Glasgow Caledonian University | What makes urban infrastructure resilient to weather and climate change?
Urban infrastructure supports life in our cities and is under stress. The hard and soft engineering interventions we implement to address its resilience will intimately shape our society and our environment for decades to come. Here we showcase transdisciplinary thinking and leadership around what makes resilient, sustainable and just interventions in urban areas that benefit people and planet. The event showcases practical methodologies to support resilient infrastructure decision-making, with issues contextualised through global case studies on hard engineering, finance, participation, risk and governance, fostering the role of cities as champions for well-being – human and environmental.
Hosted by:
University of Birmingham, Strengthening Infrastructure Risk Management in the Atlantic Area (SIRMA), UKCRIC, Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
Speakers
Alexandre Cardeman
Chief of COR (Centre of Operations), Rio de Janeiro
Dr. Mário Coelho
Dr. Emma Ferranti
Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering, Trees and Design Action Group, School of Engineering
University of Birmingham
Dr. Andrew Quinn
Reader in Atmospheric Science and Engineering
School of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham
Prof Chris Rogers
Director of UKCRIC National Buried Infrastructure Facility
School of Engineering, University of Birmingham
Arghya Sinha Roy
Principal Climate Change Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Elisabeth Shrimpton
Researcher
University Of Birmingham
Claudia Thyme
Director Strategic Market Development
AXA XL
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