The document discusses the massive infrastructure project undertaken in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to adapt to climate change and reduce flood risk. The project utilized natural and man-made flood protection elements in a holistic, systems-based approach. Elements included levees, floodwalls, gates, wetlands, dunes, and pumps designed to provide protection against storms and rising sea levels over their 50-year lifespan. Through expedited planning and collaboration between different groups, the project was completed in only a few years and proved effective during Hurricane Isaac in 2012, avoiding greater damages than its costs.
17. Charles Darwin: âIt is not the strongest species
that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the
ones most able to adapt to change.â
Organizations inspired by nature are resilient,
optimizing, adaptive, systems-based,
values-based, and life-supporting.
The more resilient an organization is, the
more able it is to successfully deal
With disturbances and volatility.
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Change
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not
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 service
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 1%
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23. Design
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visible
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â˘âŻ New
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ââŻGovernment
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