Photographic Essay: Sink or Swim - Designing for a Sea of Change

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04 Декабря 2015
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Pabna, Bangladesh, 2010. The nongovernmental organization Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha runs a fleet of more than 50 floating schools and libraries in an effort to provide basic education in a severely flood-prone area. Photo: Jonas BendiksenPabna, Bangladesh, 2010. The nongovernmental organization Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha runs a fleet of more than 50 floating schools and libraries in an effort to provide basic education in a severely flood-prone area. Photo: Jonas Bendiksen 
Arambagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009. After a night of heavy rain, Dhaka experienced widespread flooding around the city. Photo: Jonas Bendiksen Arambagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009. After a night of heavy rain, Dhaka experienced widespread flooding around the city. Photo: Jonas Bendiksen  The roller coaster from the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, USA, partially submerged in the ocean after Hurricane Sandy. Photo: Stephen Wilkes courtesy of Peter Fetterman Gallery The roller coaster from the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, USA, partially submerged in the ocean after Hurricane Sandy. Photo: Stephen Wilkes courtesy of Peter Fetterman Gallery  
Global Green’s Holy Cross community project, Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Photo: Stephen Wilkes Global Green’s Holy Cross community project, Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Photo: Stephen Wilkes   TV in the sand post Hurricane Katrina, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, USA. Photo: Stephen WilkeTV in the sand post Hurricane Katrina, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, USA. Photo: Stephen Wilke
Tacloban, Philippines, 20 November 2013. A man hammers away amidst the destruction caused byTyphoon Haiyan (also known as Yolanda), which hit the islands of Leyte and Samar on 8 November 2013. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Reportage by Getty Images Tacloban, Philippines, 20 November 2013. A man hammers away amidst the destruction caused byTyphoon Haiyan (also known as Yolanda), which hit the islands of Leyte and Samar on 8 November 2013. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Reportage by Getty Images  A woman makes her way down the seawall along the Kitakama and Ainokama coastline in Sendai, Japan. After the tsunami in 2011, the Japanese government has spent billions of yen on the reconstruction of a 31.8 km seawall along the Sendai coastline. Photo: PA woman makes her way down the seawall along the Kitakama and Ainokama coastline in Sendai, Japan. After the tsunami in 2011, the Japanese government has spent billions of yen on the reconstruction of a 31.8 km seawall along the Sendai coastline. Photo: Paula Bronstein 
Gaibandha District, Bangladesh, 2010. During the harvest of jute, villagers rest above the floodwaters of the surging Brahmaputra River. A simple adaptation in flood-prone areas is building every house on a two-meter tall mud plinth. Photo: Jonas Bendikse

Gaibandha District, Bangladesh, 2010. During the harvest of jute, villagers rest above the floodwaters of the surging Brahmaputra River. A simple adaptation in flood-prone areas is building every house on a two-meter tall mud plinth. Photo: Jonas Bendiksen
Stilt houses, Ganvie, Benin. Photo: Iwan Baan Stilt houses, Ganvie, Benin. Photo: Iwan Baan Watervilla de Omval, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Photo: Iwan Baan Watervilla de Omval, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Photo: Iwan Baan   Ganvie, Benin. Photo: Iwan Baan Ganvie, Benin. Photo: Iwan Baan 
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