Flooding Beyond FEMA

On November 9, 2019

This was the topic of the second session SCS led at the APA Texas 2019 annual conference. Karen Walz organized and moderated the session. It featured Jennifer Dyke P.E., Senior Planner in the City of Fort Worth’s Transportation and Public Works Department and Ben Pylant P.E., Senior Project Manager with Halff Associates, Inc. We shared […]

Smart Cities

On October 16, 2019

The Urban Land Institute’s Dallas-Fort Worth District Council offers many options for engagement, including specialized committees and interest groups. One of these is the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI). I enjoyed its evening session on Smart Cities, held October 15, 2019 in the beautifully-restored historic Dallas High School. This is now the Dallas office of Perkins […]

Future Cities Livable Futures Conference

On August 31, 2019

The University of Texas at Arlington’s College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs put on an interesting conference on August 16, 2019 called “Future Cities Livable Futures: Toward a Sustainable Model for Urban-Watershed Systems.” Organized by Dean Adrian Parr and a committee of faculty members, the conference received funding from the National Science Foundation. The […]

Issues on Sustainability

Flooding Beyond FEMA

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Future Cities Livable Futures Conference