Faculty of Law Twilight Seminar
‘Adapting to Climate Change in a Regional Community: Living Lab Northern Rivers’
with
Professor Elizabeth Mossop
Date: Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Time: 5.00pm-6.30pm (AEST)
Venue: BLD04_2_31
(The seminar will commence at 5.30pm with light refreshments being offered from 5pm)
Building on work done in the US in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Living Lab Northern Rivers is a unique experiment in addressing the future impacts of disasters by developing resilience through climate adaptation. The Lab brings communities together with the best global experts to address the transformation of human settlements. Projects to date include housing, catchments and urban planning and design.
Please register your attendance by 5pm on Monday 18 November 2024.
Professor Elizabeth Mossop
Elizabeth is Professor of Landscape Architecture and Academic Director of Living Lab Northern Rivers. She is a Strategic Lead Creative Industries, Faculty of Design Architecture and Building at University of Technology Sydney. Recently, she has been appointed Adjunct Professor, Southern Cross University.
She has held leadership positions at Harvard Graduate School of Design, the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture at Louisiana State University and the University of NSW. She is a founding principal of Spackman Mossop Michaels landscape architects, based in Sydney, New Orleans and Detroit. Her research and practice is concerned with landscape’s role in urban revitalization and resilient communities and cities in the face of climate change.
Elizabeth was extensively involved in the recovery and rebuilding of New Orleans post Hurricane Katrina. She was instrumental in the creation of the Coastal Sustainability Studio at LSU, a multi-disciplinary research laboratory that has been profoundly influential in the direction of Louisiana’s efforts in resilience planning and design, as well as education.