Understanding interrelated cycles of human and natural ecosystems for an adaptive landscape in the age of climate change and sea level rise. A case-based exploration between Lebanon and Vietnam

According to the National Academy of Sciences (USA), by 2100 the sea level will rise by an average of 2 meters. This unprecedented situation urgently demands a need to rethink the built environment, the design and implementation of new flood resilient infrastructures, and the safeguarding of coastal populations. It is imperative to seize this historic opportunity to call for immediate restraint from business-as-usual in the scope of construction by shores. My research will examine innovative ways and tools to develop adaptation methods to highly risked landscapes in face of climate change and sea level rise in urban contexts with Mediterranean and tropical climates.