Safeguarding Communities and Economies with Climate-Robust Floodplain Management Strategies (On Demand)

Description

Learning Objectives

• Putting the 2024 US hurricane season in perspective, who and what was impacted and how can communities and assets better prepare themselves
• Outline national and international best practices in climate robust solutions, how forces of water are used for positive change
• How sustainable stormwater management and storm surge protection in coastal cities take shape through integrated planning

About the Presenter

Edgar Westerhof, Vice President, Arcadis
Edgar Westerhof is Vice President with Arcadis and serves as the US Director for Climate Adaptation. Edgar is an engineer and water management leader with over 25 years of experience in international integrated urban water management. Following his move to the US from the Netherlands in 2012, Edgar led the participation in the international HUD Rebuild by Design competition, including the winning BIG U – Waterfront Resiliency Plan for the protection of Lower Manhattan. He has contributed to numerous resilience strategies and is the contributing author of the books Blue Dunes (Columbia) and Adapting Cities to Sea Level Rise (Island Press). Edgar is member of the American Society of Civil Engineers Committee on Sustainability (ASCE-COS), and member of the Standard 73 Working Group, charged with the development of the new national Standard Practice for Sustainable Infrastructure. He is a Pratt University faculty member, teaching climate adaptation to graduate students in New York. Prior to his move to the US, Edgar was project manager overseeing infrastructure and water works for a large Public-Private Development and revitalization program in the Netherlands.