Flood Talk Friday with Emily Vogler

Emily Vogler is a landscape architect whose research, design and teaching investigate social-ecological systems surrounding water infrastructure, sense of place and climate uncertainty. This talk will focus on aging dam infrastructure in New England and coastal adaptation strategies in Narragansett Bay.

Her work addresses regional environmental and cultural issues; she utilizes novel approaches to engaging the public in design and decision-making processes; and strategies for strengthening the collaboration and communication between designers, artists and scientists. Vogler has taught at RISD and served as Landscape Architecture department head from 2017-19, was a senior project manager at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, and awarded as the 2010 National Olmsted Scholar.

Future of Dams / Dam Atlas - Emily was a part of the National Science Foundation Future of Dams grant looking at aging dam infrastructure in New England. She researched and practiced methods to engage communities in decision making around their local dam. Growing out of that research, she has continued to collaborate with Art Gold to develop the Narragansett Bay Dam Atlas, an online platform that includes information to help the public understand the complex social-ecological dynamics of dams, case studies, decision support tools, and an interactive map of all the dams in the Narragansett Bay Watershed.

Please make checks payable to:

RI Flood Mitigation Association

P.O. Box 14235

East Providence, RI 02914