Building

Resilience Workshop IV

March 7 9, 2013 The Lindy Boggs Center, University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA

The 2010 Building Resilience Workshop I addressed a broad range of water- and ood-related issues, with discussions centered on sustainable approaches to rebuilding a culture of resilience in south Louisiana, spurred by impending climate change. A number of internaOonal parOcipants provided us with a wealth of new ideas from the Netherlands, Germany, Mexico and Canada. It was a primary goal of the workshop to create greater awareness in the Gulf Coast region of approaches that are being implemented successfully in other parts of the world but may not yet be embraced in the United States. The workshop encouraged an aStude of accommodaOng, rather than ghOng, water, recognizing that we must learn to live in safety WITH water.

The BRW II in 2011 focused on the role that innovaOve, sustainable infrastructure can play in miOgaOng catastrophic disaster, both by reducing the risk of harmful consequences from extreme events and by facilitaOng rapid post-event recovery. A special focus of BRW II was to capitalize on advances in research in the global arena. Experts from the Netherlands, the UK, France, Belgium, Germany and Australia a[ended the workshop to share their research on innovaOve disaster miOgaOon approaches and experiences with successful transiOon methodologies for facilitaOng their implementaOon. The presented approaches and methodologies addressed not just WHAT are the innovaOve infrastructural and non-structural soluOons we can implement, but also HOW we can design coordinated, long-term strategies to manage transiOon and facilitate implementaOon.

The BRW III again brought together scienOsts, environmentalists, architects, engineers, city ocials, planners, entrepreneurs, grass-roots community organizers, academic researchers, and representaOves of federal agencies and naOve populaOons. We were joined by a dozen members of the pan-European research project FloodProBE, which focuses its eorts on developing technologies, methods and tools for urban ood risk assessment and reducOon. Two of the leaders of the Dutch Room for the River program parOcipated as well. One enOre day of discussions was devoted to the Louisiana Dra? 2012 Coastal Master Plan and its implicaOons for coastal Louisiana communiOes. We learned about innova&ve ood risk reducOon strategies from around the world, discussed potenOal soluOons compaOble with our unique local ways of life, and created global networks that will help us face the challenges ahead and support the changes we must make to rebuild a culture of sustainability and resilience in the Louisiana Gulf Coast region.

Changes for 2013

Steering Commi[ee
Miriam Belblidia Elizabeth English Alessandra Jerolleman Grasshopper Mendoza Jeana Wiser

Board of Advisors
Bradford Case Craig Colten Mark Davis Byron Encalade Brian Jackson Shirley Laska Steve Mathies Chief Albert Naquin KrisOna Peterson Steve Picou Timolynn Sams Cynthia Sarthou Lt. Col. Jerry Sneed Boo Thomas David Waggonner Jessica Wa[s Pa[y Whitney Maura Wood Jerome Zeringue

Fiscal Sponsor
The Natural Hazard MiOgaOon AssociaOon (NHMA) is serving as the scal sponsor for BRW IV

Theme: AdapOng to Uncertainty

Day 1: Bridging Boundaries (potenOal panels)
The Power of Peer Mentoring: Learning from other Resilient CommuniOes Building Resilience in NY and NJ: Bridging Gulf Coast Experiences to the Northeast Living with Water in Louisiana: Learning from Overseas Sustaining Resilience Between Events

Day 2: ImplemenOng SoluOons (potenOal panels)

Moving Forward with the Louisiana Master Plan AdaptaOon on the Ground: Enhancing Community Resilience with Non-Structural MiOgaOon Measures Engineering to Adapt: Weighing the Benets and Risks of Large Scale Structural Measures AlternaOves to EvacuaOon: Strategies for Safe Sheltering in Place

Community Partners

Sponsors

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Fiscal Sponsor