Registration Eligibility
ASLA online learning opportunities are open to all. ASLA members may purchase this presentation at a reduced rate. This is a 2024 conference session.
Start Date
10/21/2024
End Date
10/20/2026
Description
Hear from leading coastal designers—researchers, landscape architects, and engineers—on how to work with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Districts to develop nature-based designs for coastal infrastructure. Strategies discussed will include tools and data required, concept development, team structure, outreach efforts, and policy strategies.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Sustainable Development & Design
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.25
Learning Outcomes
Understand the goals of the USACE Engineering With Nature program, and its affiliation and shared aims with landscape architectural practice and research.; Understand the scope of the Four Coasts project, including the needs for coastal resilience, flood protection, and habitat restoration on federal projects.; Understand important ways that landscape architecture can contribute to and help lead innovative coastal infrastructure projects.; Understand what skills are important in landscape architectural practice to do this work.
Instructors
Rob Holmes ; Jeffrey King ; Mindy Strevig
Course Codes
Provider
American Society of Landscape Architects