Domestic Climigration and the Opportunistic Future of American Cities
This Forum presentation provides insight into a variety of socioeconomic behaviors and pathways that are leading to the movement of people and industries in recognition and anticipation of greater climate impacts. It is a vision of how new investments may harness sustainable urban development to advance social and environmental welfare. As people move North and East in America, we have new horizon for the integration of people, ideas and values that define a post-climate urban landscape.
Dr Jesse M. Keenan is an Associate Professor and social scientist within the faculty of the School of Architecture at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. As a globally recognized thought leader, Keenan’s research focuses on the intersection of climate change adaptation and the built environment, including aspects of design, engineering, regulation, planning and financing. Dr Keenan formerly served as the Area Head for Real Estate and Built Environment on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Design; Fellow of Science, Technology and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; and, as the Research Director of the Center for Urban Real Estate on the faculty of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. Dr Keenan is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr Keenan is the author of NYC 2040: Housing the Next One Million New Yorkers (Columbia University Press, 2014) and Climate Adaptation Finance and Investment in California (Routledge, 2018), which was awarded Amazon’s ‘Best Of’ Award for “The Best Business and Leadership Books of 2018.”