“RADICAL” GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGIES FEATURED IN COVER EDITORIAL FOR POLITICO MAGAZINE
UHCDC’s Judith Stilgenbauer was featured in Politico Magazine’s January 28 cover article “The Battle to Save Waikiki Beach”. The story highlights designs for the Ala Wai Canal and adjacent areas generated through the "South Shore Promenade and Coastal Open Space Network: Resilience and Connectivity by Design" project. The team’s radical vision proposes nature-based climate adaptation design solutions aimed at protecting Waikiki beyond the beach.
Full article:
Warner, Melanie, “The Battle to Save Waikiki Beach”, in Politico Magazine, January 2022; available online at: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/28/waikiki-hawaii-beach-climate-change-525266.
South Shore project credits:
State of Hawaiʻi Office of Planning & University of Hawaiʻi Community Design Center (UHCDC)
Principal Investigator: Judith Stilgenbauer, Professor
Project Manager: Hayley Diamond, Senior Research Associate
Project Designers: Diane Moore, Research Associate; Ariel Dungca, Research Associate
Student Project Assistants: Jonathan Quach, Valerie Ribao, Calvin Bulan, Jay Moorman, Matthew Higa, Gabrielle Lapinig