{"id":59661,"date":"2014-12-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-students-offer-storm-resilience-recommendations-for-providence-harbor\/"},"modified":"2014-12-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T00:00:00","slug":"uri-students-offer-storm-resilience-recommendations-for-providence-harbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/12\/uri-students-offer-storm-resilience-recommendations-for-providence-harbor\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 students offer storm resilience recommendations for Providence harbor"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 December 19, 2014 \u2013 A group of 17 溏心vlog免费B站 students in a sustainable design studio course made a series of recommendations to representatives of a dozen state and local agencies about storm resilience strategies, sustainable designs and policy proposals for the working waterfront in Providence harbor.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe presentation in Providence on Dec. 12 concluded a semester-long course. Among those in the audience were officials of the Office of Statewide Planning, Providence Department of Planning and Development, and the Quonset Development Corp., who served as advisors to the students, as well as those from the R.I. Department of Transportation, R.I. Department of Administration, Save the Bay, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Transportation Center and others.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe class includes undergraduate students majoring in landscape architecture and graduate students studying marine policy and environmental science and management.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe students have been working all semester to analyze the site from environmental, social, economic and cultural perspectives and creating strategies to make it more resilient to storms,\u201d said 溏心vlog免费B站 Assistant Professor Austin Becker, who teaches the course with Professor Will Green. \u201cThey presented their vision for a resilient and sustainable Providence waterfront.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe students\u2019 grasp of the many challenges facing the port, including storm water pollution from industrial sites along the waterfront, was quite remarkable,\u201d said Jonathan Stone, executive director of Save The Bay. \u201cI was particularly impressed by their very thoughtful and creative solutions to greening the port and capturing runoff before it reaches the bay, as these goals directly align with our efforts at Save The Bay to improve Narragansett Bay water quality.”<\/p>\n


\n\tFunded in part by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Transportation Center, the student project is part of a larger effort that Becker and Green will launch this winter to work with waterfront stakeholders to assess the resilience of the working waterfront to storms and sea level rise.<\/p>\n

\tBased on their analysis of the Providence waterfront and forecasts for rising sea level and increasingly severe storms, the students proposed constructing a 2,000-foot long, 25-foot tall barrier from Fields Point to the petroleum offloading facility in East Providence, similar to the Maeslantkering storm surge barrier that protects the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The proposed barrier, including an attached berm and detention basins for storm water management, would be designed to withstand a category 3 hurricane and hold back a 21-foot storm surge that would otherwise inundate critical port infrastructure, including petroleum tanks and wastewater treatment facilities. It could also allow for the removal of the current hurricane barrier at Fox Point, freeing up valuable waterfront land closer to the city center.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe port is extremely vulnerable to even a five-foot storm surge,\u201d said student Brian Laverriere of Portland, Maine. \u201cThat\u2019s what led us to the berm and barrier idea. Without it, a significant storm could do major damage.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tIn addition to the physical barrier, the students recommended several policies that would improve the resiliency of those businesses that operate along the waterfront, including enhanced emergency management plans, modifications to insurance policies, recommendations that vulnerable equipment like computers be located above the ground floor level, and creation of a debris management plan. <\/p>\n


\n\tThey also recommended circulation, green infrastructure and landscape improvements and an aesthetics and education campaign, which may include artwork and historic images on the petroleum tanks, to improve the public perception of the port and harbor area. \u201cWe want the public to have a better understanding of the port and its importance to Rhode Island,\u201d said Emily Humphrey of Exeter. <\/p>\n


\n\tIn a similar way, the students have identified ways for the public to interact with the waterfront so local residents will feel connected to the site. Among their recommendations are a bike path around the area and a series of bioswales or rain gardens that will aid in storm water collection, treatment and infiltration.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis is a tough site to work on because there\u2019s not a lot you can change about the operations there,\u201d said Emily Patrolia of Beverly, Mass. \u201cIt\u2019s a big confusing site with a lot of private property and government agencies involved. There are a lot of different entities to be sensitive to, but it also gave us a good sense of what we\u2019ll be doing when we go to work in the professional world.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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