SAN FRANCISCO BOOK LAUNCH: TOO BIG

Wed, May 16, 2018
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM PST
Port of San Francisco
Pier 1 The Embarcadero, Bayside Room
San Francisco, CA 94111

Join Henk Ovink, Dutch Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, for the launch of his new book: TOO BIG Rebuild by Design: A Transformative Approach to Climate Change. Mr. Rhett, Chief Operating Officer of the Port of San Francisco, will be the host of the evening. This event is free, as seating will be limited, please make sure to RSVP HERE.

About the Book:

Too Big tells the inside story of the American federal response in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The late 2012 storm that ravaged the New York-New Jersey region revealed the true physical and social vulnerabilities that all coastal cities face from sea level rise and extreme weather events. It underscored the need for fundamentally different approaches to create more resilient cities and coastlines. President Obama took on this challenge through an innovative, inclusive design process called Rebuild by Design: confronting established federal, state and local practices, championed by Henk Ovink, the Dutch Special Envoy for International Water Affairs who joined the American recovery effort.

In this book, Ovink and Boeijenga, together with Rebuild by Design’s key partners, give a firsthand account of this process: building coalitions and creating innovative solutions by running an intense international design effort in the aftermath of a devastating storm. Analyzing the competition’s groundbreaking formula for bringing all stakeholders to the heart of resilience planning, Too Big presents governments and communities an approach to become more responsive, more effective and more prepared in the face of climate change.
Too Big addresses the urgency of a battle we cannot afford to lose, but also shows a way forward, informing and inspiring everyone who has the ambition to change the world.

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