With sea levels on the rise, prevailing thought suggests such investment should not occur in South Florida. However, the City of Miami could very well be the best place for tall new building construction within this region. Aside from the advantages of building upon an already established city ...
sea level risevulnerabilitySea level rise threatens coastal communities throughout the United States, and South Florida is on the front line. The iconic and built-up city of Miami Beach, Florida, has a well-developed, high-value property market, and the municipality has been lauded for ...
MIAMI- Seas are rising and that can not only impact South Florida's coastline but inland areas as well. It's barely noticeable from year to year. "Indeed it has changed by about 3mm per year," said Robert Molleda, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service's Miami office. Data the...
"Sea level rise has kind of transformed some of the communities in southeast Florida, and really all along the coast of Florida," she said. "Particularly in areas where there's poor infrastructure and poor drainage of our sewer systems," she said. ...
Rather than bottom-up pressure built on residents’ alarm about sea-level rise, we found a continuation of the usual rational investment decisions. Developers are driving the process Present-day “climate gentrification” in Miami is largely determined anddriven b...
KPF's Tower 36: Approval for Miami's High-Rise Building January 16, 2024 Courtesy of KPF | By Atchain KPF’s“Tower 36,” has received unanimous approval in Miami, Florida. The building features an office space, set to become the tallest in the region at 193 meters. Emphasizing occupant...
Florida is more at risk of sea level rise (SLR) and climate change compared with any other state in the United States. Due to its heavily populated coastal districts, moderately sloping low-lying geography, and strategic economic significance, Miami-Dade County, located in the southeast of ...
But it’s already clear that South Florida has been on the front lines of sea level rise and that the impacts of climate change on the infrastructure of the region — from septic systems to aquifers to shoreline erosion — will be a management problem for years to come. ...
Since 1992, the sea level has risen by four inches, and between three and seven inches of further rise is expected in Southeast Florida by 2030 (LMS, 2020). Overwhelming levels of sea level rise (SLR), as shown by the figure below, mean that Miami will not be able to depend on adapt...
"This is evidence of this water table change, this sea level rise, because we're seeing things underwater, that we're having to use pumps to look at that had to have been dry when all of this occurred," said Carr. He says this is physical proof that in the last century, the water...