Using the City Simulator Tool to Aid in Preservation during Resiliency Planning

Summary

The SAA has held sessions on how climate change is affecting cultural resources for several years now. We began with characterizing the impacts and concerns on how to preserve or mitigate. We have discussed ongoing studies, and strategies to engage the public and local government in conservation and recordation initiatives. This year, Atkins will be presenting a newly developed tool to help planning organizations visualize physical impacts to built environment, traditional cultural properties, and archaeological resources. The ‘City Simulator Tool’ will be presented as a method to understand climate change impacts at the community level, with particular emphasis on looking at impacts to all forms of cultural resources. By using this tool, we can help agencies see the effects of different resiliency plans on historic planning efforts and help agencies evaluate which plans represent the least impact to resources.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 22670