In April 2016, the Newport Restoration Foundation convened Keeping History Above Water®, in Newport, Rhode Island. It was one of the first national conversations to focus on the increasing and varied risks posed by sea level rise to historic coastal communities and their built environments. Participants approached sea level rise from a multi-disciplinary perspective in order to develop practical approaches to mitigation, protective adaptation, and general resilience.
Presentations
KHAW Welcoming Remarks – Sheldon Whitehouse
Postcards from the Past, Planning for the Future – Pam Rubinoff
Cultural Heritage and Historic Places in a Rapidly Changing Climate – Adam Markham
Galveston: A History of Incredibly Violent Storms, Savvy Adaptations, and Unintended Consequences – Matthew Pelz
WEATHER IT TOGETHER Partnering to Protect a National Treasure – Lisa Craig
Planning for Action: Sea Level Rise & A Historic Barrier Island Community Adrienne Burke
The Scotland’s Coastal Heritage at Risk Project: An inclusive approach to a national heritage issue – Tom Dawson
Well-designed Water Protection Measures as
Future Cultural Heritage – Matthijs de Boer
A Study of the Role of People in Saving the Historical Coastal City of Bushehr, Iran – Khosro Movahed
Troubled Waters: The role of practice-led research in understanding and documenting heritage loss – Sara Penrhyn Jones
Venice: They’re Fixing the Flooding, So Why Isn’t
Venice Saved? – Anna Somers Cocks
The Sea Doesn’t Preserve Unimpaired: The US National Park Service Program and Vision for Cultural Heritage and Climate Change – Marcy Rockman
Terms of Investment – David Waggonner
Resilient Preservation: in the face of climate change + sea level rise – Jeana C. Wiser
Local Impacts, Global Solutions – Andrew Potts
Rolling Up Our Sleeves: Community Resilience &
Preserving the Built Environment – Mary Rowe
Silent and Unseen: Historic Water Infrastructure and Global Climate Change – Meisha Hunter Burkett
Ain’t No Foundation High Enough:
The Conundrum of Elevation –
Lindsay S. Hannah, Kate Kuranda
Decisions in Climate Adaptation – Janet Cakir
Amphibious Architecture: Where Flood Risk Reduction Meets Climate Change Adaptation –
Elizabeth English
Imagined Adaptations – Stephanie Zurek, Mason Andrews, Suzanne Mathew
Adaptive Reuse for Outdated Bureaucratic Silos or The Importance of Showing Up – Mary Kate Ryan
Protecting Life, Property, and Place: Integrating
Hazard Mitigation and Historic Preservation
Planning – Jeremy Young
Site Specific Inundation Threat Assessment and Climate Change Adaptation – Amanda Babson
Navigating Uncharted Waters: Disaster Planning for Historic Properties – Amanda Ciampolillo
Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge | Geospatial Data for Preparation, Recovery and Assessing Future Threats – Nigel Shaw
Superstorms, Climate Change and Cultural Resources Gateway National Recreation Area: A Case Study – Marilou Ehrler
Flood Hazard Mitigation – Roderick Scott
Navigating Uncharted Waters: Disaster Planning for Historic Properties – Jennifer Wellock, Jenifer Eggleston
Resilience Financing Strategy – Dan Nees
Game of Floods: Preservation Edition – Alex Westhoff
