ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE

With much of the San Francisco Bay area susceptible to flooding as a result of climate change, the city has held a year-long design challenge to come up with innovative fixes. One solution is The South Bay Sponge, a project by Field Operations Team, which proposes a collection of absorbative landscapes for collecting, filtering and dispersing flood water along 20 miles of shoreline. It includes the restoration of inter-tidal marshlands and salt ponds, and establishing new wetlands and floodable parks and green spaces. resilientbayarea.org