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Policy & Design Reports

This section features a series of original research reports aimed at developing design and policy tools that address flood adaptation and historic urban form change in the context of New York City.

​Browse the publications below to learn more about the flood risk faced by New York City's historic built environment; the multiple goals and values involved in the transformation of historic streetscapes towards flood resilience; streetscape-sensitive flood adaptation design strategies for New York City's historic buildings and neighborhoods; real-world design studies, and heritage resilience policy-making agendas.

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Streetscape-Sensitive Design Strategies

Addressing the absence of streetscape-sensitive flood adaptation design strategies targeted at New York City’s historic buildings and neighborhoods, this report explores such strategies based on nationwide flood regulations and guidelines, successful built cases, together with the author’s own illustrative input.
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