With increasingly frequent and severe weather events, today’s public works engineers are facing great challenges in designing, operating, and maintaining the public infrastructure that serves our communities. At the same time, we have many willing partners such as architects, mechanical and industrial engineers, and planners working toward the same goals, all having valuable expertise and using excellent technology to develop many good new practices and strategies.
To develop holistic, effective responses on the local, regional, national, and international scales, all practitioners must collaborate effectively and communicate well with each other—that they “speak in a common language.” This session will introduce you to the many promising new initiatives currently being worked on in the general areas of sustainability and resiliency.
Following that introduction, FEMA, one of our most important and knowledgeable partners in sustainability and resiliency, will outline their most recent approaches to planning for and responding to the increasingly frequent and severe weather events we are experiencing in this era of climate change.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the many interdisciplinary strategies underway to develop more sustainable and resilient communities.
- Explain how all these efforts can be combined to develop a holistic, coordinated, effective response to climate change.
- Describe how FEMA is preparing to meet the challenge of responding effectively to continuing severe weather events and how we, as practitioners, might assist them to ensure the resiliency of our infrastructure and the safety of our communities.
Proficiency Level: Introductory
This program offers 0.1 CEU credits for the one hour presentation portion of the program. The final half hour, discussions in the lounge area are optional.
This program is sponsored by the APWA Solid Waste Management Committee.
Registration: Free for members; $99 nonmember
Instructions for joining the webinar will be emailed to you the day prior, and day of the event.
A recording of this program will be available through the APWA Resource Center 3-4 weeks following the live program.
Click, Listen and Learn Contact Information Questions: (800) 848-2792, education@apwa.org
LAST DAY TO REGISTER: 12 Noon Central Time May 15, 2024
