DIMACS/CCICADA Workshop on Urban Planning for Climate Events (Part of the Cluster on Sustainable Human Environments)

September 23 - 24, 2013
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University

Organizers:

Midge Cozzens, DIMACS, midgec at dimacs.rutgers.edu

Fred Roberts, CCICADA/DIMACS, froberts at dimacs.rutgers.edu

Alexis Tsoukias, LAMSADE, tsoukias at lamsade.dauphine.fr

Laura Wynter, IBM, lwynter at us.ibm.com

Workshop Program:

Monday, September 23, 2013

 8:15 -  9:00  Continental Breakfast and Registration

 9:00 -  9:40  Mathematics of Planet Earth, Homeland Security, and Algorithmic Decision Theory
               Fred Roberts, Rutgers University

 9:40 - 10:20  Science and Technology in Disasters - Opportunities Revealed by Sandy
               Mitch Erickson, DHS

10:20 - 10:40  Break

10:40 - 11:20  Adaptation Planning to Climate Change: Results from a Participative Approach Applied in Québec City
               Florent Joerin, School of Engineering Management of Canton of Vaud, Switzerland 

11:20 - 12:00  Once Again, the Urban Planning Challenge Associated with Climate Change and Disasters
               Rae Zimmerman, NYU

12:00 - 12:40  Regionalizing Sea-level Rise Projections for Urban Planning
               Robert Kopp, Rutgers University

12:40 -  2:00  Lunch

 2:00 -  2:40  Urban Influences on Temperature in New Jersey
               David Robinson, Rutgers University and NJ State Climatologist

 2:40 -  3:20  Sustainability and Human Behaviors: Modeling
               Perception of Factors Impacting the Urban Environment
               Lou Gross, University of Tennessee 

 3:20 -  4:00  Closing Some Gaps: Planning for Sheltering and Sheltering in Place for Frail Seniors
               Michael Greenberg, Rutgers University

 4:00 -  4:20  Break

 4:20 -  5:00  A Decision Support Tool (DST) to Plan Effective Resiliency Measures
               Joe Picciano, NJ Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness

 5:00 -  5:40  Anticipating Coastal Residents' Responses to Storm Recovery Plans
               Clinton Andrews, Rutgers University

 6:00 -  7:45  Banquet

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

 8:30 -  9:00  Continental Breakfast and Registration
 
 9:00 -  9:40  Capability Theory for Urban Planning
               Alexis Tsoukiàs, CNRS - LAMSADE, Université Paris Dauphine

 9:40 - 10:20  Impacts of Hurricane Induced Transportation Disruptions on Work Trips
               Pamela Murray-Tuite, Virginia Tech 

10:20 - 10:40  Break

10:40 - 11:20  Pre-Sandy Impact Modeling of Storm Surge on the NYC Metro
               Region's Transportation Infrastructure, Validation by Sandy, and
               post-Sandy Resilience Issues
               Klaus H. Jacob, Columbia University

11:20 - 12:00  Smarter Cities Research at IBM
               Laura Wynter, IBM Research 

12:00 - 12:40  Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons from Natural Hazards Planning
               Gavin Smith, University of North Carolina 

12:40 -  2:00  Lunch

 2:00 -  2:40  Analyzing the Reliability and Resiliency of New Jersey's
               Urban Energy Systems in Response to Climate Change
               Frank Felder, Rutgers University

 2:40 -  3:20  The Application of Web-based Decision Support Tools for Visualizing Coastal 
               Flooding Vulnerabilities and Planning for Resiliency: the NJFloodMapper
               Rick Lathrop, Rutgers University

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