Climate adaptation + regional governance

Spatial Capacity Loss and Regional Futures

Emerging research on how hazards, infrastructure stress, land constraints, fiscal dependence, insurance instability, and uneven development reshape municipal capacity and regional interdependence.

Greater Boston coastal flood risk map

Overview

This research asks how metropolitan regions can maintain long-term economic resilience and socio-spatial continuity when some municipalities lose development capacity while others absorb redistributed housing, infrastructure, service, and fiscal pressures.