David Rifkind, associate professor of architecture at Florida International University (FIU) and interim chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design discusses sea level rise in ‘Transforming a Metropolis’, an American Institute of Architects (AIA) feature article in Architect Magazine.
A pressing issue for the state of Florida and the city of Miami, Rifkind spoke to AIA Author, Steve Cimino, on the current threats Miami and the United States is experiencing. As an architecture historian, Rifkind gives insight into the sea level rise and climate change dilemmas that is affecting our future environment and infrastructure.
The article also serves an invitation to seek opportunities to transform our ideologies on climate change and become a global thought leader.
To view full article as told by Cimino, please visit Architect Magazine.
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