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NYC Urban Ecosystem Toolbox: Climate Change

NYPL books, atlases, maps, and online content.

Useful Catalog Subject Headings

Climatic changes -- New York (State)

Climatic changes -- North America

Climatic changes -- United States -- Forecasting

Climatic changes -- United States -- Planning

Collection Highlights: Books and Atlases

Confronting climate change in the U.S. Northeast : New York. by Union of Concerned Scientists
Publication Date: 2007
Flood-resilient waterfront development in New York City : bridging flood insurance, building codes, and flood zoning by Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts and W.J. Wouter Botzen.
Publication Date: 2011
North American environmental outlook to 2030 by Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Publication Date: 2012
PlaNYC : a greener, greater New York by City of New York
Publication Date: 2007
Regenerative urban development, climate change and the common good by edited by Beth Schaefer Caniglia, Beatrice Frank, John L. Knott Jr., Kenneth S. Sagendorf, Eugene A. Wilkerson
Publication Date: 2020
Regional climate processes and projections for North America by Justin Sheffield

Online Resources

NYC Mayor's Office of Climate Resiliency

Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan - NYC Economic Development Corporation

NY & NJ Harbor & Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study (HATS) -- US Army Corps of Engineers

Climate Resiliency -- NYC Dept. of City Planning

Resiliency Plans -- NYC Parks Dept.

United States Drought Monitor: New York State

Climate Map

World climate map (1823)

Climate map (1823)