Two Instances of Once-In-A-Generation Floods Leave Many Questioning Region Preparedness
With two monster storms causing once-in-a-generation flooding eight weeks apart, what exactly is the city of Boston doing to address these environmental?
→Source: WGBH Greater BostonAs Giant Storms Hammer Boston, Officials Are Doing Little to Prepare for Them
Impacts from climate change, which were supposed to wallop the area 80 years from now, are already menacing a region that is only beginning to talk about ways to protect itself.
→Source: The Washington PostLetter to the Editor: Waterfront Editorial was ‘Disappointing’
World-class cities are formed out of a combination of bold vision and high aspiration. By your own description, the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s Downtown Municipal Harbor Plan, which includes the Harbor Garage site, is neither visionary nor comprehensive.
→Source: Boston Business JournalBuilding for the Climate of the Future
Climate impacts are here now—and our coastal areas are bearing the brunt. Homes and buildings near the waterfront are already vulnerable to rising tides and flooding, especially during major storms.
→Source: Conservation Law FoundationOpen Space, Green Infrastructure Could Protect Us From the Next ‘Bomb Cyclone’
As Winter Storm Grayson roared into the Northeast this past week, it wasn’t snow or freezing temperatures that brought our coastal cities to a state of emergency. It was water—too much of it, and in the wrong places.
→Source: Boston Business Journal20/20 Hindsight: Did Our Investments Position Us For a Bright Future?
Boston is changing: new neighborhoods, new residents, a new innovation economy, and now a new comprehensive plan. In this age of accelerating urban transformation, it’s striking how many of these changes had their origins in decisions made — or not made — 20 years ago.
→Source: Architecture BostonFirst the Greenway, Now the Waterway
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh wants to transform Fort Point Channel into a waterway lined with parks that would serve almost as levees during periods of storm surge.
→Source: CommonWealth MagazineAs Construction And Tides Rise, Group Aims To Make Eastie ‘More Resilient’ Against Climate Change
Harborkeepers recently conducted a survey in East Boston to gauge where the community is at on climate resiliency. More than three quarters of respondents said they did not know the locations of the evacuation routes out of the neighborhood.
→Source: WBURClimate Ready Boston Leaders Talk Resiliency in Boston Neighborhoods this Summer
This isn’t about just battening down the hatches and holding on; instead, people in East Boston and across the city have started figuring out how to turn the urgent need for climate change preparation, resiliency and adaptation into opportunities to improve community services, boost economic development, increase access to open space, and unite diverse communities.
→Source: East Boston TimesAre We Ready for a Harvey-Like Storm in Boston?
Last year, FEMA updated flood maps for Boston to show much more of the city is in danger of flooding, thanks to changes in sea levels and other data.
→Source: WGBH Greater BostonRecurring events
- Friends of the East Boston Greenway: →Monthly Meeting
- Friends of the Boston HarborWalk: →Monthly Meeting