InTeGrate Modules and Courses >Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society > Student Materials > Section 3: Coastal Engineering, Mitigation and Societal Response to Coastal Hazards > Module 9: Smart Building
InTeGrate's Earth-focused Modules and Courses for the Undergraduate Classroom
showLearn More
hideHide
These materials are part of a collection of classroom-tested modules and courses developed by InTeGrate. The materials engage students in understanding the earth system as it intertwines with key societal issues. The collection is freely available and ready to be adapted by undergraduate educators across a range of courses including: general education or majors courses in Earth-focused disciplines such as geoscience or environmental science, social science, engineering, and other sciences, as well as courses for interdisciplinary programs.
Explore the Collection »
show Download
hideHide
The student materials are available for offline viewing below. Downloadable versions of the instructor materials are available from this location on the instructor materials pages. Learn more about using the different versions of InTeGrate materials »

Download a PDF of all web pages for the student materials

Download a zip file that includes all the web pages and downloadable files from the student materials

For the Instructor

These student materials complement the Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society Instructor Materials. If you would like your students to have access to the student materials, we suggest you either point them at the Student Version which omits the framing pages with information designed for faculty (and this box). Or you can download these pages in several formats that you can include in your course website or local Learning Managment System. Learn more about using, modifying, and sharing InTeGrate teaching materials.
Initial Publication Date: December 7, 2016

Module 9: Smart Building

Overview

Most deltas around the world are in a declining state. Population centers have been gravitating to deltas and coastal zones around the world, making them recently the focus of urbanization and economic development. It is estimated that within the next few decades, roughly half the world's population will be living in within the coastal zone. With increasing populations come big challenges to maintain ecosystem services and function that are essential for food supply, critical managements of key resources, and to maintain socio-economic development of deltas and coastal zones. This however is only the beginning. As we learned in previous modules, coastlines and modern society will be (if not already) further challenged by a changing global climate, placing additional pressure and the need to address changing coastlines is response to a variety of uncertainties. For instance, how do we deal with sea level rise, water scarcity from droughts, watershed practices and possible shifts in river discharge, subsidence, and many other questions including the flood risk and vulnerability associated with climate uncertainty and the potential for larger more intense storms?

These materials are part of a collection of classroom-tested modules and courses developed by InTeGrate. The materials engage students in understanding the earth system as it intertwines with key societal issues. The collection is freely available and ready to be adapted by undergraduate educators across a range of courses including: general education or majors courses in Earth-focused disciplines such as geoscience or environmental science, social science, engineering, and other sciences, as well as courses for interdisciplinary programs.
Explore the Collection »