Our population is aging—by 2034, the US will have more people over 65 than under 18, and older residents make up a disproportionate number of casualties from natural disasters. In Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation, community resilience and housing expert Danielle Arigoni argues that we cannot achieve true resilience until communities adopt interventions that work to meet the needs of their oldest residents.

Arigoni explores how to integrate age-friendly resilience into community planning and disaster preparedness efforts through new planning approaches. These include an age-friendly process, and a planning framework dedicated to inclusive disaster recovery.

Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation will help professionals and concerned citizens understand how to best plan for both the aging of our population and the climate changes underway to create communities that serve the needs of older adults better, not only during disasters but for all the days in between.

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Danielle Arigoni will discuss her new book, Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation. CNU's Lauren Mayer will moderate.

This webinar is available for 1 AICP continuing education credit if viewed live as well as 1 CNU-A continuing education credit if viewed live or recorded.

Older adults are disproportionately impacted by climate change, often accounting for the majority of disaster-related deaths, and yet they have historically been overlooked in climate resilience planning efforts. In order to better prepare for the rapid growth of this cohort — wherein by 2040, older adults will outnumber children for the first time ever — action is needed now at the community scale to reduce risks and better ensure the safety and well-being of people of all ages.

This lecture will summarize insights and findings from a new book, Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation (Island Press, October 2023), which argues that climate resilience planning must be evaluated and implemented using a lens of aging. There is a role for all sectors (housing, transportation, health care and elder care, emergency management, and more) in implementing strategies that reduce risk for the growing share of older adults in our communities and enhance resilience for all.

Mpact Transit + Community Conference, happening November 5-8, 2023 in Phoenix, AZ, will feature a session on Form or Finance: Making the Missing Middle Work
 

The term “missing middle” describes housing types that have been excluded from many zoning codes. Advocates and planners blame such restrictive zoning for a lack of diverse housing – and for contributing to our national housing crisis. They call for zoning reform to remove restrictive, monotype districts and increase housing supply. Together, let’s explore the role zoning can play in mitigating the shortage of housing, particularly affordable and workforce. We’ll discuss the tools developers and planners need to create diverse housing options for a wide range of residents. What will be the next evolution of housing policy and the next step toward addressing the housing crisis? Let’s bring what’s out of the zone into the conversation!

Moderator: Cameran Bailey, Director of Development, Resilient Community Development Strategist, NEOO Partners, Inc., St. Paul, MN
Karen Parolek, President, Opticos Design, Inc., Berkeley, CA
Ryan Spak, Principal/Founder, Spak Group, Philadelphia, PA
Danielle Arigoni, Managing Director for Policy and Solutions, National Housing Trust, Washington, DC and author of Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation

In Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation, community resilience and housing expert Danielle Arigoni argues that we cannot achieve true resilience until communities adopt interventions that work to meet the needs of their oldest residents. She explains that when we plan for those most impacted by climate, and for those with the greatest obstacles to opportunity and well-being, we improve conditions for all.

Danielle Arigoni is Managing Director for Policy and Solutions at National Housing Trust (USA), where she provides strategic direction for the organization’s sustainability and resilience policy efforts, state and local advisory services, and partnerships to advance more climate-responsive affordable housing solutions.

In Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation, community resilience and housing expert Danielle Arigoni argues that we cannot achieve true resilience until communities adopt interventions that work to meet the needs of their oldest residents. She explains that when we plan for those most impacted by climate, and for those with the greatest obstacles to opportunity and well-being, we improve conditions for all.

Danielle Arigoni is Managing Director for Policy and Solutions at National Housing Trust (USA), where she provides strategic direction for the organization’s sustainability and resilience policy efforts, state and local advisory services, and partnerships to advance more climate-responsive affordable housing solutions.

In her new book Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation, community resilience and housing expert Danielle Arigoni argues that we cannot achieve true resilience until communities adopt interventions that work to meet the needs of their oldest residents.

Join this America Walks' webinar for a discussion on how to integrate age-friendly resilience into community planning and disaster preparedness efforts.

The discussion will be hosted by America Walks board members Arlis Reynolds, a city council member from Costa Mesa, CA, and David Dixon, an urban planner with Stantec.

From heat waves to hurricanes to floods, it is older adults – people aged 65 or older – who are most likely to die during natural disasters. And by 2034, the US will have more people over 65 than under 18. The country is not prepared to meet the needs of older adults in the face of an increasing number of disasters fueled by a changing climate.

Danielle Arigoni uplifts the often-ignored needs of older Americans her in new book Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation. Arigoni outlines how to create safer, more livable communities in a changing world by integrating aging considerations into community planning and disaster preparedness efforts. Danielle will discuss the unique needs of older adults and how to meet the challenges they face through new planning approaches, including an age-friendly process and a planning framework dedicated to inclusive disaster recovery. She’ll highlight case studies of age-friendly resiliency in action. 

This webinar is sponsored by the Coalition of Age-Friendly Communities of Ohio (CAFCO) and co-sponsored by the Ohio State University College of Social Work and the Ohio University Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service. 

Resilience Matters: Flourishing in an Era of Extremes is a recently published, free e-book by the Island Press Urban Resilience Project. In it you’ll find 50 hopeful and life-affirming articles written by leading experts in the topics of… 

• • Climate adaptation and justice. 
• • Sustainable, equitable communities. 
• • Policy and funding. 
• • Environment and health. 

During this Book Club Special Event, you’ll be joined by the Project’s main editor, Laurie Mazur, along with two experts whose work is featured in the book. Learn about the Urban Resilience Project, how “resilience” itself has evolved since the Project’s inception, and lessons learned from practitioners and visionaries in the field. Participants will focus on the disproportionate impact of climate change on certain communities – including the elderly and communities of color – and explore cutting-edge, community-led solutions to keeping people safe and healthy in a hotter, more dangerous world. 

A recording of this webinar will be shared in a follow-up email to attendees and in the Book Club Group on Reality Hub. Throughout the webinar, feel free to submit questions for our speakers using the Q&A Feature at the bottom of your Zoom window. We will do our best to get to every question!

From heat waves to wildfires and hurricanes to floods, older adults—those aged 65 or older—are the most vulnerable during natural disasters. By 2034, the US will have more people over 65 than under 18. In Santa Clara County we're expected to reach that milestone even sooner, by 2030. Yet, the country and locally we are not adequately prepared to address the needs of older adults as the frequency and severity of climate-fueled disasters increase.

Danielle Arigoni highlights the often-overlooked needs of older Americans in her new book, Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation (Island Press, October 2023). The book asserts that climate resilience planning should be assessed and executed with a focus on aging. It emphasizes the involvement of various sectors—such as housing, transportation, health care, elder care, and emergency management—in developing strategies that minimize risks for the increasing population of older adults in our communities and improve resilience for everyone. Light refreshments will be served.