Watershed Visualizations of Climate Change UW Climate Impact Group Seminar Presentation Grant R. Jones, FASLA Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects Christopher L. Overdorf, ASLA Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects Jennifer L. Knauer, ASLA Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects January 10, 2008
Absence of communication and visualization tools The format of climate change results are limiting Regional adaptation initiatives need to know where the vulnerable landscapes are So why visualize climate change?
A landscape is an interconnected system
The concept of healthy landscape armatures as a guide for design is not new
Climate change may affect landscape form and function GIS can assist this characterization of change over time A regional assessment of climate change effects & opportunities
Puget Sound Partnership’s Action Agenda A Puget Sound HUC framework prototype – let’s do it together