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Smart Growth: Cities Versus Natural Disasters: Retreat or Resist?

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Flooding in South River, NJ 
Franklyn Cater, NPR Cities Project editor, facilitates a panel conversation examining how cities are managing their built environments in the face of increasing natural disasters and rising waters caused by climate change. The panel includes portions of on-air stories from the Cities Project that prompt a discussion on whether cities retreat from or stand against the effects of a changing climate. This program complements the exhibition Designing for Disaster.
Panelists include: 
Frank Biba, AICP, LEED AP, chief of environmental programs, Department of Neighborhood and Environmental Programs, City of Annapolis, Maryland
Dale Morris, senior advisor, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Economic Division
Dr. Randall W. Parkinson, director, Division of Coastal Zone and Watershed Management,Environmental Remediation & Recovery, Inc.
1.5 LU HSW (AIA) / 1.5 CM (AICP) / 1.5 PDH (LA CES)
FREE. Pre-Registration required. Walk in registration based on availability.


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Smart Growth is generously supported by the National Association of Realtors. Additional support is provided by Smart Growth America.
Photo: South River, NJ - Floodwaters threaten homes along Herman Street, Monday, October 29, 2012, in the hours prior to the landfall of Hurricane Sandy. JASON TOWLEN/Home News Tribune

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Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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