Fluid Futures

According to NASA Scientists, the most recent climate change data suggests that sea levels will rise 3’ or more within the next 100-200 years. Shanghai, China’s largest city, is home to 24 million people. Climate Central estimates show that 76% of Shanghai’s populated territory will be swallowed by rising seas if the earth warms by 4°C in the next 95 years. At the same time, “today more than a third of the world’s population—about 2.7 billion people—live in river basins that experience severe water scarcity for at least one month each year.” Global freshwater demand “is expected to exceed current supply by more than 40 percent by the year 2030,” at which point nearly half of the world’s population will be living in high water stress regions. Rethinking the ways in which we live with and without (clean) water is essential to ensure a more feasible future. Fluid Futures presents three water related setbacks and resilient design responses that span various scales—small, medium and large—and cities—New York, Suzhou and Sendai.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AM.106.30

Volume Editors
Amir Ameri & Rebecca O'Neal Dagg

ISBN
978-1-944214-15-9