Role of the National Park Service: Resources are unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations, unless massive change occurs. Conservation is an adaptation process: with fluctuating boundaries and resources, NPS becomes a manager of a territory much greater than Gateway National Recreation Area.
Operations: • Capturing the force of storm surges as energy to power the city during recovery • Providing water for desalination plants Ocean Wave Power: In general, wave energy is concentrated solar energy, which has an energy density of 100 watts per square meter. wave energy is concentrated to 70 kilowatts per wave crest, the most energy dense form [...]
Jamaica Bay is a climate change-related buffer zone for Brooklyn and Queens. Opportunities generated by climate change effects are used to create better ecological functioning of the city Issues arising from climate change that we are addressing: 1. Water – a force that creates pressure on existing habitat – sea level rise, storm surges, flooding and drought • [...]
plastic bottle foundations, landscaping to reduce heat island effect, building up sites with construction debris
