Dear Academic Commons members,
Apologies for cross-posting.
This message is geared to DHers and anybody interested in the environment and climate change, especially as water events affect coastal New York.
I’m reaching out to you with exciting updates on Brooklyn Waters, the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center\’s Annual Spring Conference at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Friday April 20, 2018.
Brooklyn Waters will explore the impact of sea level rise and storm surge, with an emphasis on resiliency measures along Brooklyn’s waterfront.
Our goal for this year’s conference is to generate critical, action-oriented discussion about Brooklyn’s transforming waterfront; the day\’s panels will span the gamut from urban policy, engineering, community activism, to land use. Various waterfront community leaders will share their grassroots planning efforts. City officials will speak about both the near and long-term promises of resiliency planning. Architects will debate the role and limits of design in creating resilient neighborhoods. Environmental experts will discuss efforts to protect Brooklyn’s natural and constructed shorelines, including Jamaica Bay and Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Panels will feature leaders from the following organizations and agencies:
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
NYC Department of City Planning
Red Hook Initiative
Mayor\’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency
Center for New York City Neighborhoods
ODA Architecture
Waterfront Alliance
We would be thrilled to have you join is for the day’s discussion! Feel free to register and learn more about the day’s agenda here. If you are unable to attend, but would like to share the event with your networks, feel free to share this link: https://bit.ly/2Gl0CKD.
Again, thank you for your continued support of the BWRC.
All best,
Richard E. Hanley, Director, BWRC
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Sean Scanlan, PhD
Associate Professor of English
New York City College of Technology-CUNY
300 Jay St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Founder and Editor, NANO: New American Notes Online
https://nanocrit.com
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