Download the PDF version here and interview with Klaus Jacob here.
"The Metropolitan East Coast (MEC) region is a prime example of a megacity in a coastal setting with high and low lands. Four out of five boroughs of New York City are located on islands (Long Island, Staten Island, and Manhattan); only one (Bronx) is located on the mainland. Bridges and tunnels are critical bottlenecks of the dominant transportation modes to the suburbs and counties located in the tri-state MEC region of New York (NY), New Jersey (NJ) and Connecticut (CT). Bridge access roads, entrances to road and rail tunnels, including subways and ventilation shafts, but also non- transportation infrastructures such as storm sewer and wastewater processing plants are located at critical low elevations. They are exposed to coastal or riverine flooding and hence can be subjected to related interruptions of services. As we will see, this fact makes the MEC region particularly vulnerable to climate-dependent sea level rise. Not all, but many coastal cities in the US and the world face similar problems. Sea level rise is a global issue of increasing concern to many major coastal cities and populations."
"The Metropolitan East Coast (MEC) region is a prime example of a megacity in a coastal setting with high and low lands. Four out of five boroughs of New York City are located on islands (Long Island, Staten Island, and Manhattan); only one (Bronx) is located on the mainland. Bridges and tunnels are critical bottlenecks of the dominant transportation modes to the suburbs and counties located in the tri-state MEC region of New York (NY), New Jersey (NJ) and Connecticut (CT). Bridge access roads, entrances to road and rail tunnels, including subways and ventilation shafts, but also non- transportation infrastructures such as storm sewer and wastewater processing plants are located at critical low elevations. They are exposed to coastal or riverine flooding and hence can be subjected to related interruptions of services. As we will see, this fact makes the MEC region particularly vulnerable to climate-dependent sea level rise. Not all, but many coastal cities in the US and the world face similar problems. Sea level rise is a global issue of increasing concern to many major coastal cities and populations."
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