Plan NYC

A major port city with a dense population and remarkable islands and waterways , New York faces unique environmental challenges . New York today is facing a major challenge of meeting the needs of its expanding population (with a current population of 8 .2 million people , which is estimated to grow by one million between now and 2030 ) with its aging infrastructure system . Although low automobile dependence help make New York among the most energy efficient in the United States , still the increasing impact of global warming in the city cannot be neglected

Global

warming is expected to cause the sea level along the northeastern U .S . coast to rise almost twice as fast as global sea levels during this century , putting New York City at greater risk for damage from hurricanes and winter storm surge (www .PhysOrg .com

Even in a medium greenhouse-gas emission scenario , the New York City coastal area would see an additional rise of about 8 .3 inches above the mean sea level rise , because of human-induced climate change . Thermal expansion and the melting of land ice , such as the Greenland ice sheet are expected to cause the global sea-level rise . According to the projection the global sea-level will rise 10 .2 inches based on thermal expansion alone

Considering that New York has 600 miles of coastline with half a million residents living on current flood plain , global warming is very dangerous for New York . Also , much of the metropolitan regions of New York are less than 16...