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How to Think Like the Dutch in a Post-Sandy World
2014-04-09 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In December 2012, Shaun Donovan, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, was on vacation in Berlin when he decided to detour to the Netherlands. He wanted to get a firsthand sense of the famed Dutch approach to water management. Hurricane Sandy struck six weeks before, and in the aftermath, President Obama asked him to lead a task force, whose objective was not just to rebuild but also to radically rethink the region's infrastructure in light of climate change. In the Netherlands, a man...
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