SAT-B05 - Collaboration on Nature-based Solutions Is Key to Resilient City Infrastructure

Saturday, November 20, 2021

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

Location: Music City Center, Room 102

Compliments of:

1.00 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AIA/non-HSW, AICP, FL, NY/non-HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Lisa Beyer, PLA, ASLA

Urban Water Infrastructure Manager
World Resources Institute
San Francisco, California

Speaker(s)

Sarah M. Minick

Utility Planning Division Manager
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
San Francisco, California

1.00 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AIA/non-HSW, AICP, FL, NY/non-HSW

1.00 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AIA/non-HSW, AICP, FL, NY/non-HSW

Discover the Joint Benefits Authority, a new mechanism allowing city departments to jointly plan, implement, and finance multi-purpose projects that maximize nature-based solutions to foster urban resilience.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand the challenges in delivering resilience with siloed departments and the opportunity with multi-benefit integrated infrastructure, and how those benefits align with city agencies’ goals and communities’ needs
Learn about transformational joint projects that include nature-based solutions for resiliency
Identify strategies for landscape architects to lead and support integrated solutions
Gain an understanding of the key success measures for collaboration on resilient infrastructure