Registration Eligibility
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Start Date
11/24/2020
End Date
11/23/2022
Description
Climate change has created increasingly volatile water that may overwhelm our stormwater systems. As a response to this threat, site design can create advantageous opportunities, from strengthening sustainability to improving social welfare. This panel explores designing for a changing climate through four projects of varying scale and geographic context.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Water / Stormwater Management
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
Learn about current trends and principles of designing with water—surviving, adapting, and thriving in the face of climate change.; Identify opportunities to treat stormwater in design as a resource rather than a threat by leveraging it for improved sustainability and social welfare.; Understand how landscape architecture design can help shift the public’s perception of stormwater and flooding.; Utilize innovative strategies and techniques of stormwater management and flood control, drawing from case studies that range in scale from master plans to site-specific examples.
Instructors
Muhan Cui, ASLA, LEED AP; Chao Yang, ASLA; Kevin Hebard, PE&;
Course Codes
Provider
American Society of Landscape Architects