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Table 7. City of Boston adaptation actions
Table 7. City of Boston adaptation actions
Adaptation
Agency
Actions
Boston Conservation Commission (protects and
Requires applicants to consider SLR over the design
preserves open space, permits development near
life of the project.
wetlands)
Boston Redevelopment Authority (carries out
BRA is asking developers of new projects to
planning and economic development activities,
consider effects of climate change and, in the case of
permits large projects)
the large-scale 6.3 million square-foot project in South
Boston, is requiring that all the components of the plan
comply with present and future state and city SLR
strategies. BRA is also encouraging the development
of green roofs which store potential runoff as well as
provide mitigation benefits. Pervious pavement and
rain gardens are also encouraged.
Boston Water and Sewer Commission (owns and
Boston is part of a regional water supply system
operates city infrastructure for water supply,
which, unless there are major changes in system
drainage, and sewage).
demand, is not very vulnerable to climate change.
BWSC, however, is including adaptation to climate
change in its recently initiated update of its sewer and
drainage master plan.
Emergency Preparedness
Climate change is being included in the current
planning efforts for emergency operations and natural
hazards mitigation.
Parks and Recreation Department
Grow Boston Greener is an initiative with the goal of
planting 100,000 new trees in Boston by 2020. Tree
selection considers changes in rainfall and heat paterns.
Public Works Department
PWD is also evaluating impacts such as increased heat
and freeze-thaw cycles on road durability.
Boston Harbor Islands
The City of Boston is part of the federal-state-local
management team. The Harbor Islands are presently
monitoring wetland conditions and prioritizing
management of threatened coastal resources.
adaptations identified through this process help to increase the robustness of current
systems managed by the agency, the NYCDEP Task Force had immediate benefits by
improving responses to present-day climate variability, such as managing episodes of
intense precipitation in the upstate reservoirs. This work became the benchmark and
exemplar of work soon to be carried by other New York City agencies.
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