Abstract
To manage the impact of climate change, a mixture of global mitigation (reducing the probability of catastrophes) and local adaptation (lessening their consequences) is needed. Alexandros Washburn – an urban resilience expert and former New York City Chief Architect who witnessed 2012's Hurricane Sandy first hand – presents three contrasting examples of how cities around the world have approached the latter, with varying degrees of success. From ensuring a potable water supply in Sáo Paulo and Singapore to flood prevention in New York, it is a mixed story that embraces everything from an exemplary large‐scale public construction project, to an ingenious community‐led proposal, to sheer luck.
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