CityLab Fall 2023 - East Boston: Books - Climate Resiliency

"Under the direction of the Urban Land Institute's Boston/ New England District Council (ULI Boston), the East Boston Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) convened a panel of architecture, public policy, real estate law, landscape architecture, engineers, and planning professionals. This TAP included a tour, community meeting, day-long charrette and planning session, and presentation to community delegates. The panelists focus was on identifying vulnerabilities due to rising sea levels and opportunities for resiliency and adaptation planning. The report that follows summarizes the TAP recommendations and is composed of seven chapters." -- Executive Summary.

"Climate Ready Boston is coordinated with imagine Boston 2030, the first citywide plan in 50 years, and 100 resilient cities, to guide Boston toward a more affordable, equitable, connected, and resilient future."--Page xv.

"This report presents a summary of the planning process, an assessment of coastal flood risk, design concepts and strategies, and next steps for promoting coastal resilience in the Phase II study area for East Boston and Charlestown."--Page 12

"Climate Ready Boston is the City of Boston's ongoing initiative to adapt to climate change. Working with partners at all levels of government and in the private sector, we can protect Boston as severe weather and sea level rise create more challenges." --p.12.

"The Coastal Stormwater Discharge Analysis was undertaken in the context of the City's ongoing Climate Ready Boston (CRB) program. The CRB program was established to evaluate climate related vulnerabilities throughout the City, including those related to [sea level rise] and storm surge, and is developing concepts for shoreline protection for each neighborhood." -- Executive Summary, Project Report ES-1.

"Utilizing three case study sites in East Boston, our goals with the handbook are to define, address, and offer resiliency design applications to areas affected by flooding and storm water issues. This manual helps to define resiliency and what it means, define conditions and priorities that need to be addressed of capture, filtration, and safety and provide examples of applications that can mitigate these resiliency problems."

[Workshop #1] "May 4th, 2021."
[Workshop #2] "June 8th, 2021."