May 30, 2017
1:00pm – 2:30pm CT
Green infrastructure can play a crucial role in helping to reduce flood risk, while also providing a wide variety of additional benefits, including improved water quality, enhanced recreational opportunities, and wildlife habitat. In this webinar, planning professionals from Miami-Dade County, FL; Milwaukee, WI; and Pierce County, WA, will discuss how they are using green infrastructure to address community flood risk.
This webinar will also feature a description and demonstration of the Naturally Resilient Communities web-based tools that can help your community plan for green infrastructure.
APA Hazards Planning Center Manager Jim Schwab, FAICP, will moderate as Nate Woiwode (The Nature Conservancy), Katie Hagemann (Miami-Dade County Office of Resilience), Karen Sands (Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District), Jacob Pedersen (Pierce County, Washington), and Jill Dixon (Sasaki Associates) discuss:
- The benefits of green infrastructure in managing flood risk and cultivating community co-benefits.
- Green infrastructure case studies of Miami-Dade County, Milwaukee, and Pierce County.
- The Nature Conservancy’s new web-based tool to help planners, practitioners, and local officials identify nature-based solutions for managing flood risk at various scales and community contexts. This webinar will include a live demonstration of the tool.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
1 CM and 1 CEC credit is available for AICPs & CFMs who participate in the entire webinar.
REGISTRATION
To register for this webinar go to:
https://www.planning.org/nationalcenters/hazards/planninginformationexchange/
When directed to the landing page, please click on the register button under the titled section ‘Upcoming Webinars’. You will then be taken to the registration page. Please fill in the required information and click the submit button.