Who'll Stop The Rain?

Who'll Stop The Rain?

Joseph Pobiner, FAICP, CNU-A Joseph Pobiner, FAICP, CNU-A

Joseph Pobiner, FAICP, CNU-A

Principal ? Practice Leader ? Master Planner/Urban Designer ? Strategic Advisor

发布日期: 2017年11月21日
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The catastrophic rains, hurricanes, and flooding of 2017 impacted millions of people from Texas to Florida to Puerto Rico and beyond - and 2017 isn't over yet.

While these were extraordinary events, planners and designer can proactively adopt new principles to help mitigate the associated impacts of more intense and more frequent storms.  Sort of Urban Design With Nature (to paraphrase Ian McHarg's seminal textbook).

I've listed a few approaches in my newest blog post on GenslerOn, including a new way to talk about storms.  (Hint: the term 100-year flood must give way to a more accurate characterization).

See more at GenslerOn and "Who'll Stop The Rain: Urban Design With Nature" by clicking on the following link:

https://www.gensleron.com/cities/2017/11/20/wholl-stop-the-rain-urban-design-with-nature.html

Martin Krueger

Senior Associate at Lochner

7 年

Good article. I wish your common sense solutions would be more common. Unfortunately, the bottom line usually dictates development practices, and many of these ideas are shelved in order to reduce initial costs.

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