What is the role of the private sector in integrating climate resiliency into projects? How about policy’s role? What are the co-benefits of climate resilient projects? In this episode, Dr. Elisabeth Infield, a Professor of Regional Planning at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, discusses the integration of climate change into municipal planning and infrastructure through the lens of her book, Planning for Climate Change: A Reader in Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Design for Resilient Cities.

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Links from the episode:

Buy the book! Planning for Climate Change: A Reader in Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Design for Resilient Cities: https://www.routledge.com/Planning-for-Climate-Change-A-Reader-in-Green-Infrastructure-and-Sustainable/Infield-Abunnasr-Ryan/p/book/9780815391685

Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program: https://www.mass.gov/municipal-vulnerability-preparedness-mvp-program

Where to find Dr. Infield:

UMass Amherst Bio Page: https://www.umass.edu/social-sciences/about/directory/elisabeth-infield

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabeth-hamin-infield-11650a174/

Publications Website: https://works.bepress.com/elisabeth_hamin/

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