AIA San Francisco Presents: Fresh Brew | CO-RES: Community Resilience Strategies in California

For the past decade, communities across the state have faced severe challenges on multiple fronts — from extreme fires and flooding to earthquakes and the COVID-19 pandemic. How have they responded and what strategies have proved most successful?

• This special segment of “Fresh Brew” will explore the following:
• Strategies for community resilience in California
• New research in the science of fire behavior and flood mitigation and green infrastructure
• Role of evolving technologies in community preparedness
• Ways that designers can engage communities in the effort to adapt to climate change

Presenters: (Moderator) Tom Llewellyn, Host, "The Response Podcast" / Shareable; Lisa Beyer, Urban Water Infrastructure Manager, World Resources Institute; Greg Kochanowski, Studio Director, RIOS

Fresh Brew is a series of online morning conversations covering a variety of topics about all things architecture and design. Fresh Brew provides the general public and industry professionals with engaging dialogue and a space for inspiration during these challenging times.