The Great Surge of 2012: Rotterdam-on-Hudson vs. Gaia’s Eminent Domain
The Dutch, he writes, when making decisions on which land to protect from the sea, “simply run the numbers, and if something is worth less in terms of pure euros and cents, it is more acceptable to let it be flooded. This seems entirely reasonable. But as New York begins considering coastal defenses, it should also consider the uncomfortable truth that Wall Street is worth vastly more, in dollar terms, than certain low-lying neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Staten Island and Queens – and that to save Manhattan, planners may decide to flood some other part of the city.”
Darton, Eric. The Indypendent 10 November 2012.
