RESILIENCE+ ADAPTATION

showcased in this issue: STUDIOS

THESIS EXCERPTS and FIELDWORK including conversations with: UPROSE, Courtney Knapp, Ron Shiffman, Ira Stern

10 Years After Superstorm Sandy

by Semire Bayatli & Walker Johnston (UPM)

Reimagining Our Streets: What We Resisted, Adapted, and Reclaimed in Brooklyn

by Semire Bayatli & Walker Johnston (UPM)

Envisioning a Community of Care in The Bronx

by James Tschikov & Kevin Garcia (CRP)

Community Love Over Capitalism

by Mariah Chinchilla (CRP)

Rising Tides, Rising Rent: Connecting Climate Justice to Social Housing in New York by Alex

Miller (SES)

Community-Based Alternatives to Watershed Planning and Development in the Lowcountry by Amron

Lee (CRP)

Reclaim/

Reuse/ Recycle! by Ethan Brown, Mahnoor Fatima, Tara Hopp, Megan Maize, Katherine Pioch, Diego Rivandenra, Alison Weidman, Jeremy Ziegler

Challenges to Fresh Food Availability in Coney Island and Opportunities for Inclusive and Sustainable Land Use through Community Gardening

by Nana Acheampong (CRP)

The Impermanence of the Vodou Religion in the Haitian Diaspora

by Claude Jeffrey Charles-Pierre(HP)

Holistic Wellbeing: Two Case Studies in Affordable Housing by

Browne Sebright( CRP)

Towards a Just Transition for the Industrial Waterfront by James

Tschikov (CRP)

Letter From The Editors

Dear Fellow Students,

The theme for the 2022-2023 edition of MultipliCity is resilience + adaptation, threads which undoubtedly pervade all four programs of the GCPE. We wanted to raise awareness about climate change that affects the whole world and share case studies illustrating the challenges, opportunities, and successes when it comes to climate change adaptation. This edition, which we have prepared during the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, consists of thesis excerpts and reflections prepared by GCPE students, studio case studies, fieldwork, and resilience and adaptation-centered articles.

Importantly, this publication aims to approach resilience + adaptation with a holistic lens. Each piece included in this year’s issue touches on different facets of resilience + adaptation in our disciplines. Articles contemplate: how are communities creating networks of care and deepening their resilience through affordable housing? How are we as a city and collective continuing to adapt to an ongoing pandemic? How can place-based heritage be preserved as communities evolve and adapt? And, critically, how are we moving beyond climate resilience to imagine transformative futures for frontline communities?

In crafting this edition of MultipliCity we were struck by the ways in which resilience + adaptation are embedded within our work and how these terms continue to evolve. We hope this sampling of material inspires you to reflect on our individual and collective responsibility in striving for a more resilient and just world. We would like to thank the GCPE and faculty especially our Department Chair Eve Baron, UPM Academic Coordinator David Burney, and Professor Emeritus Ron Shiffman for their generous support in this endeavor.

We believe in collective effort, as Ron Shiffman said, “People change, people go, people die; but if you can sustain the effort, the network and the organization will continue to serve their true purpose.” As part of the GCPE family, we believe that we are all part of the same effort and wish you success.