The June 17th 2018 course for graduate and PhD students combined classroom instruction, team project-based learning, and field experiential learning at coastal projects in the Boston area, all taught by international experts in these fields.
Topics included:
technical inputs and data collection for planning and design
short-term (storms and seismically-induced waves) and long-term (sea level rise) events
planning and land-use using natural, social, economic, and cultural considerations
nature-based, engineered and hybrid infrastructure solutions
coastal zone management (policy and zoning) in the U.S. and international settings
Boston Short Course on Coastal Adaptation and Resiliency - June 17-23, 2018 - NSF Research Collaboration Network (RCN): Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) Project title: Sustainable Adaptive Gradients in the Coastal Environment (SAGE): Reconceptualizing the Role of Infrastructure in Resilience Award Number: ICER-1338767