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The Florida Institute of Built Environment Resilience (FIBER) received a grant from Duke Energy Foundation to create powerful communities through our Interdisciplinary Urban Design for a Resilient Future initiative that provides small rural Florida communities impacted by Helene and Milton with knowledge, design ideas, and guidance on potential grant opportunities to address local environmental challenges and develop climate-resilient strategies. Participation is limited to up to 8 mayors. The program includes two-day workshop in Gainesville on May 22-23 on-site assessment and consultation in your community in January/February, support exploring external funding opportunities. If you are small Florida community and is served by Duke Energy, this could be a transformative opportunity. Submit your interest by December 13: https://lnkd.in/eskqhEBw #DEPowerfulCommunities, @ Duke Energy Corporation, @University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning, @carlabrisotto, @jeffcarney

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Great news! The Florida Institute of Built Environment Resilience (FIBER) received a $25,000 Duke Energy Foundation grant to create powerful communities through our Interdisciplinary Urban Design for a Resilient Future initiative that provides small rural Florida communities impacted by Helene and Milton with knowledge, design ideas, and guidance on potential grant opportunities to address local environmental challenges and develop climate-resilient strategies. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e2yTFxbp Stay tuned! #DEPowerfulCommunities, Duke Energy Corporation University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning, Brisotto Carla, Jeffrey Carney Kyle Niblett Joey Mazzaferro

FIBER extends its thanks to NOAA and all participants to the NOAA Coastal Inundation Mapping Course for making the event successful. Equipping our future planners and designers with these critical skills is vital for advancing flood preparedness and resiliency planning across Florida’s vulnerable coastal regions. To read more: https://lnkd.in/ebvHzkC5 Jeffrey Carney Christian Calle Figueroa Changjie Chen

Congratulations to our Lisa Platt!

Great day at the Flooding Adaptation Symposium with talks led by UF FIBER affiliated faculty Christian Calle Figueroa, Yan Wang, Andrea Galinski, Michael Volk, Jason Von Meding, Sarah Gamble and many other great speakers. https://lnkd.in/e7E6eijB

Great day at the Flooding Adaptation Symposium with talks led by UF FIBER affiliated faculty Christian Calle Figueroa, Yan Wang, Andrea Galinski, Michael Volk, Jason Von Meding, Sarah Gamble and many other great speakers. https://lnkd.in/e7E6eijB

Join us for this guest-lecture by Dr Thomas Cooper-Johnson, Lecturer in Construction Management and Disaster Risk at the University of Newcastle, Australia. ? Title: Drivers of Disaster Vulnerability in Displaced Settlements: A Humanitarian Operations Analysis Abstract: Displaced populations living in temporary shelters are often more vulnerable to disasters than those with secure tenure. These vulnerabilities are exacerbated by limited access to resources, support networks, and basic rights, making it difficult for displaced people—whether internally displaced or refugees—to address emerging risks. Humanitarian organisations frequently lack capacity to reduce disaster vulnerability in displaced settlements effectively. Using abductive reasoning, the study examines how humanitarian operations influence the drivers of disaster vulnerability for forcibly displaced populations. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 32 humanitarian practitioners and analysed using thematic analysis. The findings identify five key factors contributing to vulnerability: the gap between knowledge and implementation in humanitarian practice, inadequate use of resource access to reduce vulnerability, external limitations imposed by governments and donors, internal coordination issues within organisations, and the impact of poor social cohesion and aid equity. These factors increase tensions between displaced populations and host communities, increasing vulnerability. This research offers two main contributions: a conceptual model for understanding disaster vulnerability in the context of displaced people, and the Vulnerability Headway model, which demonstrates the impacts of humanitarian aid on disaster vulnerability over time. Join us at FIBER room 163 or via Zoom at https://lnkd.in/ebJRv-2Y

FIBER is hosting a NOAA Coastal Inundation Mapping Training on November 6 and 7 2024 from 8:30 am until 5:30 pm. This 2-day, hands-on course provides an introduction to coastal inundation and mapping. Through a mix of lectures and exercises, participants will deepen their understanding of Coastal Inundation and Models, Inundation Products, Mapping Fundamentals, Elevation Data, and Coastal Inundation Mapping. The course is free and open to 20 participants. Instructors: Billy Brooks, Geospatial Analyst, NOAA; Doug Marcy, Coastal Hazards Specialist, NOAA To know more and register click here: https://lnkd.in/dDdhbE6s Joey Mazzaferro Jeffrey Carney Christian Calle Figueroa

This Monday October 14, Brisotto Carla will present at ?"We are Out of Time" an initiative supported by the Ministry of Culture of Italy that looks at the state of sustainability in cultural places in Italy. Join her in Cagliari for a week of talks, the project's exhibition and a workshop. Her talk will discuss the challenges of cultural landscapes facing climate disasters. For more info: https://lnkd.in/ee-GyA39 hashtag #SDGs hashtag #culture hashtag #sustainability hashtag #weareoutoftime hashtag #thereisstilltime hashtag #transformativechange hashtag #desirablefutures Daniele Menichini Benedetta Medas Alessandro Melis Fabiano Lemes de Oliveira Ornella Iuorio