The Future of Coastal Cities | Science and Society

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson hosts landscape architect Kate Orff and architect and design justice pioneer Bryan Lee in a conversation grappling with how we might envision and achieve a thriving future for coastal cities and all who call them home.

So many forces collide around coastal cities—ocean and climate, ecosystems and infrastructure, and millions of people. Dramatic events like hurricanes and incremental events like sea-level rise have demonstrated how tenuous things already are, and what more may come as climate change intensifies. Put simply, coastal cities are unprepared for the impacts of the climate crisis and the stakes are high—but the future is not yet written. Design, technology, collectivism, and nature itself offer a wealth of possibilities. City governments and communities can charge ahead with solutions.

This project is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Program in Public Understanding of Science and Technology, bridging the two cultures of science and the arts.

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