Urban Resilience For Coastal Communities at Yale

Dean Sakamoto is teaching this new interdisciplinary graduate level course at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The focus of this course is coastal storm resilience and climate change adaptation through community planning and design in the East End of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Students will work with community stakeholders to develop coastal resilience guidelines in preparation for current coastal hazards and future events. Student group pictured (above).

Photo by: Dean Sakamoto

For more info on Urban Resilience at Yale FES see http://environment.yale.edu/courses/2014-2015/detail/766/