Risk Lining
How might local communities engage with both the current and long term effects of climate change?
Academic work: RISD Fall 2020

Researching climate change trends and current effects



Providence Climate Justice Plan states:
“… When the most impacted are centered in a decision-making process, the resulting interventions and solutions are transformative…”
“… Frontline communities are communities of color most impacted by the crises of ecology, economy and democracy”


Map projections of rising sea level and flood risk over 20, 50 and 80+ years








Demarcating climate effects in space: prototyping and testing on site
Imagining a climate activism group working to counter climate change and inequitable development at the local level

Stakeholders

The Motif for Communication





Demarcating climate effects in the built environment


