Topic: climate change
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A Vision of a Carbon-Zero Urban Future: An Interview with Alex Steffen
How the world's wealthiest cities can beat back climate change.
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Urban Wonk
Can We Please Stop Pretending Cars Are Greener Than Transit?
Freakonomics revives a tried, and tired, debate.
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Would We Leave Disaster-Prone Cities in the Absence of FEMA?
Economist Matthew Kahn wonders how coastal areas might adapt to climate change without federal assistance.
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There's No Question: Climate Change Made Superstorm Sandy Worse
Here's the logic: Sandy threw the ocean at the land, and because of global warming, there were about eight inches more ocean to throw.
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Urban Wonk
Will Cities Be Ready for the Next Sandy?
Climate change is here. Here's what cities can do to mitigate some of its worst effects.
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The Big Fix
'We've Built Right Up to the Edge in the Most Foolish Way'
A historian of coastal settlements says we only have ourselves to blame for Sandy's destruction.
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Charts
Next for New York: Real Flood Prevention Plans
Once the city recovers, it will have to decide what to do about the next storm.
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Making Our Coastal Cities More Resilient Can't Wait
Hurricane Sandy is the wake-up call.
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What Would New York Look Like If the Storm Surge Was Permanent?
It would be a lot smaller, for one thing.
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Maps
The 2011 Report That Predicted New York's Subway Flooding Disaster
Climate scientists saw this coming, and their estimates on service restoration are no more encouraging.
