Episode 55: Redesigning Cities for Sea Level Rise

As sea levels rise when does it make sense for cities or buildings to retreat, fortify, float, or prepare to take a bath? Are climate resilient solutions teaching us how to better design with nature? Matthijis Bouw, an award-winning architect and urbanist, practitioner and professor, shares his work helping cities around the world answer these questions as they adapt to rising seas. Then, Michael Gamble, drawing on his work on climate change with allied disciplines and at various scales leads a conversation with Matthijis.