Building Resiliency: Do Yesterday’s Construction Codes Protect us from Today’s Superstorms?

As more people move to the coast each year, extreme weather threatens lives and property at an alarming rate. Authorities are scrambling to ensure more resilient communities through policy tools such as building codes that encourage reinforced roofs and foundations. Using aerial imagery, we will explore the aftermath of Hurricane Michael to determine how effective these tools really are. 

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The Frontlines in our Future

As societies and the challenges they face grow increasingly complicated, the climate emergency sharpens the need to understand those challenges and tackle solutions that are just, equitable and doable. From hurricane damages to missing histories, from urban stormwater flooding to banana extinctions, this series from the Carson Scholars program explores problems and solutions in there here-and-now...and for the long tomorrow.

This talk is a part of the Spring 2020 Science Café series hosted by the UA College of Science in partnership with Borderlands Brewing Company.