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The right to the resilient city: progressive politics and the green growth machine in New York City

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  • E. Melanie DuPuis

    (Pace University)

  • Miriam Greenberg

    (University of California)

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We examine the post disaster history of a proposed resilience infrastructure capital project, the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, part of a larger proposed resilience infrastructure design called “The Big U.” This proposed ring of bermed parkland around the waterfront of Lower Manhattan won $335 million in the Housing and Urban Development Rebuild by Design competition. The purpose of the Big U was to make the Lower Manhattan coastline resilient against storms and provide green space amenities to neighborhood residents. The Bjarke Ingels Group proposal created the East Side Coastal Resiliency section of the Big U design through an inclusive process with local residents. Yet, 6 years since Sandy and 4 years since the HUD award, the project had not yet broken ground and the final design had not yet been approved. We look at this resilience project to ask the question: does this project reflect the right to the resilient city, that is, is it being designed in the interests of low-income neighborhood residents adjoining the project, creating a more resilient city for everyone? Or, will the final design of the project repeat the problems of unequal post-disaster redevelopment?

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  • E. Melanie DuPuis & Miriam Greenberg, 2019. "The right to the resilient city: progressive politics and the green growth machine in New York City," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 9(3), pages 352-363, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jenvss:v:9:y:2019:i:3:d:10.1007_s13412-019-0538-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s13412-019-0538-5
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    1. Alessandro Rigolon & Timothy Collins, 2023. "The green gentrification cycle," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 60(4), pages 770-785, March.
    2. Michael H. Finewood & Joseph A. Henderson, 2019. "What higher education can bring to resilience: reports from Pace University’s water resilience conference," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 9(3), pages 316-321, September.
    3. Eakin, Hallie & Keele, Svenja & Lueck, Vanessa, 2022. "Uncomfortable knowledge: Mechanisms of urban development in adaptation governance," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).
    4. E Melanie DuPuis, 2021. "Learning from emancipation: The Port Royal Experiment and transition theory," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 53(6), pages 1507-1524, September.
    5. Chuan Wang & Xinhua Li & Siheng Li, 2021. "How Does the Concept of Resilient City Work in Practice? Planning and Achievements," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-22, December.
    6. Jacob Park, 2022. "How can we pay for it all? Understanding the global challenge of financing climate change and sustainable development solutions," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 12(1), pages 91-99, March.
    7. Nicole Lambrou, 2022. "Resilience Design in Practice: Future Climate Visions from California’s Bay Area," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-18, October.

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