CLIMATE CHANGE AND URBANIZATION IN NEW YORK CITY DURING BLOOMBERG’S TERM OF MAYOR: EFFECTS AND IMPLICATIONS
Abstract
Nowadays New York City faces sea level rise and
rising temperatures which are climate change-related challenges as a result of
more frequent heavy precipitation. To strengthen
its resilience, NYC is developing plans, formulating policy goals,
commissioning expert scientific advice, setting standards, and developing new
institutions for environmental governance and sustainability. Locally, through PlaNYC, the City’s sustainability
plan, the NYC administration has pursued several initiatives to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions, with mostly 30 percent below current levels by 2030.
Since 2002, the NYC Administration stands out challenging climate change and
its initiatives which are the examples of best practices at the municipal
level. In this framework, this study describes the comprehensive effort to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as provides NYC’s climate change
projections and some of the potential risks to the NYC’s critical
infrastructure posed by climate change. We also discuss the future of these
policies that have been implemented during Bloomberg’s administration term.
References
- Aggarwala, R. T., Rishi Desai, Benson Choy, Andrea Fernandez, Paula Kirk, Alina Lazar, Tania Smith, Mark Watts, Anson Yan (2011), Climate Action in Megacities: C40 Cities Baseline and Opportunities, Version 1.0, ARUP & C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, 1-114.
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Abstract
yağışların yoğunlaşmasının bir sonucu olarak iklim değişikliği kaynaklı deniz
seviyesinin yükselişi ve yükselen sıcaklıklar ile mücadele etmektedir. New
York, dayanıklılığını güçlendirmek için planlar geliştirmekte, siyasi
hedeflerini belirlemekte, uzman bilimsel tavsiyeler oluşturmakta, ölçütler
belirlemekte ve çevresel yönetişim ve sürdürülebilirlik için yeni kurumlar
geliştirmektedir. Şehrin sürdürülebilirlik planı olan PlaNYC aracılığıyla, New
York Şehir Yönetimi, yerelde 2030 yılına kadar sera gazı emisyonunu mevcut
düzeyinden yüzde 30’un aşağısına çekebilmek amacıyla çeşitli girişimlerde
bulunmaktadır. 2002 yılından bu yana, bu Şehir Yönetimi iklim değişikliği
mücadelesiyle ve belediye düzeyindeki en iyi uygulama örnekleri olarak
(bilinen) girişimleriyle dikkat çekmektedir. Bu çerçevede, söz konusu çalışma,
New York'un iklim değişikliği tahmin çalışmalarını ve iklim değişikliğinden
dolayı şehrin kırılgan altyapısına yönelik kimi olası tehditleri ortaya
koymasının yanı sıra, sera gazı emisyonlarını azaltmaya yönelik yürütülen
kapsamlı çabayı açıklamaktadır. Ayrıca, Bloomberg yönetimi boyunca uygulanan bu
politikaların geleceği tartışılmaktadır.
References
- Aggarwala, R. T., Rishi Desai, Benson Choy, Andrea Fernandez, Paula Kirk, Alina Lazar, Tania Smith, Mark Watts, Anson Yan (2011), Climate Action in Megacities: C40 Cities Baseline and Opportunities, Version 1.0, ARUP & C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, 1-114.
- Asbury H. S. J., Kara S. D., Peter A. H. (2012), “Hotspot of accelerated sea-level rise on the Atlantic coast of North America”, Nature Climate Change, 2, 884-888.
- Brokhof, K., B. Holland and R. Foshee (2011), Case Study: New York City’s Greener, Greater Buildings Plan, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA & the Institute for Market Transformation.
- Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) (2012), Measurement for Management, CDP Cities 2012 Global Report: Including special report on C40 Cities, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, 1-89.
- Carlarne, C. P. (2010), Climate Change Law and Policy: EU and US Approaches, New York: Oxford University Press.
- Clinton Foundation (July 22, 2013), Clinton Climate Initiative, http:// www.clintonfoundation.org/main/our-work/by-initiative/clinton-climate-initiative/about.html.
- Corburn, J. (2009), “Cities, Climate Change and Urban Heat Island Mitigation: Localising Global Environmental Science”, Urban Studies, 46(2), 413-427.
- Council on Foreign Relations (July 12, 2013), Rudy Giuliani, http:// www.cfr.org/experts/world/rudy-giuliani/b10534#16.
Details
| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Journal Section | Articles |
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| Publication Date | June 29, 2018 |
| Submission Date | January 31, 2017 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 36 Issue: 2 |
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