Design for adaptation: The climate challenge for New Urbanism

Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, a CNU co-founder who has long studied climate change and the built environment, discussed adaptation theory and practice related to urbanism. New Urbanism offers design tools that respond to both climate adaptation and mitigation. Adaptation, which often receives less attention than mitigation, acknowledges and responds to localized conditions and geography, and can benefit from New Urbanism’s goals and tools. Rick Cole, CNU executive director, interviewed Plater-Zyberk.