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RV-W060424
06/04/2024: LIVE INTERACTIVE WEBINAR, Sponge Cities - Designed to Flood - Encore Presentation, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 11am-1pm Eastern
Course Objectives
At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
- Explore the key urban issues the concept of Sponge City strives to solve for the community welfare
- Analyze the challenges and opportunities of planning, designing, constructing, and operating a Sponge City for the benefit of the community safety
- Summarize the key elements needed in practice for a Sponge City
- Through case studies, comprehend how Sponge Cities protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public and improve one’s quality of life
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Rumanda Young, Ph.D.
Dr. Young is a Registered Landscape Architect (RLA) in the state of Texas and a Certified Planner (AICP). She holds a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture (BLA) from the University of Arkansas, a master’s degree in city and regional planning (MCRP) with environmental planning emphasis from the University of Texas at Arlington, and a Ph.D. in urban planning and public policy. Dr. Young also spent time abroad in Cheltenham, England at the University of Gloucestershire focusing on sustainable development practices, environmental planning, and resource management.
Dr. Young has eight years of private practice experience, six of which working with the firm Carter & Burgess, Inc. She was involved in a variety of work including a wide range of park and recreational planning and design projects. Landscape Architectural experience ranges from preparation of detail site design plans, inventory and analysis documents, park, recreation and open space master plans, city-wide comprehensive plans, interpretive prospectus documents, construction document preparation, and preparation of grant applications and rezoning applications for cities throughout Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina and Oklahoma.
Dr. Young currently works as a Military Master Planner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the Planning, Environmental, and Regulatory Branch. Dr. Young is involved in a variety of work including a wide range of military planning, programming, and design projects. Project Management experience ranges from installation design guides to campus master plans. Projects also focus on the impacts of development on human health and the environment, and improvements through better siting, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of military projects.
Dr. Young is also an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, School of Architecture. She teaches master’s level landscape architecture design studio course(s).