{"id":174637,"date":"2023-03-23T09:17:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T19:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=174637"},"modified":"2023-03-23T09:17:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T19:17:18","slug":"waikiki-resilience-350k-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/23\/waikiki-resilience-350k-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Waik\u012bk\u012b resilience, sea-level rise adaptation receives $350K boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/manoa-architecture-waikiki-resilience.jpg\" alt=\"students at waikiki\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-174648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/manoa-architecture-waikiki-resilience.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/manoa-architecture-waikiki-resilience-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/manoa-architecture-waikiki-resilience-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scientists, researchers and state leaders say <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Hawai&#699;i\u2019s<\/span> vulnerable coastal communities must plan for mitigating and adapting to the impacts of sea-level rise, groundwater inundation and coastal erosion due to climate change. In an effort to begin tackling that monumental task, the state legislature, via the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, awarded the  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhcdc.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community Design Center<\/a> (<abbr>东精影业CDC<\/abbr>) and its project partners &#36;350,000 to develop a framework for a future Waik&#299;k&#299; resilience and sea-level rise adaptation plan.<\/p>\n<p>The study, &ldquo;Waik&#299;k&#299; Resilience &amp; SLR Adaptation Project (<abbr>WRAP<\/abbr>),&rdquo; was developed after a year of conversations between decision makers, <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> experts, agencies and stakeholders&#8212;under the leadership of State Sen. Sharon Moriwaki, who convened and facilitated the working group. Deliverables for this project are due by the end of May 2024.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_174647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174647\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/manoa-architecture-waikiki-resilience-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"waikiki graphic\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-174647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/manoa-architecture-waikiki-resilience-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/manoa-architecture-waikiki-resilience-3-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/manoa-architecture-waikiki-resilience-3.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Concept sketch by ARCH 743 students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <abbr>东精影业CDC<\/abbr> project team is led by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arch.hawaii.edu\/\">School of Architecture<\/a> Professor <strong>Judith Stilgenbauer<\/strong>, a landscape architect and urban designer who serves as principal investigator for <abbr>WRAP<\/abbr>, and <abbr>东精影业CDC<\/abbr> Director <strong>Cathi Ho Schar<\/strong>, who is a co-investigator.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr>WRAP<\/abbr> provides a unique opportunity for an interdisciplinary team of <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> faculty, staff and students to lead and use their expertise in developing innovative and meaningful urban solutions for a resilient future,&rdquo; said Stilgenbauer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em>东精影业 News<\/em> story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/30\/uhcdc-south-shore-project\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> project plans for sea-level rise from Diamond Head to Pearl Harbor<\/a>, March 30, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Interdisciplinary collaboration<\/h2>\n<p><abbr>东精影业CDC<\/abbr> is partnering with <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Sea Grant College Program <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">(Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Sea Grant) for this project. <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Sea Grant is represented by Extension Agent <strong>Dolan Eversole<\/strong>, a coastal geologist, coastal processes specialist and Waik&#299;k&#299; Beach Management Coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Stakeholders in Waik&#299;k&#299; and throughout the state have expressed strong interest in the development of plans and policies that identify adaptation pathways and options for planned resilience to climate change,&rdquo; said Eversole. &ldquo;The <abbr>WRAP<\/abbr> will do just that by providing a framework for adaptation that is sensitive to various timeframes for adaptation and development of planning, policy and engineering design options for Waik&#299;k&#299;.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_174646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174646\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/manoa-architecture-waikiki-resilience-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"waikiki\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-174646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/manoa-architecture-waikiki-resilience-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/manoa-architecture-waikiki-resilience-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/manoa-architecture-waikiki-resilience-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo credit: <abbr>HTA<\/abbr>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The team includes faculty, professional project design research staff and student project assistants from the School of Architecture\u2019s landscape architecture, environmental design and architecture programs. <abbr>东精影业CDC<\/abbr>\u2019s project work provides applied learning, leadership and employment opportunities for students and new graduates, connecting their education to projects that serve <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Hawai&#699;i\u2019s<\/span> communities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Comprehensive and innovative near- and long-term adaptation and resilience strategies, plans, and actions are needed to safeguard the state\u2019s critical assets in low-lying coastal areas,&rdquo; said Ho Schar. &ldquo;Any such effective strategy must be acceptable and attuned to those who live and work in affected communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Promoting student learning<\/h2>\n<p><abbr>WRAP<\/abbr> integrates Stilgenbauer\u2019s spring 2023 ARCH 743 Urban Design studio course, in which teams of architecture and landscape architecture students investigate speculative, long-term urban design strategies for sea-level rise adaptation in Waik&#299;k&#299;.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This course integration offers students an opportunity to be part of a real-world <abbr>东精影业CDC<\/abbr> design research project, learn from experts and stakeholders, and gain invaluable public-interest-design and service experience,&rdquo; said Stilgenbauer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Community Design Center and its project partners were awarded &#36;350,000 to develop a framework for future Waik&#299;k&#299; resilience and a sea-level rise adaptation plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[240,93,1363,1314,239,635,73,9,438],"class_list":["post-174637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-architecture","tag-climate-change","tag-manoa-research","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-school-of-architecture","tag-sea-grant-college-program","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-sea-grant","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174637"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174652,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174637\/revisions\/174652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}