In kicking off an international design competition to attract ideas for saving vulnerable areas from the rising tides, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh (D) nailed home the importance of taking a regional approach to climate-change preparations by also announcing a multi-city living-with-water summit, set for next spring.
"When Hurricane Sandy hit, we weren't any more prepared than New York or New Jersey—just luckier," said Walsh at an Oct. 29 event, held in conjunction with the Boston Society of Architects' ArchitectureBoston Expo 2014. Climate-change preparation "has to be a truly regional effort," said Walsh.