Housing Affordability: Rethinking the Urban Planning Paradigm
Moderator: Shmel Graham, Counsel, Ashurst
Panel:
Gail Goldberg, MWD Board/Fmr. Planning Director, City of Los Angeles, City of San Diego
Ben Stapleton, Executive Director, USGBC-LA
Brittany Moffett, Sr. Resilience Engineer, Arup
Larry Kosmont, Chairman & CEO, Kosmont Companies
Urban planning in the 21st century faces tremendous challenges. The world's population is growing, especially in our cities, and this rapid urbanization is putting a strain on city resources and infrastructure. Climate change is already having a significant impact on cities, and this is only going to get worse in the future. Cities are particularly vulnerable to heat waves, flooding, and other extreme weather events. Do we need new approaches to planning for our future? Innovations including digital twin technology have the potential to help cities address these challenges. In the context of urban planning, a digital twin could be used to model a city's infrastructure, its population, and its environment. How can these innovations and new approaches help us make better decisions about how to plan for our future?