Topical Study : Flood Resilient Design Strategies Case Study of Urban Waterfront

Flood – Resilient Design Strategies Case Study of Urban Waterfront | Hazwan Bin Husain

The superstorms hit massively in the coastal area of New York and New Jersey. This disaster causes parts of New York, especially in Lower Manhattan, where the project is proposed, Brooklyn and Staten Island were flooded severely, thus causing temporary paralysis of the city’s power system. Overestimated 8 million people lost electrical power access, and the outages were going for several days in a major city. Battery park recorded water surge of 13.88 ft, and seven subway tunnels under East River were flooded.

Figure 4.11 High Water Events in Lower Manhattan (NYC.gov retrieved from NOAA)

4.2.2.2

Policy and Development Plan (The East Side Coastal Resiliency

Project)

Due to the devastating aftermath of the Sandy, City of New York and the federal government of the United States have jointly funded the coastal protection project of East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) and Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) that aimed to reduce flood risk due to flood storm and rising sea water level. HUD has injected a total of $511 million that includes Rebuild by Design Initiatives in addition to $305 million in capital funding committed to New York City 56

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Topical Study : Flood Resilient Design Strategies Case Study of Urban Waterfront

Published on Jan 1, 2021

Hazwan Husain

The current contextual problem of flood vulnerabilities imposed a significant threat towards a safe built environment, especially in the urban area that is prone to flooding. In Malaysia, the flood has been the most severe event of natural disaster that deals with a significant loss in the resource that could restrict economic and social growth of the nation. this paper seeks to identify the resilient factors in the design-based intervention that is based on concept and principles, contextual application, design features criteria, and policy/initiatives enforcement. The study identifies design interventions that can combat or adapt flood vulnerabilities in a humanistic and sustainable approach. As such, the study focuses on comparing and appraising existing or proposed waterfront development that adapts the flood vulnerabilities as an innovative design solution for the ultimate goal of providing a safe built environment that is prone to flood disaster.

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Table 4.2 Design Features Categorization

5.2 Recommendations

Table 4.1 Design Principles and Concept of Resiliency

5.1 Conclusion

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Figure 4.53 Hydrological Model of Klang Island

Figure 4.56 Landed Housing Typologies

Figure 4.48 Event Space

Figure 4.42 Park Ambiance

Figure 4.39 Landscape Discharge

Figure 4.11 High Water Events in Lower Manhattan

Figure 4.13 Big Bench – Non-Flooding

Figure 4.32 Deployable Wall – Non-Flooding

Table 3.6 Speculation Framework

Figure 3.1 Research Procedure

Table 3.5 Stakeholder Comparison Framework

Table 3.1 Concept Comparison Framework

Figure 2.8 Principle of Resilient Design

Figure 2.5 Comparison of Resilient Timeframe

Figure 2.6 Tailored Resiliency