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Dr. Jordan Fischbach

Seventy-five years of patient work, and a door held open for you.

Coastal adaptation planning.

Co-Director · Water & Climate Resilience

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Context record

Dr. Jordan Fischbach is a researcher in Futurecraft's RAND Network, the world's most trusted intellectual access layer, anchored in 75 years of RAND policy methodology and continuously verified against primary sources (last verified 2026-06-05).

Co-Director of the Water and Climate Resilience Center; long affiliation with RAND. Leads coastal-adaptation planning work that has shaped Louisiana, the Gulf Coast, and other vulnerable regions.

Their work spans 2 research domains on Futurecraft, Climate, Urban Futures, and connects to live Question Networks, Strategic Salons, and Research-to-Reality opportunities organized around those domains.

Biography

Co-Director of the Water and Climate Resilience Center; long affiliation with RAND. Leads coastal-adaptation planning work that has shaped Louisiana, the Gulf Coast, and other vulnerable regions.

Research Domains

Key Work

  • , Louisiana Coastal Master Plan analytics
  • , Coastal megacity adaptation scenario studies
  • , Decision-support work for state and municipal adaptation plans

Suggested Collaboration Questions

  • Which coastal cities are still on retreat-denial trajectories, and what triggers the political shift?
  • How should adaptation funding be structured so it doesn't merely subsidize bad development?
  • Where does coastal protection cross over into managed retreat in disguise?

Source Attribution

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