Inundation District | Trailer
Preview: Season 8 Episode 14 | 1m 18sVideo has Closed Captions
Examining the short-sighted political decisions of one American city in an era of rising seas.
In a time of rising seas, one city spent billions of dollars erecting a new waterfront district - on landfill, at sea level. Unlike other places imperiled by climate change, this community with some of the world’s largest companies was built well after scientists began warning of the threats. The city called its new neighborhood the Innovation District. Others are calling it INUNDATION DISTRICT.
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Inundation District | Trailer
Preview: Season 8 Episode 14 | 1m 18sVideo has Closed Captions
In a time of rising seas, one city spent billions of dollars erecting a new waterfront district - on landfill, at sea level. Unlike other places imperiled by climate change, this community with some of the world’s largest companies was built well after scientists began warning of the threats. The city called its new neighborhood the Innovation District. Others are calling it INUNDATION DISTRICT.
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TINA: In Boston's Innovation District, development is rapidly expanding.
- The city wanted to unlock its potential.
We need housing, we need jobs, and the framers of the city saw an opportunity.
TINA: But now, rising sea levels and flooding threaten to turn the Innovation District into an inundation district.
- [Speaker 2] What we're experiencing is what some locals call a wicked high tide.
- [Speaker 3] Boston will feel 25% more sea level rise than the global average.
- [Speaker 4] The city has been negligent in not only planning for sea level rise and impacts of climate change, and the developers are walking away with hundreds of millions of dollars in profits.
TINA: The dangers and realities of climate change in one city's waterfront.
- [Speaker 5] We have to act now.
We're playing Russian Roulette with nature.
Make no mistake about that.
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Inundation District | Boston's Made Land
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Did you know that Boston was once a peninsula? Nancy S. Seasholes explains how the city came to be. (3m 29s)
Inundation District | King Tide
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What are king tides? In recent years, Boston has experienced these on land more frequently. (59s)
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Examining the short-sighted political decisions of one American city in an era of rising seas. (29s)
Inundation District | Projecting Sea Level Rise
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Climate change and ultimately, rising sea levels will impact the city of Boston and its coastline. (2m 10s)
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