Research program 09 · CA

Climate Adaptation & Future Settlement

Climate-Ready Cities and Human Settlement

Heat, water, migration, insurance, retreat, citizenship, and settlement under accelerating climate pressure.

IDL-CA-001 · Emerging

The Cooling Civilization

Heat, Architecture, and the Infrastructure of Survival

The Cooling Civilization identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-CA-002 · Emerging

The Water-Secure City

Urban Design for Scarcity, Flood, Reuse, and Resilience

The Water-Secure City identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-CA-003 · Emerging

Migration as Infrastructure

Designing Institutions for a More Mobile Century

Migration as Infrastructure identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-CA-004 · Emerging

The Nighttime City

Urban Life Reorganized Around Heat

The Nighttime City identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-CA-005 · Emerging

The Insurable Future

Risk, Retreat, and the Geography of Affordable Life

The Insurable Future identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-CA-006 · Emerging

Portable Citizenship

Rights, Identity, and Belonging Beyond Fixed Territory

Portable Citizenship identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-CA-007 · Emerging

The Sponge Metropolis

Cities Designed to Absorb Water

The Sponge Metropolis identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-CA-008 · Emerging

Thermal Refuge

The Public Architecture of Surviving Extreme Heat

Thermal Refuge identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-CA-009 · Emerging

Managed Retreat Without Defeat

How Communities Move Before Disaster Makes the Choice

Managed Retreat Without Defeat identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-CA-010 · Emerging

The Archipelago City

Networks of Dense, Resilient Settlement in a Fragmented World

The Archipelago City identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake