Eastie for Eastie

Traditional managed retreat projects do not often take into consideration community coherence or community agency in redesigning the coastline. A community-based managed retreat dialogue and design process is a viable first step in climate adaptation. Eastie for Eastie (E4E) is a project between community partners and urban planners to co-create a toolkit to discuss long-term climate impacts and managed retreat in East Boston.

The toolkit employs a combination of digital and analog tools such as interactive models, web mapping, and games to give community members the opportunity to experiment with the physical and spatial consequences of adaptation strategies. Adaptation scenarios are further developed through engagement workshops that focus on pathways to implementation, as well as the costs and opportunities of such actions.

E4E co-creates best practices to help guide community understanding and build power to act on the long-term effects of climate change on current and future life in East Boston.