Thesis Highlights

"Insistent Processes"

Allison Slomski, 2024

“Insistent Processes”

A general lack of inclusion of industrial processes in climate resilience planning, compounded by their local-regional economic importance, makes industry particularly vulnerable to climate hazards.

The thesis, using one of Philadelphia's port terminals as a case study, proposes the reconceptualisation of an industrial waterfront area as an 'eco-industrial ward', a park-like management system that balances industrial, ecological and civic needs with green infrastructure strategies.

Through adaptive, collaborative monitoring and maintenance processes backed by private-public partnerships, the eco-industrial ward is intended to improve public access to the Delaware Riverfront, combine environmental remediation and ecological restoration with flood mitigation strategies and preserve and enhance the economic performance of industrial site actors.

Faculty Thesis Directors: Margarita Jover and Jesus Meseguer Cortes

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