Rappahannock Institute for Lifelong Learning (RILL) is offering Technology and Land Use Planning in Warsaw and online in November.
The description:
Over three sessions, this class will discuss the latest technologies that inform property owners, local government, and industry on optimal places to site solar farms; how that technology has been used for other land use planning projects; and how the technology informs the creation of policy that helps protect the Chesapeake Bay’s resources while encouraging use of alternative forms of energy.
Dr. Michael Evans is the Senior Data Scientist at the Conservation Innovation Center. He leads projects that integrate geospatial and remote sensing data with deep-learning and statistical models to improve conservation policy and practice. He holds a doctoral degree in Natural Resources Management from the University of Connecticut, and his previous research focused on understanding interactions between wildlife and the built environment.
Those who are interested in planning and zoning, the environment and how building and development interacts with it/impacts it, and ways to inform and engage policymakers, individuals, and communities about planning and land development in the Chesapeake Bay region.