COASTAL CLIMATE RESILLIENCE

Strategies & Scenarios for Urban Waterfronts 

What are strategies to make urban waterfronts more resilient to increasing coastal hazards? What is New York City pursuing in its plan for recovery and resilience? How can communities throughout the region use scenario planning to evaluate approaches?

Join us for the first public presentation of the results of a year-long study, Urban Waterfront Adaptive Strategies:Coastal Climate Resilience, by the New York City Department of City Planning funded through a HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant. This guide to potential strategies for increasing the resilience of urban communities to coastal flooding and sea level rise was already underway when Hurricane Sandy arrived. We will hear about Mayor Bloomberg's plan, A Stronger, More Resilient New York, and how the Special Initiative on Rebuilding and Resiliency (SIRR) built off Urban Waterfront Adaptive Strategies to develop a multi-layered plan to protect the city from coastal storms and climate change. Since then the New York-Connecticut Sustainable Communities Coalition, under the direction of the Regional Plan Association, has also explored how to use scenario planning to analyze strategies in the larger region. 

Sponsors: NY Metro Chapter American Planning Association and Regional Plan Association

Moderator:

• Bonnie A. Harken, APA, AIA, President, Nautilus International Development Consulting, Inc.,APA Representative on the Urban Waterfront Adaptive Strategies Advisory Group

Speakers:

• Mary Kimball, Project Manager, Urban Waterfront Adaptive Strategies, New York City Department of City Planning, Waterfront & Open Space Planning
• Michael L. Marrella, AICP, Director, Waterfront and Open Space Planning, New York City Department of City Planning 
• Robert J. Pirani, Vice President for Energy and Environment, Regional Plan Association
• Daniel Zarrilli, Director of Resilience, Mayor's Office of Long Term Sustainability and Planning, City of New York

Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 40, West Street between West Houston and Clarkson Streets(By subway: #1 to Houston Street, walk 4 blocks west / PATH to Christopher Street)

Date & Time: Wednesday, October 16th, 2013, 6 - 8 pm; Doors open at 5:45 pm 

Cost: $10 for APA and RPA members, $15 for non-members, $5 for students

Credits: 2 CM credits (pending)

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