Bolstering the Bay Area Against Climate Change Impacts
Rebuild by Design and The Rockefeller Foundation’s latest competition represents a shift in focus from disaster response to resilience planning.
Don’t Overlook Resiliency Benefits When Touting Transportation Improvements
Yes, mobility is important, but every dollar invested to improve infrastructure is also a dollar invested in being better prepared for the next major disaster.
What Being 18 Months Into an Urban Resilience Strategy Looks Like
New Orleans has $200 million, a multi-disciplinary team and a network of partners with which to address infrastructure needs ahead of future shocks and stresses.
This City in Oregon Will Be Mostly Destroyed in a Future Tsunami. But There's Some Good News.
In Seaside, a recently approved $99.7 million plan will relocate three schools out of the inundation zone.
Learning From Resilient Design Projects in the Wake of Superstorm Sandy
A new report spearheaded by the Georgetown Climate Center explores the funding, legal and land-use barriers to local resilience efforts and why they're to be expected at such an experimental stage.
Local Governments Can’t Ignore Resilience Issues Any Longer
“Places are going to be at repetitive risk more than they have been in the past,” said HUD's Harriet Tregoning, on the heels of an eye-opening new Rockefeller documentary.
Navigator Award Finalists: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Team
Getting the nation’s second-largest city better prepared for its next seismic disaster.
Navigator Award Finalist: Shannon Straight, City of Minot, N.D., Alderman and Community Advocate
After devastating flooding in 2011, this community advocate is pushing a long-term vision for how the North Dakota city can repair its relationship with its river.
A More Resilient Next Generation 911 Network?
The Ark-Tex Council of Governments hopes a satellite-based alternate path will keep 911 running smoothly during natural disasters like earthquakes that could sever terrestrial fiber lines.
A Smart Cities Challenge for Next-Generation Innovators
The Rockefeller Foundation has given out grants before, so this time it’s looking to mentor startups through Unreasonable Institute as they tackle entrenched urban problems.
N.J. County Residents Fight Dunes; Add Trash to the List of Flint's Problems
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: San Francisco's sinking skyscraper; Texas weakens its Public Information Act; and Cobb County school eyed by Satanic Temple
New Earthquake-Resilient Water Pipes ‘Surpassed Expectations’ in Recent Tests
“We took the pipe to three times its current design standard, and it continued to convey water,” according to a Cornell University researcher.
New Climate Scenarios Put Major Sections of Boston Underwater
One scenario predicts sea levels that will be 10 feet higher by the end of the century. But even a 3-foot increase could inundate large sections of the city.
100 Resilient Cities Network Adds a New Player for Risk Assessments
Member cities will receive smart transportation, digitalization, job creation and emergency management project advice.
How Resilient Is Your City? This Index Will Tell You
“Every city is unique, and each faces specific challenges,” says Arup director Jo da Silva. “But, the factors that enable cities to deal with disruption are universal.”
‘Resilient Cities’ Look to Address Social Inequality as a Function of Other Environmental, Economic Stresses
Louisville, Kentucky, sees a link between its most pressing problems and poorest neighborhoods, and it’s not alone.
100 Resilient Cities Adds 37 New Member Municipalities
The global network helps cities hire chief resilience officers and access partner support for projects meant to prepare local governments for challenges like climate change.
Flint-Inspired Senate Bill Provisions Would Finance State Water Infrastructure
The bipartisan legislation aims to help states with localities struggling to deal with contaminated drinking water.
Miami’s Grim Water-Logged Future; New Mexico City Faces Push to Dissolve
Also: Denver spends comparatively little to ease homelessness and Maine town tries to tackle heroin abuse.
Philadelphia Moves to Prepare for a ‘Warmer and Wetter’ Future
The city issues a new report on climate change, as 21 mayors from around the world sign a pledge in Paris, committing money to resiliency efforts.
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