DATE/TIME: Friday, May 2, 2025, 2:30 pm PLACE: ENR building, room 223 or this Remote Live option.
Jon Hathaway
University of Tennessee
Green Infrastructure Resiliency to Climate Change
As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident worldwide, there is a dire need to better understand the practical implications of these changes on water resources in the built environment. Of particular concern are stormwater management systems, which lie on the front line of changes to rainfall patterns. Stormwater control measures (SCMs) have historically been used, in some cases for decades, to alleviate the deleterious effects of urban hydrology on nearby surface waters. Although a valuable tool for building resilience to climate change, these systems themselves may also be at risk of shifts in performance as new weather patterns emerge. In this presentation, Dr. Hathaway will summarize the state of knowledge regarding SCM performance under climate change, identify design modifications to SCMs that have been explored (using bioretention as a case study), propose challenges that lie ahead, and provide a vision for moving forward.
Seminar Host:
Elodie Passeport
Department of Environmental Sciences, SEBS, Rutgers University