Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States (2019)
Chapter: Appendix B: Baltimore Case Study
Appendix B
Baltimore Case Study
For the Baltimore case study, the committee convened a workshop in Towson, Maryland, followed by site visits to five Baltimore locations. Additional information was collected from some participants via telephone interviews. The workshop was structured to gather information from local stakeholders in Session 1 and federal, state, and regional stakeholders in Session 2. In each session, participants were divided into small working groups to address four aspects of urban flooding:
- Physical aspects of urban flooding (built and natural environment),
- Social aspects of urban flooding (people and institutions),
- Data and informational aspects of urban flooding (forecasts, maps, demographics), and
- Actions and decision-making aspects of urban flooding.
Detailed comments from each working group conversation are available at http://nationalacademies.org/Urban-Flooding-Visits.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Towson Marriott Conference Center
Towson, Maryland
April 24, 2017
| 9:00a.m.-12:00p.m. | Session 1. Local Stakeholders |
| 9:00a.m. | Welcome and Introductions and Explanation of the Workshop Structure |
| David Maidment, Committee Chair, University of Texas at Austin | |
| Lauren Alexander Augustine, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
| 9:30 | The World Café Workshop |
| The objective of the workshop is to collect information from local stakeholders and participants in a small group setting. Each group addresses four aspects of urban flooding in 20-minute session rotations: | |
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| 9:30 | Starting Group—What are the impacts? |
| 9:50 |
Rotation 2—What are the causes? |
| 10:10 |
Rotation 3—What actions can decision makers take to address the impacts and which resources are available? |
| 10:30 |
Rotation 4—What are the gaps or needs to reduce urban flooding impacts in the future? |
| 12:00p.m. | Working lunch |
| 1:00p.m.-4:00p.m. | Session 2. Federal, State, and Regional Stakeholders |
| 1:00p.m. | Welcome and Introductions and Explanation of the Workshop Structure |
| David Maidment and Lauren Alexander Augustine | |
| 1:30 | The World Café Workshop |
| The objective of the workshop is to collect information from federal, state, and regional stakeholders and participants in a small group setting. Each group addresses four aspects of urban flooding in 20-minute session rotations | |
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| 1:30 | Starting Group—What are the impacts? |
| 1:50 | Rotation 2—What are the causes? |
| 2:10 | Rotation 3—What actions can decision makers take to address the impacts and which resources are available? |
| 2:30 | Rotation 4—What are the gaps and/or needs to reduce urban flooding impacts in the future? |
| 3:00 | Break and discussions |
| 4:00 | Workshop adjourns |
SITE VISITS
April 25, 2017
| 9:00a.m.-12:00p.m. | Site visits |
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| Guides: | |
| Kimberly Grove, Baltimore City Department of Public Works | |
| Kristin Baja, Baltimore City Department of Planning |
CASE STUDY PARTICIPANTS
The following individuals participated in the workshop, site visits, and/or in subsequent telephone interviews:
Azzam Ahmad, Department of Public Works, City of Baltimore
David Alexander, Department of Homeland Security
Elizabeth Asche, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Jesse Ash, Maryland Department of Planning
Kristin Baja, Office of Sustainability, Baltimore City
Douglas Bellomo, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Cathy Brill, Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Foundation
Laura Chap, Atkins Global
Chandra Chithaluru, Maryland Port Administration
Christine Conn, Department of Natural Resources
Laura Connelly, Parks and People Foundation
Jon Dillow, U.S. Geological Survey
Jason Dubow, Maryland Department of Planning
John Dulina, Maryland Emergency Management Agency
Jason Elliott, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Siamak Esfandiary, FEMA
David Flores, Center for Progressive Reform
Susan Gilson, National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies
Angela Gladwell, FEMA
Megan Granato, Department of Natural Resources
Kimberly Grove, Department of Public Works, City of Baltimore
Amy Guise, USACE
Elizabeth Habic, Maryland Department of Transportation
Issac Hametz, Mahan Rykiel Associates
Jessica Herpel, Maryland Department of the Environment
Phillip Huber, Lutheran Disaster Response
Kahlil Kettering, The Nature Conservancy
Sasha Land, Department of Natural Resources
Kathryn Lipiecki, FEMA
Katie O’Meara, Maryland Institute College of Art
Luis Rodriguez, FEMA
Rebecca Ruggles, Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
Sharon Sartor, USACE
Michael Schuster, USACE
Catherine Shanks, Department of Nature Resources
Mathini Sreetharan, Dewberry
Quan Ton, Department of Public Works, Baltimore City
Victor Ukpolo, Office of Sustainability, Baltimore City
Kevin Wagner, Maryland Department of the Environment
Dionne Waldron, Operation HOPE
Michael Willis, Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic
Steven Zubrick, NOAA
