Advancing Design for Sea Level Rise—Fraser River Delta

With the onset of climate change, sea level rise is a major global concern including distinct local issues. This project looks at the extremely venerable coastal city/port city of Vancouver. Recent reports call for major infrastructure improvements primarily focused on engineering and not on spatial and design approaches to this challenge. Currently there is no coordinated effort to find innovative solutions to Sea Level Rise adaptation. This project looks at exploring Sea Level Rise adaptation as an opportunity to address multiple issues including opportunities for recreation, habitat creation, energy development and food security. This multi-scalar and multi-jurisdictional challenge is a unique opportunity to setup a collaboration between professional practice and academia. This project will bring together students and professionals to sponsor knowledge sharing between these various landscape architecture firms as well as with many different municipalities in the Vancouver Region

Faculty Supervisor:

Kees Lokman

Student:

Partner:

Space2Place Landscape Architects;PFS Studio;University of Toronto Scarborough;Hapa Landscape Architecture Collaborative Inc.;PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate