Water, Infrastructure, and Coastal Resilience

Faculty work with communities and constituencies across the state of Michigan, North America, and around the world to engage, understand, foster dialogue, plan, design, and document water, watershed, stormwater, and coastal resilience, governance, law, and infrastructures. 

Faculty

María Arquero de Alarcón
Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban and Regional Planning Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning, Master of Urban Design
Margaret Dewar
Professor Emerita Urban and Regional Planning
Kimberley Kinder
Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning Urban and Regional Planning, Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning
Larissa Larsen
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning Bachelor of Science in Urban Technology, Urban and Regional Planning, Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning
Richard Norton
Professor of Urban & Regional Planning , Professor of Program in the Environment Urban and Regional Planning, Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning
Kathy Velikov
Associate Dean for Research and Creative Practice , Professor of Architecture Architecture, Master of Science: Digital and Material Technologies
Geoffrey Thün
Professor of Architecture , Associate Vice President for Research: Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, U-M Office of Research Architecture, Master of Urban Design
Jen Maigret
Professor of Architecture Architecture

In the News

Taubman College faculty collaborate on plan to mitigate flooding, enhance biodiversity in Southeast Michigan
Coastal care: Researchers work with communities to shore up effects of erosion
Norton Speaks with Michigan Radio’s Stateside about Planning for the Rise and Fall of Great Lakes In Coastal Communities
New Scenario-Based Planning Methods Developed to Help Great Lakes Communities Plan for Changing Water Level
Goodspeed’s work on Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat measurement tools published in Marine Policy
Dewar and Team Part of $3M Grant from Erb Foundation for Research on Green Stormwater Infrastructure
Professors Velikov and Thün’s Buoyant Aquacology project published in Water, and featured in the touring exhibition HYDROCity
WATERSHED (or) Wrapping Sheds with Water
Ikiam: Re-thinking the Architectures of Education in the Amazon Rain Forest