New York City is a megacity with over 18.8 million people. New York City was made up of five boroughs which are Staten Island, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan. The Empire State Building is a skyscraper that gets struck by lightning 23 times a year. New York City needs more cultural activities/buildings because the only cultural things that New York City has are museums and memorials. New York needs more infrastructure than any other city.
Megacity Analysis - Growth and Infrastructure
There are many different famous structures in New York City such as the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty and the Saint Patrick’s Day Cathedral. New York’s population has grown by 224, 000 residents by 2010. The lowest growth of New York City was in Staten Island and they only grew by 7, 000 people. In 1664 the British people seized Amsterdam from the Dutchman and gave them a new name called New York City. In the next century New York City had grown and got more diverse, including immigrants from England, Germany, France and the Netherlands as well as African slaves. There was 8 such megacities in the 1980’s. New York is so populated because economically it is the capital of the US. Historic and geographic reasons why New York is an import port in the United States which resulted business with Manhattan. Below are some pictures of NY’s famous structures.
Identification of Issues
Climate change in New York City affects structures/buildings, water supply, wetlands, energy demands and health – due to extensive infrastructure in New York and overpopulation (Retrieved 28 May 2020). When sea levels rise, sea ports are at risks with many tunnels and bridges in New York City. The city faces many environmental issues such as the impact of traffic on rising global temperatures, flood management, high levels of chemicals in drinking water and emissions from waste of food. There are several problems/issues with transportation in New York City such as faulted technology and outdated infrastructure as well as metropolitan transit authority decisions regarding safety policy and signals has brought the transportation system to a halt. Many problems with the New York City subway delays. New York City has a major poverty issue. The coronavirus has made areas of New York poor. New York City has had over 30 000 deaths from the coronavirus and over 300 000 positive cases.
Evaluation of Current Infrastructure
New York has a network of intertwined infrastructure that helps New York citizens and economy. The infrastructure in New York has lots of assets that are aging. Keeping up with modernizing and maintenance for future. Infrastructure in New York cannot be ignored – it needs to be upgraded for future so it can work tomorrow and the coming generation. Maintaining infrastructure today saves you from changing it later. New York will not take another sandy without a fight being involved. While New York is fixing infrastructure they also need their infrastructure to be prepared for their next Sandy storm. While they are building, they should be preparing and reinforcing their infrastructure. Here are some very key facts about New York City – 89 public use airports, 424 high hazard dams, 97% of dams have an emergency plan, 85 sites on the national priorities list and 390 m.
Proposal for Infrastructure Change
During his annual state of the state address, Andrew Cuomo from the New York government proposed a fiscal 2020 budget that included a massive 150 billion dollars for infrastructure projects in the next 5 years. The proposal infrastructure package required funds of transport, facilities and mass transition. Other long-term initiatives require 175 million dollar working program that requires money for apprenticeships. Cuomo previewed the $150 billion infrastructure size of his plan in June 2018. At the time he provided details on how money will be allocated. Transport such as tunnels, highways and bridges and the New York City subway will get $66 billion for upgrades/improvements.
Conclusion
In conclusion, New York City became a megacity because it was populated and because it was the economic capital of The United States. New York is the economic capital of the United States because it had more to when it came to the shipping. New York City had a population of 8.1 million people but New York’s population also includes the 22 million people who live around the megacity.
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