Construction Magazine September 2014 | Page 19

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a protective wall , instead allowing water into areas of lower Manhattan into specially-constructed green areas of islands and marshes .
The Rebuild projects are but a piece of the overall rebuilding effort , with New York City alone set to spend $ 3.7 billion in fortifying its coastline .
Aside from the HUD works , the city ’ s new green infrastructure programme promotes the natural movement of water by collecting and managing stormwater runoff from streets , sidewalks , parking lots and rooftops and directing it to engineered systems that typically feature soils , stones , and vegetation . This process prevents stormwater runoff from entering sewers , as happened during Sandy .
New York is embracing a new approach in the battle with natural disasters : not to fight them but to adapt and learn to live alongside them .
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