Game Changer

GC-01: Thermoscape Toolkit: Visualizing Thermal Disparities

Sunday, October 29, 2023

10:15am – 11:00am CT

Sponsored By

Game Changer Presenter(s)

Salvador N. Lindquist, ASLA

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
Keenan Gibbons, ASLA, LEED Green Associate

Keenan Gibbons, PLA, LEED GA
SmithGroup, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Extreme heat is the leading cause of disaster-related deaths, and the field of landscape architecture needs think critically about its role in design. But, design isn't everything and we need to work outside of our discipline to advocate for better heat governance and policies that influence the ways decision makers plan for extreme heat.