Coastal Resilience City

The impact of climate change on human activities, living environment and urban systems has become increasingly intense, especially in coastal areas. The main aim of this project is to explore possible measures and solutions for coastal cities in the face of marine threats, including sea level rise; storms, typhoons; and flooding.

The project site is located on the east side of a startup zone in Dongguan Marina Bay New Area in China. Adjacent to the planned large transportation hub of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), this zone has great potential to become an important region for deepening economic and industrial cooperation in the GBA. However, some forecasting studies predicted that nearly half of the land mass will be threatened by rising sea levels within the next 30 years.

The ground is used as green and public spaces while reinforced structures are built underground

RESILIENCE DESIGN AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
Three different design strategies are proposed in the project: ecological resilience; engineering resilience; and resilience combining ecology and engineering—aiming to explore and build a resilient coastal city model from multiple dimensions and scales.

The design framework

PROJECT DATA
Project Name
Coastal Resilience City
Location
Dongguan, China
Site Area
260 hectares
Student
Shi Yongli
School
The University of Hong Kong
Programme
Master of Urban Design
Supervisor
Adjunct Assistant Professor Sunnie S.Y. Lau
Images
Shi Yongli

This is an excerpt. The original article is published in
Construction+ Q2 2023 Issue: Infrastructure & Transport.
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