions. The project is being implemented by the New York State Governor＇s Office of Storm Recovery with ,50 miUion USD of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery {CDBG-DR） funding. Planned for the Raritan Bay and Staten Island, Living Breakwaters [inks in-water infrastructure with on-shore education and outreach, to help reduce risk, enhance ecosystems and foster stewardship.