Two years after Sandy : New York thinks green
that promotes a union of water management and green infrastructure .
This is achieved by combining and protecting the hydrological and ecological values of the urban landscape of the city while providing resilient and adaptive measures to deal with flood events , and generating a multitude of environmental , ecological , socio-cultural and economic benefits .
In June 2013 , HUD ’ s ‘ Rebuild by Design ’ contest was launched to develop innovative solutions to the very real problem the New York area faces , and a year later , six winners were announced , all utilising this approach to some extent , and they will receive some $ 1 billion in federal funding to make them a reality .
A particularly striking winner was the proposed design “ The Big U ”, from The BIG TEAM , in which a natural wall in place of a concrete one , protectively encircles Manhattan with a network of levees and dikes , also providing public realms that respond to the needs and concerns of the multicultural island . The BIG U will receive $ 335 million for implementation from the federal government .
The city of the future ?
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