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From Science-Based Policy to Standard Practice: Building the Next Generation of Resilient Coastal Infrastructure
Watch the full recording of ECOncrete’s expert series webinar, From Science-Based Policy to Standard Practice: Building the Next Generation of Resilient Coastal Infrastructure, featuring leading coastal resilience and policy experts discussing how science-based policy, adaptive governance, permitting reform, and regional planning are shaping the next generation of nature-based and hybrid green-gray coastal infrastructure.
Host: Mequela Moreno, Environmental Affairs Manager, ECOncrete
Speakers:
Dr. Maria A. Petrova, Professor of Sustainability, Energy, and the Environment
Laura Tam, CEO, Bay Planning Coalition
Pepper Uchino, President, Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association
Coastal resilience is no longer only an engineering challenge. As sea level rise, coastal flooding, erosion, and storm impacts intensify, infrastructure decisions must respond to climate uncertainty, ecological performance, funding realities, permitting complexity, and long-term governance needs.
This webinar explores how coastal resilience policy is evolving across regions, with a focus on the San Francisco Bay Area and Florida. The discussion examines why nature-based and hybrid green-gray solutions often face harder permitting pathways than conventional hard infrastructure, how regional and state-level reforms are working to streamline implementation, and how policy developments such as Florida’s SB 302 are helping create clearer pathways for moving resilience solutions from pilot projects to standard practice.
The speakers also discuss the growing need for infrastructure investments that deliver multiple benefits — coastal protection, habitat creation, public access, climate adaptation, risk reduction, and long-term flexibility — before the next storm, not after it.
From adaptive governance and evidence-based decision-making to permitting reform and regional resilience planning, the conversation highlights a clear shift: future-ready coastal infrastructure must be designed not only to withstand changing conditions, but to support ecosystems, communities, and economies over time.
Learn more about ECOncrete: econcretetech.com
#CoastalResilience #NatureBasedSolutions #GreenGrayInfrastructure #ClimateAdaptation #CoastalInfrastructure #ResilientInfrastructure #Permitting #SB302 #ECOncrete
From Science-Based Policy to Standard Practice: Building the Next Generation of Resilient Coastal Infrastructure
Watch the full recording of ECOncrete’s expert series webinar, From Science-Based Policy to Standard Practice: Building the Next Generation of Resilient Coastal Infrastructure, featuring leading coastal resilience and policy experts discussing how science-based policy, adaptive governance, permitting reform, and regional planning are shaping the next generation of nature-based and hybrid green-gray coastal infrastructure.
Host: Mequela Moreno, Environmental Affairs Manager, ECOncrete
Speakers:
Dr. Maria A. Petrova, Professor of Sustainability, Energy, and the Environment
Laura Tam, CEO, Bay Planning Coalition
Pepper Uchino, President, Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association
Coastal resilience is no longer only an engineering challenge. As sea level rise, coastal flooding, erosion, and storm impacts intensify, infrastructure decisions must respond to climate uncertainty, ecological performance, funding realities, permitting complexity, and long-term governance needs.
This webinar explores how coastal resilience policy is evolving across regions, with a focus on the San Francisco Bay Area and Florida. The discussion examines why nature-based and hybrid green-gray solutions often face harder permitting pathways than conventional hard infrastructure, how regional and state-level reforms are working to streamline implementation, and how policy developments such as Florida’s SB 302 are helping create clearer pathways for moving resilience solutions from pilot projects to standard practice.
The speakers also discuss the growing need for infrastructure investments that deliver multiple benefits — coastal protection, habitat creation, public access, climate adaptation, risk reduction, and long-term flexibility — before the next storm, not after it.
From adaptive governance and evidence-based decision-making to permitting reform and regional resilience planning, the conversation highlights a clear shift: future-ready coastal infrastructure must be designed not only to withstand changing conditions, but to support ecosystems, communities, and economies over time.
Learn more about ECOncrete: econcretetech.com
#CoastalResilience #NatureBasedSolutions #GreenGrayInfrastructure #ClimateAdaptation #CoastalInfrastructure #ResilientInfrastructure #Permitting #SB302 #ECOncrete
