Events

Planning for Sea Level Rise

Hosted by LSE London and LSE Department of Geography and Environment

Online public event

Speakers

Kiana Otsuka

Kiana Otsuka

Trasportation Planner, O’ahu Metropolitan Planning Organization

Dr. Swenja Surminski

Dr. Swenja Surminski

Head of Adaptation Research, Grantham Institute LSE

Chair

Dr. Nancy Holman

Associate Professor of Urban Planning, LSE

In a session chaired by Nancy Holman, Kiana Otsuka and Swenja Surminski will be discussing planning strategies for sea level rise in urban areas.

Cities and regions across the world are experiencing pressures on the housing, governance and sustainability fronts. Challenges such as creating sustainable transport links, enhancing local democracy or tackling housing shortage push urbanists to think creatively. Founded in 1966, LSE's MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies (RUPS) programme has established its reputation as a key player in urban innovation with alumni working in public policy, architecture, think tanks and government across the world. Our new series Progressing Planning is designed to showcase LSE's impact on urban issues by bringing together academics and RUPS alumni. In so doing, we aim to show how research at LSE links to practice across the world.

This interactive session will bring together professionals, academics and the public around presentations and a general discussion.

Kiana Otsuka is a Transportation Planner at the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization in Honolulu (Hawaii) and a MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies alumna (LSE).

Swenja Surminski is Head of Adaptation Research at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, part of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), overseeing social science research projects on climate adaptation, Loss and Damage of climate change, and disaster risk finance with a geographic scope ranging from the UK to developing countries.

Nancy Holman is Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Director of RUPS. Her work deals primarily with issues of governance and local planning including sustainable development and community participation. She has often used social network analysis to explore the complex relationships in the multi-level, multi-actor partnerships present in modern governing arrangements.

RUPS (Regional and Urban Planning Studies) is a strongly focused and internationally based planning programme with a long tradition in training both people seeking careers in urban and regional planning policy and mid-career professionals.

LSE London is a research centre at the LSE that focuses on the economic and social issues of the London region, as well as the problems and possibilities of other urban and metropolitan regions. The centre has a strong international reputation particularly in the fields of labour markets, social and demographic change, housing, finance, and governance, and it is the leading academic centre for analyses of city-wide developments in London.

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