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The Regional and Urban Design Committee (RUDC) aims to improve the quality of the regional and urban environment by promoting excellence in design, planning, and public policy in the built environment. This will be achieved through its member and public education, in concert with allied community and professional groups. Join us!

2024 Symposium

The 2024 symposium will be held in Indianapolis, IN in November. Stay tuned for dates and location. Registration will open in July.

2023 RUDC Symposium

The RUDC Symposium, held in Washington, DC October 19-20, covered emerging trends, theories, and technologies that are shaping the future of regional and urban design. Watch the engaging highlight and speaker videos >.

Fit for change happening now? The Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol. II, is released

  • 1.  Fit for change happening now? The Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol. II, is released

    Posted 11-26-2018 10:14 AM

    Greetings All ,
    Impacts, Risks and Adaptation in the United States: 
    The Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol. II, was released on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP).

    On the same day, experts discussed the key findings of the Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol. II. The report is an authoritative assessment of the impacts of climate change on the U.S. and its territories, and was written to help decision-makers, utility and resource managers, public health officials, emergency planners, and other stakeholders better understand the effects of climate change on the United States. USGCRP will also release the Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2).

    Many chapters directly relate to architecture and other technical disciplines of the built environment. 

    This new report, also called NCA4, builds on the 2017 Climate Science Special Report (CSSR), Volume I of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, which described observed trends in the global and U.S. climate, and projections for temperature, precipitation, sea-level rise, and Arctic sea ice for the remainder of this century. CSSR served as the scientific foundation for the NCA4, Vol. II that will be released.

    Link to audio from November 23, 2018 expert discussion.

    https://www.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/NCA4%20Media%20Call%20Audio_112318.mp3

    Questions regarding the process, timing or Administration positions on either report mkuperberg@usgcrp.gov

    Questions about NCA findings: monica.allen@noaa.gov

    Adapting together,



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