1000 Friends of Florida will hold a webinar titled Florida’s Rising Seas on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 12pm.
Join us on Wednesday, March 29, for our free Dr. John M. DeGrove webinar. Florida’s Rising Seas: Sea Level 2040 & Sea Level 2070 is a GIS-based analysis that explores possible future scenarios when sea levels rise and population increases. 1000 Friends of Florida and the University of Florida Center for Landscape Conservation will be presenting the major findings.
This webinar has been approved for professional credits, including resilience credits for AICP planners.
Pre-Registration is required.
Florida’s Rising Seas: Sea Level 2040 and Sea Level 2070
Population growth and sea level rise promise to be the two defining drivers of how and where Florida develops over the 21st century. In recognition of this, the University of Florida Center for Landscape Conservation Planning and 1000 Friends of Florida have partnered on a major new study, Florida’s Rising Seas: A look into future land use, which will be released to the public on March 22.
Building on earlier studies, Florida’s Rising Seas focus on Sea Level 2040 and Sea Level 2070, each of which provides GIS-based analyses of how Florida will accommodate its growing population on diminishing lands over the coming decades, and the impacts more compact patterns of development, increased land conservation, and other state and community planning actions will have on our natural, agricultural, and other lands. This project is geared to state and local leaders, professionals, and concerned citizens.
University of Florida Center for Landscape Conservation Planning representatives will include Associate Director Michael Volk, Development and Land Use Analyst Dr. Daniel Farrah, and Director Dr. Tom Hoctor. 1000 Friends of Florida will be represented by President Paul Owens and Communications Director Vivian Young, AICP.
The state’s leading not-for-profit smart growth advocacy organization, 1000 Friends of Florida is building better communities and saving special places in one of the fastest growing states in the nation.