Judy Huynh

Atlas of Disaster: Connecticut

Reports, Research & Policy

Communities across Connecticut face escalating challenges from climate change: more frequent flooding, extreme heat, rising sea levels, and increasingly intense nor’easters. These threats endanger people, infrastructure, and the state’s economy. To meet these challenges, Connecticut must prioritize sustained investment in long-term resilience. Rebuild by Design’s new Atlas of Disaster: Connecticut reveals that from 2011 to 2024: Connecticut […]

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CONNECTICUT, USA

Atlas of Disaster

Across Connecticut, severe weather, inland and coastal flooding, and infrastructure vulnerabilities are creating serious challenges for towns and families. These issues endanger public safety and the state’s economic health. Ensuring a stable future will require responsible, long-term investments that strengthen and modernize our infrastructure.

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How smart cities are being reinvented after natural disasters

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National Geographic: In response, the Obama administration tried a new approach. The Department of Housing and Urban Development held a competition in 2014 called Rebuild by Design, which solicited proposals for not just rebuilding after the crisis but also for creating future resilience by anticipating catastrophes and building with a holistic understanding of the needs

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New York Showcases the Next Generation of Flood Resiliency

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Metropolis Mag: ESCR’s Project Area 1, centered on East River Park, involves raising the waterfront park’s topography and is nested within the so-called “BIG U,” which had its origins in the post-Sandy, US HUD–sponsored Rebuild by Design competition. Conceived by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and implemented primarily through city agencies, it envisions a network of

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MASSACHUSETTS, USA

Atlas of Disaster

Communities across Massachusetts face escalating challenges from climate change: more frequent flooding, extreme heat, rising sea levels, and increasingly intense nor’easters. These threats endanger people, infrastructure, and the state’s economy. To meet these challenges, Massachusetts must prioritize sustained investment in long-term resilience.

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Atlas of Disaster: Massachusetts

Reports, Research & Policy

Rebuild by Design releases the Atlas of Disaster: Massachusetts, a report on Massachusetts’ recent history of disasters and opportunities to build storm resilience, alongside a statewide legislative representative search tool that connects residents to the state and federal officials responsible for advancing climate resilience. The analysis finds that Massachusetts has experienced 11 federally declared disasters

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Finding inspiration in an Atlas of Solutions [Economic Architecture Podcast | Episode 24]

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Economic Architecture Project: In this week’s episode, Amy Chester joins the Economic Architecture podcast to share her innovative work at Rebuild by Design—an organization dedicated to merging global expertise with regional and community-based solutions to scale solutions in response to the rise of climate-related risks. Host Stuart Yasgur and Amy Chester discuss the unexpected bipartisanship

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