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The insistence on rebuilding that followed Hurricane Katrina's socking of New Orleans may meet with less sympathy in the wake of what Sandy did to flood zones in New York and New Jersey.
Three practitioners-turned-professors at New York University look at what mechanisms will be at work in deciding what, and if, to rebuild in coastal areas that may simply be impossible to make safe enough at an acceptable cost.
Building codes, re-examined flood zoning and the risk to capital will all play a part in making decisions, they said in a panel discussion, one of several, including the "New York SOS (Sink or Swim)" session.
From the article:
"There are places that have been damaged several times in the past few years. You have to figure out (how) to do something better. You can’t just rebuild it as it was." ...
