Greetings!
I've been rather swamped with a major project for the past few months so my Blog has been pretty quiet. Anyway, I want to pass along this one Webinar my fellow infrastructure colleagues may be interested.
WEBINAR: NEW APPROACHES TO CLIMATE-RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE
LINK: http://uweoconnect.extn.washington.edu/public_mipm/
WHEN: THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2016, 11:00 AM TO NOON PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (GMT-7)
This FREE webinar will feature a panel of experts on infrastructure planning and climate change discussing new approaches to planning climate-resilient infrastructure. The topics to be covered include:
I've been rather swamped with a major project for the past few months so my Blog has been pretty quiet. Anyway, I want to pass along this one Webinar my fellow infrastructure colleagues may be interested.
WEBINAR: NEW APPROACHES TO CLIMATE-RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE
LINK: http://uweoconnect.extn.washington.edu/public_mipm/
WHEN: THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2016, 11:00 AM TO NOON PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (GMT-7)
This FREE webinar will feature a panel of experts on infrastructure planning and climate change discussing new approaches to planning climate-resilient infrastructure. The topics to be covered include:
- How climate change affects infrastructure
- How planners can respond to climate change by planning integrated and resilient infrastructure
- Principles for re-thinking how we invest in infrastructure
- How US Federal Agencies are adapting this approach to their grants and disaster relief programs, including information on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Resilience Challenge and the US Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Disaster Resilience Competition
Hosts:
Ms. Jill Sterrett, FAICP, Affiliate Instructor, Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
Mr. Rhys Roth, Faculty and Director of the Center for Sustainable Infrastructure, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA USA
Mr. Steve Moddemeyer, Principal, CollinsWoerman Architects, Seattle, WA USA
