Climate Resiliency

60-Minute Education Session

SUN-B02 - Beyond Barriers: Engineering, Ecology, and Design at the Water’s Edge

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

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  Isaac Raymond Hametz, ASLA

  Principal/Research Director
  Mahan Rykiel Associates

Speaker(s)

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  Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, ASLA, AIA

  Associate Professor
  City College of New York
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  Rob Holmes, ASLA

  Assistant Professor
  Auburn University

Engineering, ecology, and the design of coastlines are evolving rapidly in a time of intensifying storms, coastal development, and wetland loss. Join us to discuss new frameworks like ecologies of the city, equitable retreat, and natural and nature-based features that offer landscape architects ways of working at the water’s edge.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand overlaps in the design, scientific, and engineering fields in coastal ecology and flood infrastructure.
• Explore new analytical tools being used to visualize, study, and shape coastal landscapes.
• Learn how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering with Nature initiative presents opportunities for practitioners designing coastal landscapes.
• Discover how design research and community engagement support environmental justice in climate resiliency efforts.