“I’m born below sea level, so for me this is in my DNA,” Geuze told VICE News. “I see the world differently because I’m from the Netherlands, a culture obsessed with sea level.” WATCH NEXT on CLIMATE here: bit.ly/2xMlaLE
I lived there and went to school on the island from 94 to 1997... I love that island and visited my old boarded up house recently. It's a shame all that beautiful property and we were the last people to live in that house :/
I grew up on Governors Island. He built up the South side, which used to be called Liberty Villiage. Yes water was violent. The seawall and the street circling the island was always frozen in the winters. The water would hit the wall and it would freeze.
Now, after the land elevation technique, the next step is to build a red light district on top of it. Very Dutch touch! Also known as the "cherry on top of the cake". #sweetbitch
Crazy to see governor’s island after all these years . We lived there in the early 80’s . Living on the island was an amazing experience for a kid . This is when it was controlled by the coast guard .
Super clever. And it's cool how a Dutch guy is helping build and reinforce a nice part of New York, again considering how it was the Dutch who built a lot of New York in the first place I heard. Such a rich history aye 🙂
He is from The Netherlands. That fact alone explains everything. The Dutch are freaking problem fixers and have arguably the best standard of living in my opinion.
What would you suggest he use? Dam? Has a different meaning in Dutch, for us a 'dijk', literally a 'dyke' is used to keep the sea at bay, a dam has more niche uses. I used the term in my undergrad paper, didn't get any heat from my supervisor.
AriVovp it would have been good if he was given a chance to explain it terms of being a soft engineering solution, it’s the shape and positioning of the elevation and the emulation of natural structures to create resilience rather than the fact that he just utilised elevation that’s significant. Even so these solutions can seem a bit obvious to anyone who’s stood on a rolling hill facing a storm surge but in the context of how engineers have historically utilised complicated hard engineering solutions with limited success in promoting resilience the growth and success of soft engineering and inspiration from the natural environment demonstrates a revolutionary change in our approach, another aspect is that there is a tendency for these solutions to be more cost effective than the traditional model
KiloByte And then everyone’s praises him, just because he’s Dutch. I don’t know about him being overpaid, us Americans are just underpaid. Overall point: It’s all just common sense, stay afloat, if not you’ll drown.
How does this apply to our current problems? It's not like you can build a series of rolling hills on New York's, San Francisco's or any other major city's coast line.
Luke Buxton Although most of the city is located on a hill, that won't stop a decently sized tsunami from obliterating all the buildings that stand on said "hill".
Not to take credit away from this guy but why does vice make this guy seem like Einstein. He build hills so water can't get up to it... Isn't that just common sense
***** yaess, bikuz rahssian ppl may nutt beee super smart bikuz their leader takes all their money for heeemselff but they having the survival eeenstinct
wat de fuk ar joe seejing? Thet's not an Dutsj aksent joe knoow! If joe want toe talk lijk a Dutsj purson that spreeks Inglisj verrie gud, talk lijk this. Joe sie? Verrie iessie, a chijld ken doe de wasjes, jes jes?
Nope, at least the government certainly is not that great at running the country but for a small country like Netherlands we have done quite some things in this world, saying that the Netherlands isn't so good at all even though we are continuously high ranked on many different lists (positive) and are a country that is constantly heading towards the future. Overall ranked countries in Europe: - Netherlands #2 www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/best-and-worst-countries-in-europe-ranked - Netherlands #11 www.thetoptens.com/best-european-countries-live/ Overall ranked countries in the world: - Netherlands ranked #10 lifestyle9.org/worlds-best-country-to-live-in-2013/3/ Top 50 container ports: - Netherlands #11 www.worldshipping.org/about-the-industry/global-trade/top-50-world-container-ports Of course you can't make opinions from just these lists but it at least gives you an idea of how The Netherlands is a pretty good place to live. Especially keeping in mind that The Netherlands is only populated by 16,900,726 people (1 Jan 2015) *(I'm not saying it's such an amazing country I mean i got stabbed in the head for being white by some Arab but at the same time it's all pretty good)*
“I’m born below sea level, so for me this is in my DNA,” Geuze told VICE News. “I see the world differently because I’m from the Netherlands, a culture obsessed with sea level.”
WATCH NEXT on CLIMATE here: bit.ly/2xMlaLE
VICE News
Build a wall and make Poseidon pay for it.
you need to build it 10 feet higher
I lived there and went to school on the island from 94 to 1997... I love that island and visited my old boarded up house recently. It's a shame all that beautiful property and we were the last people to live in that house :/
Barber: "What you want?"
Her: "I wanna get a job at Vice"
Barber: "I got you fam"
Dufffaaa93 HAHAHAHA
I didnt knew shes a girl until the end where she speaks
OR is it? who knows these days it is an it! I think that is fair to say when you can not tell!
lmao
Hmm.. Fighting the sea against storms.. This gon' be a Dutch guy!
Yep, it's a Dutch guy
OnceUponATimeThereWasAPersonWithALongUsername.TheElongationOfThatUsernameWasPlainlyLegendaryAndGay.
wat
Of course it's a dutch guy, I got a hardon just thinking about storm defences.
He says "dykes" awkwardly @0:50, and then u realize why @3:00, I'm sorry, but is that a cruel joke vice played on this guy?
I grew up on Governors Island. He built up the South side, which used to be called Liberty Villiage. Yes water was violent. The seawall and the street circling the island was always frozen in the winters. The water would hit the wall and it would freeze.
Now, after the land elevation technique, the next step is to build a red light district on top of it. Very Dutch touch! Also known as the "cherry on top of the cake". #sweetbitch
This was a documentary about a man that figured out that elevation might reduce risk of being affected by flooding...
I could easily watch an hour long video on the details of that island alone
We are going to build a wall around Manhattan, and we are going to make Neptune pay for it! :D
Crazy to see governor’s island after all these years . We lived there in the early 80’s . Living on the island was an amazing experience for a kid . This is when it was controlled by the coast guard .
New York was founded as New Amsterdam, the Dutch will have to come back and save it :-)
Gotham City
We need a lot more of this. Hire more of these guys or people will have to move inland.
Dammm his smart, just lift the island up higher, who would of thought 🤔
looks to me as though they are building an enormous above ground pool
Spoilers : he elevated the land.
More Leaders should listen to this Man!
Damn, this guy's so smart, no one would ever have thought of that. No wonder he spent his whole life thinking about this advanced new world tech.
Who else didn't know this island existed and SWEARS there isn't an island in front of Manhattan?
Super clever. And it's cool how a Dutch guy is helping build and reinforce a nice part of New York, again considering how it was the Dutch who built a lot of New York in the first place I heard. Such a rich history aye 🙂
He is from The Netherlands. That fact alone explains everything. The Dutch are freaking problem fixers and have arguably the best standard of living in my opinion.
2:59 my reaction was "huh? she's female"
Tool said it best. "Learn to swim."
Philippines needs this in every island
7k+ of them
He's Dutch isn't that weird.
To be fair though, there’s not much to protect on that island.
Ahmed Kazikian makes it all the more difficult to protect what is there and what might be there in the future!
Allie Doak No I’m just saying it’s easier to protect a natural area from storms because there’s not much to damage.
What is that doing the report?
I need a Trump proof island
Nicky it's not out yet but it will be and it's called California
guys we're gonna elevate these lands, let's get those elevators
Everybody's talking about my tight pants, I got my tight pants on.
That was very interesting. The island needs way more trees planted.
Quite cool short, stupid comments below though...
If only he created this design where people and business actually live
Fab Mug yea but by demonstrating the effectiveness he has produced a case for similar proposals (including his own) for the built environment.
Adriaan Geuze needs to be hired to re-engineer HOUSTON TEXAS
I can't believe he said Dike around her. Extremely insensitive.
What would you suggest he use? Dam? Has a different meaning in Dutch, for us a 'dijk', literally a 'dyke' is used to keep the sea at bay, a dam has more niche uses. I used the term in my undergrad paper, didn't get any heat from my supervisor.
Build a wall!!!! You know to prevent flooding
New problem cutting the grass uphill will be a pain
what so special about elevating the ground to prevent stormsurge. i don't need to be an engineer to to this.
AriVovp it would have been good if he was given a chance to explain it terms of being a soft engineering solution, it’s the shape and positioning of the elevation and the emulation of natural structures to create resilience rather than the fact that he just utilised elevation that’s significant. Even so these solutions can seem a bit obvious to anyone who’s stood on a rolling hill facing a storm surge but in the context of how engineers have historically utilised complicated hard engineering solutions with limited success in promoting resilience the growth and success of soft engineering and inspiration from the natural environment demonstrates a revolutionary change in our approach, another aspect is that there is a tendency for these solutions to be more cost effective than the traditional model
im sorry that reporter was a woman this whole time?
Ohh boy " climate change "
I can already see trump supporters raging ^^
Yeah climate change is real! Don't you see NYC is underwater now.
@@MrEndzo I'm sorry but your brain is sinking much faster than that city will ever sink.
I'm going to the governors island the 26th of October for a trip oof
They needed to fly in an overpaid european to come up with the genius idea of creating hills to stop water?
KiloByte And then everyone’s praises him, just because he’s Dutch.
I don’t know about him being overpaid, us Americans are just underpaid.
Overall point: It’s all just common sense, stay afloat, if not you’ll drown.
How does this apply to our current problems? It's not like you can build a series of rolling hills on New York's, San Francisco's or any other major city's coast line.
san francisco is a hill
You can build artificial hills in critical areas
Luke Buxton Although most of the city is located on a hill, that won't stop a decently sized tsunami from obliterating all the buildings that stand on said "hill".
michaelq San Fran is out of space as it is, you would have to destroy certain areas in order to make room for protective hills
DeJulius Caesar
It's protection from storm surges, not tsunamis. What do you mean space, it's an artificial island.
that ferry used the wrong color. looks dirty af
Jes wie hef to bilt de dijks or else blub blub
Jes jes verrie deengerus!
yo why hasn't someone built this island in minecraft yet
so to deter the rising water is to raise the floor level... no shit sherlock. anyone could do that
Looks expensive.. and empty.
Cant tell if interviewer is guy or girl.
Not to take credit away from this guy but why does vice make this guy seem like Einstein. He build hills so water can't get up to it... Isn't that just common sense
There is more poetry than engineering in this interview -_-
Theees guy fram de Netherlands eeez a vury vury esmart
haveeeng eh accent mekz u more esmarter den eennybady elz.
***** yaess, bikuz rahssian ppl may nutt beee super smart bikuz their leader takes all their money for heeemselff but they having the survival eeenstinct
eu bobay uua klake oaoi!
wat de fuk ar joe seejing? Thet's not an Dutsj aksent joe knoow! If joe want toe talk lijk a Dutsj purson that spreeks Inglisj verrie gud, talk lijk this. Joe sie? Verrie iessie, a chijld ken doe de wasjes, jes jes?
Dutch ppl are good for building 👍 and NY mostly built by them
This is not the answer. The great storms this world is encountering is hugely due to global warming. That is the problem which needs sorting out!
Netherlands 👌🏻✌🏾️✌🏾️✌🏾️
damn that lesbian truly looks like a dude
Sweet sweet Minecraft
We can sell you one.
WoW you can’t even pronounce Adriaan geuze
Great planning and interesting vid, keep up the good work...Yeshua (Jesus Christ) is the way!
I thought the reporter was a guy.
what is that thing an it? a him? a her? what has happened to this country#makeamericagreatagain
took me a while to realise that it's a girl lol
95,523 views / 2.7m
So they invented lesbian 🤔
Move to the desert: Problem solved.
Vice News ruined Brooklyn.
Who payed for this?
That was a woman?
new york cant survive shit
FLOOD THE STATES WHILE TRUMP IS THERE !!!
the netherlands are not so good at all!!
Nope, at least the government certainly is not that great at running the country but for a small country like Netherlands we have done quite some things in this world, saying that the Netherlands isn't so good at all even though we are continuously high ranked on many different lists (positive) and are a country that is constantly heading towards the future.
Overall ranked countries in Europe:
- Netherlands #2 www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/best-and-worst-countries-in-europe-ranked
- Netherlands #11 www.thetoptens.com/best-european-countries-live/
Overall ranked countries in the world:
- Netherlands ranked #10 lifestyle9.org/worlds-best-country-to-live-in-2013/3/
Top 50 container ports:
- Netherlands #11 www.worldshipping.org/about-the-industry/global-trade/top-50-world-container-ports
Of course you can't make opinions from just these lists but it at least gives you an idea of how The Netherlands is a pretty good place to live.
Especially keeping in mind that The Netherlands is only populated by 16,900,726 people (1 Jan 2015)
*(I'm not saying it's such an amazing country I mean i got stabbed in the head for being white by some Arab but at the same time it's all pretty good)*
well I live in belgium
and I am original from America but i lived one year in The netherlands but i did not like it at alll
Nasty teeth tho
He's a white male. Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
John Doe >implying
I don't like the girly voice this man has.
That guy with the nose piercing has a disturbing strange voice