Partnering with Communities to Address Resilience to Climate Change

As cities look to adapt to climate change and extreme weather events, we need to make sure that our vulnerable populations are not left behind. In this webinar, Professor Howard Neukrug, Exec. Director of The Water Center at Penn (WCP), will converse with his colleagues about ways in which the Center is approaching these issues based on three WCP projects. These projects include: Extreme Weather Adaptation where Miriam Hacker, Senior Research Implementation Lead at the Water Center, will discuss the social, political, and economic implications of adjusting to water scarcity and water excess by finding alternative water systems, like decentralized and stormwater reuse; Localized Flooding where Erica DePalma, Senior Water Systems Program Manager at the Water Center, will discuss a dynamic and participatory process connecting upstream and downstream communities to address flooding and other challenges within the Darby-Cobbs watershed (a NOAA-funded project); and City-Wide Storm Water Planning where Shandor Szalay, WCP Senior Advisor, will review our recent equity-based Storm Water Management Strategic Plan for the City of Pittsburgh.