1. SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND SEA LEVEL: Professor Charles Waldheim
HARVARD PROJECT ON
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND SEA LEVEL:
THE CASE OF COLLIER COUNTY NAPLES, MARCO ISLAND & EVERGLADES CITY PROPOSAL DATE: MAY 21, 2016
Professor Charles Waldheim
Principal Investigator Harvard Graduate Of Design Nader Ardalan Senior Advisor Harvard SLR Project

2. WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT & MITIGATION OF 4 FEET SLR ?
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3. PROJECT OVERVIEW
Harvard SLR/Surge study will provide a range of scenarios, from consensus of best scientific assessment of statistically most likely to least likely SLR, between the present and 2100, with particular benchmark focus on planning for 2030 and 2050.
Scope:
1 Infrastructure:
2 Land Use:
3 Ecology:
4 Recreation:
Project Context:
Regional scale: 
County scale:
Municipal scale:
Timeline: Proposed 2 1/2 year study- July, 2017 to December, 2019
With participation of local academic, public & private stakeholders
Project Funding: Proposed Collier County sponsored research for $350,000. Harvard will match with $150,000 of in-kind contribution
PROJECT OVERVIEW

4. PROJECT METHODOLOGY: Year One: Naples Kick-off Colloquium
Faculty led graduate research seminar: establish benchmarks
Phase 1 Report
Year Two:
Faculty led Design Studio course for advanced graduate students on SLR
Harvard Colloquium: expertise from Collier County and Harvard
Phase 2 Report
Year Three:
Naples Public Colloquium
Policy consultations with local civic, commercial, and political leadership
Phase 3 Final Book & Online website research documentation

5. PARTIAL LIST OF SEA LEVEL RISE RESEARCH REFERENCES
SURGING SEAS
RISK FINDER
ANTARCTICA CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAST & FUTURE SEA-LEVEL RISE
NATURE: (2016) DeConto & Pollard
SCIENCE: (2015) A. Dutton
SURGING SEAS RISK FINDER
PARTIAL LIST OF SEA LEVEL RISE RESEARCH REFERENCES

6. PROJECT CONTEXT: REGIONAL; COUNTY; MUNICIPAL

7. COLLIER COUNTY STORM SURGE: MAP DOES NOT INCLUDE SLR
COLLIER COUNTY STORM SURGE: CURRENT MAP DOES NOT INCLUDE SLR
COLLIER COUNTY STORM SURGE: MAP DOES NOT INCLUDE SLR

8. OBJECTIVES AND BENEFITS:
The GSD is committed to focusing its research studies and teaching on the unique conditions of South Florida, both east & west — the region is a national treasure.
We hold it is the responsibility as citizens to nurture:
Our vulnerable natural resources,
Our cultural institutions,
Our quality of life and to support
Resilient, prosperous sustainable built environments for generations to come
The Project on Southwest Florida will propose visionary long-term synergistic strategies to mitigate damage and protect the future. While incremental, immediate action may meet urgent needs, only long-term, equitable, economically and environmentally adaptive action will have lasting regional and local impact.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RECEIVED NAPLES CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT ENDORSING HARVARD SLR PROJECT

9. QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION
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QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION
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