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Strategies for Successful Government-Community Collaboration

In November 2014, Rebuild by Design brought together community leaders, design and planning experts, and government officials to discuss their experiences in creating and implementing large-scale infrastructure projects. They also highlighted key strategies for continuing to make government-community collaboration effective, even as government agencies continue to engage community stakeholders in the development of their Hurricane […]

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Policy Roundtable: Promoting Resilience in Policy and Practice

Throughout the Rebuild By Design Hurricane Sandy Design Competition, teams encountered policy, regulatory, and planning barriers that shaped their design proposals and ideas, which demonstrated that many existing frameworks do not fully support resilience. As communities  move towards implementing innovative, resilient projects, these challenges could become even more problematic. To ensure the policy lessons learned

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Blue Dunes: Hurricane Sandy Design Competition Report

Developed by: WXY architecture + urban design, West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture, AIR Worldwide, ARCADIS, BJH Advisors, Center for Urban Real Estate, NowHere Office, Parsons New School for Design, Rutgers University, Griffith Urban Planning & Design, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Varisk Analytics Read the report here. Visit the webpage here.

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The Commercial Corridor Resiliency Project: Hurricane Sandy Design Competition Report

Developed by: HR&A Advisors, Inc. with Cooper, Robertson & Partners, W Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Dewberry, Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation Location: Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York; Far Rockaway, Queens, New York; Asbury Park, New Jersey Read the report here. Check out the website here.

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