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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.
Digital Report 05
Adaptation Design Study: East Harlem
Paired with Digital Report 04, this design study envisions the flood adaptation of East 118th Street — a historic residential corridor in East Harlem, New York City — by identifying feasible and relatively low-cost retrofitting strategies that are friendly to residential property owners and compatible with historic urban forms.
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