How NYC Is Using 4D Construction to Build Climate Resilience
Why Cities Must Act Now on Climate Resilience As climate change accelerates, cities around the world are racing to adapt to its significant impacts. Rising temperatures are intensifying, making cities hotter and increasing energy demands for cooling. More frequent and severe storms are overwhelming infrastructure, leading to flooding and damage. The rise of sea levels is threatening coastal cities with erosion and displacement. Shifting weather patterns strain water supplies and public health systems. These are just a few of the challenges that are pushing cities to rethink their planning, infrastructure, and sustainability strategies. Planning for the Storm(s) In New York City (NYC), where millions live near the shoreline, the threat of rising sea levels and severe storms is more than theoretical-it’s imminent. In the last 50 years, NYC has been directly or significantly affected by more than 12 tropical storms or hurricanes that have brought major impacts, such as flooding, wind damage, and storm surges. Five of these major storms have been since 2020 alone, including the flashfloods of September 2023. Though these storms vary in intensity and impact, they highlight NYC’s vulnerability to tropical systems-even when not directly in the path of a hurricane. Inside NYC’s Brooklyn Bridge-Montgomery Resilience Project The NYC