Resilient Futures Podcast

¿Que son los eventos climáticos extremos?, el Dr. Agustín Robles, líder académico de la ciudad de Hermosillo en la Red de Resiliencia Urbana a Eventos Extremos (UREx) nos explica que son estos y por que es importante estudiarlos. También en este episodio la Dra. Olga Barbosa nos explica que tipo de acciones y proyectos se llevan acabo en la red y como es que esta contribuye a mejorar nuestras ciud...

We hear the term used all over the place: in music, on TV, in books– but what IS resilience? In this episode, we discuss resilience from the Social-Ecological-Technological Systems (SETS) perspective. To understand what resilience means from this perspective, we interviewed urban resilience experts from each of these three disciplines. Dr. Nancy Grimm is a professor of ecology in the School of Lif...

Local Phoenix poets including Kimberly Koerth, Jacob Friedman, Rashaad Thomas, and Anna Flores read original poetry about Resilience, Equity, and Diversity (RED) in cities as part of the UREx La RED Poetry Competition. The first half of the episode features the poems, the poets' inspirations, and what the poets hoped the audience would take away by listening to it. The second half of the epis...

¿Qué es una infraestructura ‘verde’? ¿Qué la puede hacer la por mi ciudad? ¿Por qué estoy mucho más emocionado de aprender sobre infra verde que formas de infraestructura más tradicionales? Stephen Elser y Jason Sauer contestan a todas estas preguntas en este episodio y se centran en la infra verde de los humedales en la ciudad de Valdivia de Chile. Hablan con el director del consorcio local de so...

What is ‘green’ infrastructure? What can it do for my city? Why am I definitely way more excited to learn about it than I am more traditional forms of infrastructure? Stephen Elser and Jason Sauer answer all of these questions in this episode, and focus on green infrastructure in the form of wetlands in the city of Valdivia, Chile. They talk to local sustainability consortium leader, Cristóbal Lam...

The 2017 hurricane season was a record-setting year for hurricanes. Hurricane Harvey dumped more rain on Houston than ever recorded in any US city. Hurricane Irma was the longest-lasting powerful hurricane or typhoon ever recorded worldwide. Hurricane Maria is regarded as the worst natural disaster on record for Puerto Rico and was the second in a line of powerful hurricanes to hit the island in a...

Jason Sauer and Marissa Matsler talk with Nathan McClintock about green gentrification in the context of urban agriculture in Portland, Oregon. They discuss some of the forces that cause it, like racialized othering, as well as other problems that arise in discussions of valuing green spaces.

En este episodio presentamos una de las actividades más importantes de la red de resiliencia urbana a eventos extremos (UREx). Expertos dentro de la red nos platican el concepto e importancia del taller de escenarios y también sus experiencias con las diferentes ciudades que han llevado acabo la actividad. La Dra. Tischa Muñoz nos comparte su experiencia en la ciudad de San Juan Puerto Rico, y rel...

Urban resilience projects are all well and good, but how do we actually implement them? This episode focuses on the financial aspects of getting projects off the ground and different financing options for cities to consider. Joyce Coffee leads the discussion as our two guests, Shalini Vajjhala and Stacy Swann, bring their expertise from the world of finance to help shed some light. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...

What does social equity look like in a resilient city? In this episode, graduate students and postdocs reflect on the relationship between 'green' projects and processes of displacement and gentrification. In particular, we talk about our own roles in addressing environmental justice, as we embark in research on urban resilience to extreme weather events. If you have questions or suggest...

The Future Cities Podcast is dedicated to exploring the ways that cities are making themselves more resilient to extreme weather events. In this episode, our hosts, Stephen Elser, Jason Sauer, and Vivian Verduzco introduce themselves and the work that they do as a part of the Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network. We also hear from other members of the network about topics t...