As sea levels continue to rise, communities along the shoreline need to adapt to create greater social, economic, and ecological resilience. But what entity is responsible for making the shoreline resilient and what methods should be implemented? Join Greenbelt Alliance for a conversation with The East Bay Regional Park District, the San Francisco Estuary Institute, and WRT Design for a conversation about coordinated effort needed to achieve regional resilience and protect both communities and ecosystems along the East Bay shoreline.
With 55 miles of shoreline, the East Bay Regional Park District is already seeing the effects of sea-level rise in increased coastal and levee erosion and trail flooding and is looking ahead to understand the future changes anticipated along the East Bay shoreline to develop the San Francisco Bay Trail Risk Assessment and Adaptation Prioritization Plan (SF Bay Trail RAAPP). A critical tool for this process is the Adaptation Atlas, a science-based framework for developing adaptation strategies that are appropriate for the diverse shoreline of the Bay and that take advantage of natural processes.
Speakers:
John Gibbs John, a principal at WRT, is a landscape architect and urban designer whose practice is anchored in the social and ecological processes of our cities and natural areas. His portfolio of planning and design assignments spans urban parks, natural open spaces, waterfronts, trails, streets, districts, educational campuses, and city-wide park systems. Leveraging the McHargian roots of the firm, John’s recent work advances design with nature in the context of climate change. He is leading resilience and adaptation projects in the San Francisco and Great Lakes region. John serves on the board of the Greenbelt Alliance and was a research advisor for Resilient by Design.
Chantal Alatorre Chantal is a Senior Planner with East Bay Regional Park District serving as the project manager for the SF Bay Trail Risk Assessment and Adaptation Prioritization Plan. Her current workload includes advancing various climate resilience related projects both along the shoreline and for the Park District at large.
Julie Beagle Julie Beagle is SFEI’s Deputy Program Director of the Resilient Landscapes Program, and a lead scientist for the organization’s climate adaptation efforts. Her work focuses on adaptation to sea level rise using nature-based strategies, and integrating science and policy to provide short and long-term adaptation pathways for use in planning processes. She developed the Operational Landscape Unit project as a way to facilitate integrated regional shoreline adaptation strategies. She is also focused on piloting new shoreline infrastructure adaptation strategies. She has led multiple projects and focus areas at SFEI, including restoration work in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, and advancing the science of riparian habitats, including Sycamore Alluvial Woodlands.
Cristina Bejarano - Cristina is an urban designer and certified planner with over 12 years of cumulative experience in landscape architecture, architecture, urban design, and environmental planning. As part of WRT’s resilience and adaptation planning practice, she has worked at a wide-range of scales from environmental and campus master planning, to place-making and architectural design. Each project contributes to the overarching goal of promoting sustainable development through the design of active neighborhoods and vibrant ecological systems rooted in social equity and climate resiliency. Recent projects include the San Francisco Bay Trail Risk Assessment and Adaptation Prioritization Plan, the San Lorenzo Creekway Vision, and the Bothin Marsh Adaptation Project.
Moderated by Zoe Siegel - Director of Climate Resilience, Greenbelt Alliance
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