Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities: Transforming Streets to Address Climate Change.
TRB AMS 50 Economic Development hosted a webinar on the book, Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities: Transforming Streets to Address Climate Change, presented by the authors. The authors are Dr. Billy Fields of Texas State University, and Dr. John Renne of Florida Atlantic University.
Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities: Transforming Streets to Address Climate Change
Presenter: Billy Fields (Ph.D., Urban Studies, University of New Orleans) is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas State University. His research focuses on understanding the key elements of resilient communities. He is the lead author of Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities (Routledge 2021) and co-editor of Transport Beyond Oil (Island Press 2013). He directs the International Sustainable Transportation Engagement Program, an annual study abroad program in the Netherlands exploring best practices in active transportation. Prior to joining Texas State University, Dr. Fields was Director of the Center for Urban and Public Affairs at the University of New Orleans and Research Director for the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy where he developed and explored the concept of trail-oriented development. Before his academic life, he was also a raft guide in the mountains of North Carolina, an ice cream clerk at Harrods in London, and a food runner at Commander’s Palace in New Orleans.
Presenter: John Renne, Ph.D., AICP is a Professor and Director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University. His books include Resilient Transportation Systems: Policy, Planning and Implementation (Elsevier, forthcoming), Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities: Transforming Streets to Address Climate Change (Routledge 2021), Transport Beyond Oil: Policy Choices for a Multimodal Future (Island Press 2013), Transit Oriented Development: Making It Happen (Ashgate 2009). Dr. Renne’s work focuses on creating sustainability and resilience through land use and transportation systems. He is active in the professional community and serves on a number of boards of professional associations and corporations.
Abstract: This webinar will highlight the key themes of the new book, Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities: Transforming Streets to Address Climate Change. The speakers will cover adaptation urbanism as a theoretical framework for understanding and evaluating resilience projects in cities and relate it to pressing contemporary policy issues related to urban climate change mitigation and adaptation. The webinar will highlight how communities are reinventing the role of streets and connecting public spaces in adapting to and mitigating climate change through green/blue infrastructure planning, maintaining and enhancing sustainable transportation options, and struggling to ensure equitable development for all residents. We will draw from case studies highlighted in the book from Copenhagen, Rotterdam, London, New Orleans and Miami.
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