Over many decades, cities and regions across the Great Lakes designed roads, water systems, and other infrastructure based on relatively stable precipitation and temperature cycles. Yet in recent years, rising and falling lake levels, extreme weather events, and flash flooding are causing major damage to these critical systems. Rising lake levels can inundate the lakeshore and threaten the stability of roads, while lower lake levels can render ports inoperable, expose water intakes and outlets, and alter the flow of rivers. The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and other agencies responsible for maintaining and safeguarding infrastructure are directing renewed focus on how to ensure infrastructure can withstand a changing climate. Erin Aleman, CMAP’s executive director, will be joined by experts in climate and infrastructure management to discuss the projected climate changes in the Great Lakes, how transportation and water resource managers are responding in Detroit and Cook County, and implications for larger planning efforts.
• Erin Aleman, Executive Director, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
• Donald J. Wuebbles, Ph.D., Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois Presidential Fellow
• Nate Roseberry, Assistant Superintendent, Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways
• Palencia Mobley, Deputy Director and Chief Engineer of Water and Sewerage, City of Detroit
18 апр 2022
