“Science of the Living City” Seminar for Green Infrastructure
Dr. Franco Montalto, President and Principal Engineer at eDesign Dynamics, was recently featured for the NYC Urban Field Station. Dr. Montalto spoke at the Arsenal for the "Science of the Living City" seminar series.
"Reducing Water Pollution in a Dynamic World: The Critical Role of Green Infrastructure Investments in Enhancing the Resilience of Urban Landscapes" explored the potential role that multifunctional green infrastructure (GI) systems may be able to play in promoting urban resilience.
In the U.S. context, green infrastructure is primarily funded as a stormwater reduction measure. For this reason it must provide the service reliably, at a minimum. Research confirms that green infrastructure systems can reduce runoff at the site, block, and watershed scale, but much less is known about the other services these systems may provide in urban ecosystems, when they are strategically conceived, sited, and designed.
Because (GI) programs are typically being implemented in the context of adaptive management, the opportunity for practitioners, researchers, regulators, and community leaders to work together to pilot, monitor, and verify new green infrastructure configurations is upon us. Doing so requires flexibility, creativity, and the institutional willingness to attempt new things.
The New York City Urban Field Station “Science of the Living City” programs encompass all our educational efforts, affiliated partners, and special events. Affiliates include scholars-in-residence, fellows, and interns. Events include seminars, brownbag lectures, workshops, and symposia.
Science of the Living City engages diverse partners across the city, speaks to a wide professional and public audience, and addresses a variety of pressing issues related to urban social ecology and quality of life in cities. The goal is to explore new knowledge and the applications and implications of this knowledge in the urban context as well as to expand overall environmental literacy.
See more about the Field Station, and their seminar series HERE >