Webinar - The Science of Resilience in Decision-Making

This webinar will take place on Wednesday, Dec 5th 2018, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM EST. Erica Goldman, NSCE Science Policy Director, will moderate a multi-disciplinary discussion on climate resilient infrastructure. She'll be joined by specialists in engineering, water resources, urban planning and natural hazards. Erica will moderates a multi-disciplinary discussion on climate resilient infrastructure. This 90-minute webinar is sponsored by ASU's School of Sustainability in partnership with the National Council for Science and the Environment and will explore:

Resilience as a paradigm to understand infrastructure at a systems level
Social science as a critical component in planning for and understanding resilience
Resilient design as a continuum, rather than an endpoint
The role of social and institutional infrastructure in disaster response and planning for climate impacts

Panelists

Thomas Seager Associate Professor School of Sustainable Engineering & the Built Environment Arizona State University
Patricia Solis Executive Director Knowledge Exchange for Resilience Arizona State University
Jennifer Tobin Deputy Administrator Natural Hazards Center University of Colorado
Joe Manous Director Institute for Water Resources US Army Corps of Engineers

Science of Resilience Resources

Here is a folder of material you can download in preparation for the webinar. It includes guidance co-authored by panelists, including:

Tom Seager on resilience in decision-making
Patricia Solis on how spatial information can help resolve disconnects between scientists and decision makers
A multi-disciplinary community resilience study of flooding in Lumberton, NC, with a chapter co-authored by Jennifer Tobin
The Army Corps of Engineers' Resilience Initiative Roadmap

Click here to download the folder
Click here to register.