Floods, Climate Change, and Urban Resilience: One Policy Maker's Perspective

Abstract

When Hurricane Sandy battered the U.S. Atlantic Seaboard in October 2012, strong winds generated a storm surge that caused waters from the Hudson River to wash across Hoboken, N.J. Those waters flooded about 80% of the city, population 50,000, that lies across the river from Manhattan. The flooding caused more than $100 million in private property damage and more than $10 million in municipal property damage while impairing the region's transportation system.