Location:
Landscape Architecture Foundation Future Now Summit
Detroit, MI
Speaker:
Date & Time:
06.05.2026 | 1:30pm-3:00pm
The challenge of rising groundwater in coastal cities will create a major new role for landscape architects in urban design and infrastructure work that is focused on three-dimensional landforms and drainage. Success will require visualization and mapping of layered underground systems, compelling narratives and a clear articulation of equity issues in the distribution of impacts and investments.
Join Mithun partner Tim Mollette-Parks for the workshop “Adapt to Coastal Groundwater Rise in Cities with Equity” to learn how to translate new science and groundwater maps into predictions, as well as visualizing impacts on urban districts. Participants will discuss advocacy strategies to achieve policy changes in their cities and states that could bring an environmental equity lens into this adaptation work.
Tim’s co-presenters include University of California, Berkeley professor Kristina Hill and WRT senior associate Cristina Bejarano.
Date Posted: 06.05.2026
