FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN CITY

SCAPE is a landscape architecture and urban design practice that designs and advocates for ecologically restorative and socially engaged landscapes, urban environments, and natural infrastructure of the future. Pippa Brashear is a Resilience Principal and Partner within the firm, and Laura Marett is the Director of Landscape Planning. Both are registered as Landscape Architects. Their work focuses on resilience planning and design for climate adaptation with an ecological and people-driven approach in coastal and urban landscapes.

Dr. Fitzgerald is a Professor of Urban and Public Policy. She focuses on urban climate action and strategies for linking it to equity, economic development, and innovation. Professor Fitzgerald has made foundational contributions to the field, calling for integrated and aggressive public action to address climate change through her published works, as well as her ongoing leadership at the Dukakis Center conducting an assessment for the Boston Foundation’s Boston Climate Progress Report.

Jesse M. Keenan is the Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate within the faculty of the School of Architecture at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Keenan’s teaching and research is centered on how people prepare for and respond to climate impacts in the built environment, including aspects of design, planning, management, policy and finance.

Dr. Kerry Emanuel is Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Emanuel has made foundational contributions to the science of tropical cyclones, climate, and links between them, and has been a prominent voice in public debates on climate change, and what we should do about it.