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Marine Streets—A Living Marine Edge

Marine Streets—A Living Marine Edge DESIGN APPROACHES TO Barbara Wilks ew York City (NYC) is one of the greatest marine cities of the world with 520 mi of ever-changing shoreline. Both nature and humanity contribute to these changes, and they can be interdependent reciprocal systems, although they are commonly thought of as opposing forces. As a result, our once rich and dynamic shoreline is often reduced to a single line of bulkhead. The buffering functions of wetlands and these dynamic shoreline ecological communities, which have historically protected the land from storms, have been erased over time. In addition, climate change and the resultant rising tides, increased runoff from development, and upland impermeable surfaces all contribute to flooding and sewer overflows in the NYC area on a regular basis. As NYC continues to promote development on the waterfront (NYC DCP 2011), the existing underutilized street ends have the potential to provide better connection to the waterfront with enormous ecological and social gain. Just as the MilliontreesNYC initiative (NYC DPR 2011) has a great public and ecological value, a "Marine Streets" initiative would help sustain the living resource of the rivers and bays. We envision these Marine Streets as a new street typology--a critical edge http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ecological Restoration University of Wisconsin Press

Marine Streets—A Living Marine Edge

Wilks, Barbara.
Ecological Restoration , Volume 29 (3) – Aug 13, 2011
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DESIGN APPROACHES TO Barbara Wilks ew York City (NYC) is one of the greatest marine cities of the world with 520 mi of ever-changing shoreline. Both nature and humanity contribute to these changes, and they can be interdependent reciprocal systems, although they are commonly thought of as opposing forces. As a result, our once rich and dynamic shoreline is often reduced to a single line of bulkhead. The buffering functions of wetlands and these dynamic shoreline ecological communities, which have historically protected the land from storms, have been erased over time. In addition, climate change and the resultant rising tides, increased runoff from development, and upland impermeable surfaces all contribute to flooding and sewer overflows in the NYC area on a regular basis. As NYC continues to promote development on the waterfront (NYC DCP 2011), the existing underutilized street ends have the potential to provide better connection to the waterfront with enormous ecological and social gain. Just as the MilliontreesNYC initiative (NYC DPR 2011) has a great public and ecological value, a "Marine Streets" initiative would help sustain the living resource of the rivers and bays. We envision these Marine Streets as a new street typology--a critical edge

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Ecological Restoration – University of Wisconsin Press

Published: Aug 13, 2011

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