Design Meets Science in a Changing Climate: A Case for Regional Thinking to Address Urban Coastal Resilience

• Autores: Claire Weisz, Alan F. Blumberg, Jesse M. Keenan
• Localización: Social research: An international quarterly of the social sciences, ISSN 0037-783X, Nº. 3, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Climate change demands we change. Why aren't we?), págs. 839-857
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The damages from meteorological events of the future are likely to increase with a changing climate, as rising sea levels coupled with the potential for intensified storms make flooding and storm-driven surges even larger threats to the region. Studying ways to adapt to this reality, the Rebuild by Design competition sponsored work towards a novel approach to ameliorating potential damages with an initiative called The Blue Dunes. Blue Dunes resulted from a process that facilitated dialogue between scientists and designers integrating science with the social art of planning in order to propose a way forward. The process itself and its benefits are discussed in this article.