How will society confront climate change? Faced with rising sea levels and more powerful storms, we all know that what worked in the past will not work in the future. The climate challenge is too urgent to ignore and too big to confront with our existing methods. Too Big tells the inside story of the American […]
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The six winning* Hurricane Sandy Design Competition projects were selected to demonstrate innovative approaches for rebuilding communities affected by Hurricane Sandy in ways that will enhance physical, social, economic, and environmental resilience. Two years into implementation, these projects are providing important lessons about how officials at all levels of government can design and construct infrastructure projects that
Goethe-Institut: The purpose of the REBUILD BY DESIGN MUNICH exhibition and symposium is to approach the topic of disasters, climate change and sustainability challenges of the built environment and communities in an interdisciplinary way by presenting and discussing core aims, facts, and terms. The RBD competition, initiated after Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of
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Columbia University: From June 2013 to April 2014, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development sponsored an interdisciplinary design competition, Rebuild by Design, to cultivate innovative proposals for Hurricane Sandy recovery and to increase the region’s long-term resilience. Ten teams worked with specific municipalities in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. This thesis
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COLLABORATING FOR A EQUITABLE COVID-19 RECOVERY Between the impacts of COVID-19 and a national awakening to systemic injustices, the events of 2020 showcased the inequities and divisions in our nation. In light of these events, governments throughout the United States have re-examined their decision-making practices, leading many to pledge to be more inclusive and to
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Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic poses a pivotal moment to build back communities better so that they can withstand future setbacks. On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was signed into law. As part of ARPA, the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) was established to deliver $350 billion to state, local, territorial, and
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NY Times: New York is a city surrounded by water, from the open ocean to bays to rivers. But there is also an enormous trove of water hidden below its streets and high-rise buildings — hundreds of subterranean streams, creeks and springs that were buried long ago and all but forgotten as the city grew. Tibbetts
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Bloomberg: Thousands of acres of undersea reefs once protected the city’s shoreline. Now an army of volunteers is bringing the bivalves back, one shell at a time. A row of plastic bins sits in a gravel lot next to Brooklyn’s Domino Park promenade; each holds small pieces of New York City’s more climate-proof future. They’re full
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