Landscape architects and engineers often collaborate in practice and engage stakeholders during project development, but the overlap rarely occurs during academic training. This cross-course collaboration brings together students from a landscape architecture studio course and a watershed engineering course to work with municipalities along the Hudson River and explore design alternatives for developing more climate-resilient waterfronts. Students grasp big-picture climate concerns while working with diverse stakeholders to develop detailed, site-specific design responses to flooding and other hazards. Meanwhile, small, resource-constrained municipalities receive design and technical support that will generate alternative strategies for future development and catalyze support for climate adaptation.
- Josh Cerra, Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- M. Todd Walter, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Shorna Allred, Department of Global Development and Department of Natural Resources
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Kimberly Williams, Center for Teaching Innovation
Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
- Community partner: New York Department of Environmental Conservation
- Community partner: City of Kingston
- Community partner: Village of Piermont
- Josh Cerra, Department of Landscape Architecture
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- M. Todd Walter, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Shorna Allred, Department of Global Development and Department of Natural Resources
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Kimberly Williams, Center for Teaching Innovation
Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
- Community partner: New York Department of Environmental Conservation
- Community partner: City of Kingston
- Community partner: Village of Piermont
Funding teams that are integrating community-engaged learning into new and existing curricula