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Theory and Society: Provides an explanation for how increased public participation can paradoxically translate into limited democratic decision-making in urban settings. Using an in-depth case study of one of the largest coastal protection projects in the world, the East Side Coastal Resilience (ESCR) Project, and drawing on global scholarship on participation, this article narrates the …

Democracy underwater: public participation, technical, expertise, and climate infrastructure planning in New York City Read More »

Architectural Design: Our era of ecological resilience and ecocide requires much more holistic and inclusive thinking about social, civic space. Kate Orff outlines the proposal for Alameda Creek, which removes the defensive infrastructures currently restraining the natural forces of the San Francisco Bay Area with the aim of reconnecting its urban and rural ecologies.

eTropic: Analyzes the complexity of policy transfer processes in the context of contemporary policy making in response to climate change. The paper further examines what constitutes a successful policy transfer process by using Semarang, a tropical city located in Indonesia, as a case study.

Sustainability: Presents an analytical framework to study institutional capacity building by international resilience programs, focusing on intellectual, social and political capital. The central case is the development and implementation of the Water as Leverage (WaL) program in Semarang, Indonesia.

Visual Communication: Presents and demonstrates an analytic framework that enables a systematic visual analysis of landscape design representations. The framework is demonstrated by using two projects from Rebuild by Design, a participatory transdisciplinary design competition organized in the New York City area as examples.

Journal of Landscape Architecture: Focuses on how the concept of ‘resilience districts’ for urban areas vulnerable to coastal flooding can improve resilience of metropolitan areas. The paper details a resilience districting strategy for the Greater Boston Metropolitan Area. It culminates with a generalizable urban planning and design framework for protecting critical infrastructure, ‘thickening’ regional soft …

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Political Geography: Uses Foucaultian work on problematization to explore the urban resilience paradigm which emerged in the wake of 2012’s Hurricane Sandy, which dramatically disrupted New York City. The paper used discourse and media analysis to examine government commissions and proposals, and site observation at panels and conferences. It highlights the inherent political nature in …

Urban resilience as critique: Problematizing infrastructure in post-Sandy New York City Read More »

Scenario Journal: Explores a series of board games the author produced over five years to help drive engagement, education, and decisions around climate resilience planning, including for the Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge.

Journal of Urban Planning: Provides an overview of Rebuild’s projects and process.