FRI-B02: Coastal Hazards Overlay District Guide: Creating More Resilient Communities

Friday, October 10, 2025

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM CT

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW

Speaker(s)

Gavin P. Smith, FAICP

Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
Allison Anderson, FAIA

Principal Architect
unabridged Architecture
Bay St Louis, Mississippi
David Perkes, AIA

Director
Gulf Coast Community Design Studio
Gulfport, Mississippi

The Coastal Hazards Overlay District Guide provides over 50 design standards and planning techniques that address adaptation strategies for coastal communities. These strategies are visually depicted at multiple scales to convey the variety of techniques to those tasked with advancing community resilience, such as landscape architects, planners, and community leaders.

Learning Outcomes:

Learn about the Coastal Hazard Transect and how to use the Coastal Hazards Overlay District Guide within their projects or communities.
Learn about a suite of risk-reduction strategies for coastal communities to choose from. These strategies can lessen impacts of hazards such as floods, storm surge, wind, and erosion
Gain insight into meaningful ways that you can implement some of the strategies on a more local, site-specific level.
Gain insight into the research process, including an overview of case studies, charrettes with stakeholders, and highlights from tours of communities implementing these adaptation strategies.