Nancy Rottle: Resilient Landscapes for a Changing Climate

Nancy Rottle, Landscape Architect, Professor, Green Futures
Lab, University of Washington

The Pacific Northwest is predicted to experience hotter, drier
summers and wetter, warmer winters in the coming decades,
conditions that will stress existing landscapes and dictate new
ways of designing new urban landscapes. By planning for these
conditions, we can maximize chances for success. The resilience
of our green spaces contributes to both climate change
mitigation and human adaptation to challenging conditions
like polluted stormwater and increased impacts of plant pests
and disease. Nancy will discuss strategies including integration
of green stormwater infrastructure, considerations for habitat
connectivity, cultivation of social cohesion in public spaces,
and planting species that will adapt to a changing climate.