Integrating Land-use Planning and Climate: A Collaborative Framework to Address Heat Vulnerability
October 5, 12-1pm, W.B. Young 002
In 2017, hurricanes Irma and Maria demonstrated how major hurricanes can cause massive power outages for extended periods. Under hot weather conditions, heat related illness can become an aftermath of a major hurricane. This presentation will look at an ongoing project that works collaboratively with local and state agencies to address heat vulnerability in the city of Savannah, GA. Among other dimensions, it uses collaborative GIS methods to engage with practitioners from governmental institutions to co-produce a replicable methodological framework to address heat health impacts, while aiding decision-makers to visualize localized and dynamic climate processes that affect human health.Collectively, very few planners and climatologists have attempted to address the limitations and barriers that exist in developing plans and policies that address urban climate interactions at the city scale. This project takes a transdisciplinary approach to integrate urban climatology and land-use planning to understand practical barriers to the creation of a heat response plan (HRP).
About the presenter:
Mariana B. Alfonso Fragomeni
PhD Candidate, Integrative Conservation & Geography
University of Georgia
Community Research & Design Collaborative Intern
UConn Program of Landscape Architecture
Seminar series sponsored by:
Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture and PLANTalks
Contacts: Rosa Raudales(rosa.raudales@uconn.edu) & Jonathan Mahoney (jonathan.mahoney@uconn.edu)
For more information, contact: PSLA at psla@uconn.edu