Nature-based Strategies to Coastal Defense Webinar Session
Background:
Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative's (EMI) Institute of Urban Resilience (IUR) offers the Urban Resilience Webinar series as an innovative learning experience for professionals. In these Web-based seminars you will learn from and interact real-time with world-renown experts on the most relevant urban resilience and disaster risk management (DRM) topics. The Webinars provide a structured and comprehensive lecture on the topic with pertinent examples and case studies to facilitate the learning process. Wherever you might be located, you will be able to ask questions to the experts and interact real-time with your peers to get answers. This enables a more effective learning process.
About:
As the global temperature rises, sea level also rises. Coastal storms and floods will continue to threaten coastal communities. Is your community resilient to climate change?
This webinar session tackles nature-based strategies to coastal defense with Anne Ronelle Siders, climate change expert. You will compares natural and structural solutions (soft and hard armoring) and discusses some of the pros and cons of nature-based strategies together with examples of where these solutions have been implemented and some lessons learned and best practices.
Participants:
The webinar is offered to:
- Policy makers
- DRM practitioners
- Planners
- Architects
- Engineers
- Social scientists
- Researchers
- Educators
- Community leaders, from both private an public sectors and
- All those who are interested to expand their knowledge in the DRM and Urban Resilience fields.
Register now through the link below. Deadline January 15, 2016
EMI are accepting donations of 10 USD as a registration fee for this webinar. All fees will proceed to EMI Fellowship and Scholarship fund which offers young researchers and graduating students the opportunity to get hands-on experience at EMI.