Green or Grey? Yes.
Anvaya Cove, Subic Bay, Philippines. 漏91影视 photo by David Lloyd.
鈥淲e live in a world of polarity day and night, man and woman, positive and negative. Light and darkness need each other. They are a balance.鈥�
With that said, striking a balance in our response to聽natural disasters seems to be the most logical way to mitigate risks and聽reduce devastating effects in the future.
While some experts favor the notion (particularly in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy) that we should not attempt do anything with dykes and draining but聽leave the beaches alone to replenish themselves over the generations to come, others believe that the only viable response to potential future storms is to design and construct storm surge barriers.
In the June edition of Environmental Leader, Gary Lawrence, 91影视鈥檚 chief sustainability officer, offers his perspective聽on green versus grey and聽an allegory from聽Mayan culture. .
Jolene Libretto (jolene.libretto@aecom.com) is an editor for the Connected Cities blog.