Jesse M. Keenan is the Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate and Urban Planning at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment at Tulane University. In his upcoming book North: The Future of Post-Climate America, he outlines the complexities of America’s handling of climate change and its effects on not only migration, mitigation, and real estate, but also our institutions and societal fabric. Simultaneous conclusions: There are no climate havens, but adapt we will. Join us for the fascinating Unfrozen interview.

Intro/Outro: “System Error,” by The Cooper Vane

Discussed:

San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank report on reversal of the migration to the Sun Belt

“What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century” - The Atlantic

Climate gentrification: from theory to empiricism in Miami-Dade County, Florida

Sean Becketti, Freddie Mac, April 2016: Will Markets Absorb Climate Change?

A Climate Minsky Moment?

Mitigation vs adaptation vs resilience

Rachel Minnery’s efforts at the AIA to include climate adaptation as part of architects’ standards and duty of care

“Climate-proof Duluth” in the New York Times

There were never any climate havens: The Guardian

The lesson of Asheville: The flooding was the beginning of its role as a “receiving zone,” not the end

“Climate havens” = media clickbait

Marketing of Buffalo as a “climate haven” by Mayor Byron R. Brown

Alan Mallach’s Unfrozen take on reviving legacy cities

“This is about growth management and urban planning 101 at the regional and local level”

For many “climate havens” rhetoric is not about recruiting new residents; climate mobility is a rhetorical arm for the existing residents for core sustainability development.

“The Midwest will ultimately grow for the exact same reason the Sun Belt grew”

Storming the Wall by Todd Miller

The Climate Credit Score

Hurricane Pass, Pinellas County, Florida

“Sodom & Gorlando”

Climate intelligence arms race, e.g., AlphaGeo

Spencer Glendon – “The money is slow and dumb”