Hear from the leads of several ongoing Consortium for Scenario Planning projects about how scenarios can be used to increase community resilience to climate impacts, with a particular focus on flooding. These projects cover a wide range of perspectives on a variety of topics, including regional resiliency efforts, climate migration and receiving communities, managed retreat and buyout programs, and urban blue-green infrastructure incentives. The different perspectives present an opportunity to compare current initiatives, policy instruments, and best practices at different scales. (For additional information, see the project descriptions under the Resources section in Engagez.)
Panelists:
Ryan Thomas, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, “Coordinating local climate scenarios in a large region? The case of New York State’s Coastal Lakeshore Economy and Resiliency Initiative”
Nicholas Rajkovich, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, State University of New York at Buffalo, “Scenario planning for climate resilience: A how-to guide for communities in the lower Great Lakes region”
Kelly Main, Executive Director, Buy-In Community Planning, “What do we do with the land that is left behind? Exploratory scenario planning for end-use of floodplain buyout parcels”
Renan Almeida, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Federal University of São João del-Rei, “Using green and blue infrastructure for urban flood mitigation: simulating scenarios for climate change, GBI technologies and land policy
Moderator:
Patrick Welch, Policy Analyst, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
