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Podcast: waterloop
Episode: waterloop #67: Philip Berke on Planning for Resilient Communities
Description: Philip Berke is the Director of the Center for Resilient Communities and the Environment at the University of North Carolina.
In this episode Philip explains the pressing need for communities to focus on planning to become more resilient to climate change. He discusses a variety of approaches, from hardening of infrastructure to managed retreats, that communities are taking in places like Virginia, New Hampshire, and Texas. Philip also talks about efforts to evaluate and expand resilience planning such as the Resilience Scorecard and programs of the National Academies of Science, Urban Institute, and National Science...