你的城市面临下沉风险吗?
在气候变化占据头条新闻的时代,一个往往不引起重视却又影响重大的问题是城市地面沉降。例如,美国纽约市目前正在因建筑物的重量而下沉。根据美国地理调查局的数据,纽约市777平方公里的土地上建造了约1.68万亿磅的混凝土、玻璃和钢铁。这样的重量会导致地面压缩和下沉。海平面上升和风暴加剧也使这座城市更容易遭受洪水侵袭,这可能会加剧地面沉降。
Susan Moisio is the Jacobs' Global Water Director and a Technology Fellow with more than 37 years of experience in water. Her focus is on OneWater where all water has value, our challenges are interconnected, and the solutions must be sustainable, inclusive, and equitable.
She is a Board Member for the US Water Alliance, 37-year member of Water Environment Federations, member of NACWA and the Singapore International Water Week Program Committee.
Susan is a civil engineer licensed in Ohio and New York. She leads a Water Team in Jacobs of over 9,000 water professionals in Wastewater, Drinking Water and Reuse, Conveyance and Storage, and Water Resources.
在气候变化占据头条新闻的时代,一个往往不引起重视却又影响重大的问题是城市地面沉降。例如,美国纽约市目前正在因建筑物的重量而下沉。根据美国地理调查局的数据,纽约市777平方公里的土地上建造了约1.68万亿磅的混凝土、玻璃和钢铁。这样的重量会导致地面压缩和下沉。海平面上升和风暴加剧也使这座城市更容易遭受洪水侵袭,这可能会加剧地面沉降。
In an era where climate change dominates headlines, an often silent but significant concern is urban land subsidence, or sinking cities. New York City in the United States, for example, i...