This webinar will take place on Wednesday, Dec 5th 2018, 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM EST. Erica Goldman, NSCE Science Policy Director, will moderate a multi-disciplinary discussion on climate resilient infrastructure. She’ll be joined by specialists in engineering, water resources, urban planning and natural hazards. Erica will moderates a multi-disciplinary discussion on climate resilient infrastructure. This 90-minute webinar is sponsored by ASU’s School of Sustainability in partnership with the National Council for Science and the Environment and will explore:
- Resilience as a paradigm to understand infrastructure at a systems level
- Social science as a critical component in planning for and understanding resilience
- Resilient design as a continuum, rather than an endpoint
- The role of social and institutional infrastructure in disaster response and planning for climate impacts
Panelists
- Thomas Seager
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering & the Built Environment
Arizona State University - Patricia Solis
Executive Director
Knowledge Exchange for Resilience
Arizona State University - Jennifer Tobin
Deputy Administrator
Natural Hazards Center
University of Colorado - Joe Manous
Director
Institute for Water Resources
US Army Corps of Engineers
Science of Resilience Resources
Here is a folder of material you can download in preparation for the webinar. It includes guidance co-authored by panelists, including:
- Tom Seager on resilience in decision-making
- Patricia Solis on how spatial information can help resolve disconnects between scientists and decision makers
- A multi-disciplinary community resilience study of flooding in Lumberton, NC, with a chapter co-authored by Jennifer Tobin
- The Army Corps of Engineers’ Resilience Initiative Roadmap
