EVERYBODY WINS WHEN FLORIDA’S
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IS PROTECTED
Protecting real estate is of the upmost importance, but when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed gray, 10- to 30-foothigh seawalls as flood barriers, the Miami Downtown Development Authority took another tact.
They commissioned a landscape architecture firm. As an
alternative to view-destroying sea walls,
Curtis + Rogers Design Studio proposed nature-based
solutions, such as living shorelines, natural breakwaters, nearshore artificial
reefs and some raised seawalls.
The approach also would add 39 acres of waterfront,
eco-friendly park land for the citizens of Miami.
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