News
Kate Orff on Brian Lehrer
Kate talks to Brian about why "trees are a form of civic infrastructure" helping us to keep cool during heat waves and absorb water during heavy rainstorms; and how we need to work together to depave the city and create more contiguous ecologies.
https://www.wnyc.org/story/the-brian-lehrer-show-2022-07-20/
Thad Pawlowski on Globe and Mail Podcast
How can cities prepare for climate change?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/article-how-should-cities-prepare-for-climate-change/
Resilient Belize Urban Design Studio: Envisioning Climate Justice for Mesoamerican Reef Communities
Congratulations to all the GSAPP Urban Design students graduating this week - we are so proud of their work and exciting to bring together our partners through the Resilient Reefs Initiative Belize!
Mission
The Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes (CRCL) uses planning and design to help communities and ecosystems adapt to the pressures of urbanization, inequality, and climate change. CRCL works with public, nonprofit, and academic partners to deliver practical and forward-thinking technical assistance through interdisciplinary research, visualization of risk, project design scenarios, and facilitated convenings. CRCL integrates resilience thinking into design education and academic programming, bringing real-world challenges into the classroom to train future design leaders.
Established in 2018 at Columbia University’s Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), CRCL extends Columbia’s leadership in climate-related work and supports the interdisciplinary collaborations and external partnerships needed to engage the most serious and challenging issues of our time.