https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/A-Construction-Boom-in-an-Urban-Floodplain-Long-Island-City-Queens-NYC.html https://metropolitics.org/A-Construction-Boom-in-an-Urban-Floodplain-Long-Island-City-Queens-NYC.html 2020-02-11T06:00:00Z text/html en Christopher Ryan New York Queens resilience vulnerability flooding natural risks disaster ecological disaster catastrophe environment sea-level rise climate change transport public transportation Long Island City <p>New York City has encouraged development in Long Island City, Queens, even as the neighborhood has not recovered from damage due to Superstorm Sandy in 2012, and remains vulnerable to future flooding. <br class='autobr' /> A high risk for flooding <br class='autobr' /> With four of its five boroughs located on islands off the coast of the continental United States, New York City is particularly vulnerable to coastal impacts of climate change. The New York City Panel on Climate Change (2019) outlines multiple climate-change risks,</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-From-the-Field-15-.html" rel="directory">From the Field</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-New-York-+.html" rel="tag">New York</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Queens-+.html" rel="tag">Queens</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-resilience-+.html" rel="tag">resilience</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-vulnerability-+.html" rel="tag">vulnerability</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-flooding-+.html" rel="tag">flooding</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-natural-risks-+.html" rel="tag">natural risks</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-disaster-+.html" rel="tag">disaster</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-ecological-disaster-+.html" rel="tag">ecological disaster</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-catastrophe-+.html" rel="tag">catastrophe</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-environment-+.html" rel="tag">environment</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-sea-level-rise-+.html" rel="tag">sea-level rise</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-climate-change-+.html" rel="tag">climate change</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-transport-+.html" rel="tag">transport</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-public-transportation-+.html" rel="tag">public transportation</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Long-Island-City-+.html" rel="tag">Long Island City</a>