Impact of Rising Tides on The Built Environment Explored

Warren Frey, Journal of Commerce
November 13, 2013

Rising tides are bringing new challenges to cities in the Pacific Northwest. Changing water levels were the subject of the Rising Tides session, which opened the first full day of the recent Sea Change 2013 conference put on by the Architectural Institute of British Columbia and the American Institute of Architects – Northwest and Pacific Region. Sadhu Johnston, deputy city manager of the City of Vancouver, said climate change and rising tides have only recently become factors under consideration in the municipal government’s ongoing plans to enhance sustainability in the region. More …