The conference was jointly organized by the University of Florida (USA) and the University of Cuenca (Ecuador).
This conference aims to create a space to discuss the capacity of medium and small cities to face several of the sustainability challenges of the 21st century. Primarily, the conference aims to expose strategies to mitigate and adapt cities to climate change, tools and methods to deal with natural and manmade risks, and how to respond to the problems of weak urban planning and urban sprawl. The conference sessions will explore the multifaceted contribution of different knowledge and experiences in creative forms of resilience in the built environment in a multicultural dialogue.
This conference creates unique spaces for unconventional encounters that spark debate, international exchanges, and networking. The conference also aims to align the ongoing debate on sustainability and resilience in the built environment by empowering local and international practitioners, researchers, policymakers, activists, students, and volunteers in their collaborative practices.
Feb. 22, 2024
09h30 – 10h30
Introduction
Showcase of a Vulnerability Assessment Plan in Cedar Key
Lecture on the evolving role of AI and Data Science in disaster response
Lecture crowdsourcing data and community participation
Lecture on how to use game engines to visualize existing and crowdsource collected data for disaster response.
10h30 – 11h30
Building Disaster Resilience through AI
Demo on AI and Data Science to automatically recognize objects and surface recognition
Demo on collecting and visualizing data
Demo on Enhancing community and infrastructure resilience using data-driven insights visualized and interacted with game engines.
11h30 – 12h30
Conclusion and Q&A
Reflecting on the transformative potential and limitations of AI and data science in disaster contexts.
How visualization and interaction through game engines can modify community perception of safety.
Open forum for participant questions, insights, and feedback.
14h30 – 15h00
Introduction
Lecture on heritage preservation in post-disaster recovery and remote sensing
Lecture on adaptive reuse of heritage structures for resilience
Lecture on negative heritage and intangible heritage preservation
15h00 – 16h00
Remote Sensing Tools for Heritage Documentation
Demo on software and where to access remote sensing data
Demo on visualizing and sharing lidar data
Demo on tracking change with lidar and multispectral data
Integrating remote sensing with on-the-ground research and local knowledge
16h00 – 16h30
Conclusion and Q&A
The future of big data, AI, and remote sensing for heritage preservation
Open forum for participant questions, insights, and feedback
Feb. 23, 2024
09h15 – 10h30
Introduction
Lecture on the forensics of urban climate adaptation.
Presenting the app for field data collection (explain how it works, we can send instructions a few days before the workshop to the signed participants).
10h30 – 11h45
Learning by walking
Scenario walk with students organized along three or four stops.
Students will collect observational evidence of risk exposure and adaptation strategies applied to the built environment. Data will be collected using ArcGIS Fieldmaps.
11h45 – 12h00
Conclusion and Q&A
Visualizing the results of the exercise.
Reflecting on the connection between spaces and memories.
Reflecting on the role of communities in shaping their environment.
12h30 – 13h30
Introduction
Welcome and context-setting for the workshop.
Lecture on Envisioning Future Adaptation in Communities
13h30 – 14h30
Scenario Planning
The morning workshops will center around three or four scenarios according to the input of the UF and U Cuenca communities. These same scenarios can be used to start a discussion on scenario planning.
The participants will be invited to describe the possible ways to conduct community envisioning (agent-based modeling, co-design, etc.)
We will create a workshop to promote a thought experiment about tackling climate change with positive approaches.
14h30 – 15h00
Conclusion and Q&A
We showed the workshop results as possible options to promote the perspective change.
Open forum for participant questions, insights, and feedback.
Is an urban theorist and urban storyteller with a background in architecture. Carl serves as the Assistant Director of the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER)and Assistant Scholar at the School of Architecture at the University of Florida (UF). Brisotto holds a Ph.D. in Design, Construction, and Planning from UF and a Professional Architecture degree from the University IUAV of Venice. At the core of Carla’s research lies the intersection of urbanism and environmental narratives. Her research focuses on productive landscapes and climate change’s asymmetric impacts on population and their places through contemporary and historical lenses. Carla employs storytelling as a research method and works closely with communities within the Florida Resilient Cities Lab to understand the dynamics of spontaneous urban transformation. Currently, Carla is leading the international project “ReclaiMEDLand” funded by the Department of State of the United States of America, APS–Annual Program Statement 2023.