WEBCAST TO DISCUSS AND GENERATE NEW IDEAS FOR CITY SECURITY, VITALITY AND COMPETITIVENESS! Join us 26th of November 2020 1.00–3.00 PM (EET) Live webcast is produced by the SURE! project from Tampere, Finland. The event brings together top experts to discuss how city vitality, competitiveness and security arelinked together. Different viewpoints to the topic from […]
KEEPING CITIES VITAL: PUBLIC SPACE AND RESILIENCE Read More »
Competing TimelinesTuesday, November 10th, 12:30PM Despite an increasing urgency in preparing for flood events and coastal disasters, increases of public awareness and public consensus have not kept pace. Built environment projects can span years of from concept to completion, only compounding the immediate need to accelerate design and construction for a more resilient future while
SILMAN RESILIENCY FORUM: HOW CAN WE MOVE PAST ROADBLOCKS TO BUILDING RESILIENCY? Read More »
NY DAILY NEWS: by Amy Chester This week marks the eighth anniversary since Superstorm Sandy devastated our region. Perhaps understandably, as the country grapples with a new surge of COVID cases just a week before the election, this occasion has taken a back seat to the daily concerns of many. The pandemic reminds us, however,
NATURE ISN’T AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY DESTROYER Read More »
CAN NYC LEAD WITH NATURE IN ADDRESSING OUR CLIMATE CRISIS? THIS EVENT ALREADY OCCURED, YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: bit.ly/8yrGreen THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29th 2020 Virtual Event at 12pm EST Eight years have passed since Hurricane Sandy, and although NYC has invested in multiple planning efforts and policy changes, there is still a lot to do.
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THIS EVENT ALREADY OCCURED, YOU CAN WATCH IT HERE: bit.ly/8yrBIGU Eight years ago, Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc along the East Coast and exposed the underlying vulnerabilities embedded in many communities in New York City. Since then, there has been a myriad of planning processes and visions for the various neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan. While it is
A COMMUNITY-WIDE DISCUSSION ON THE PROGRESS OF THE BIG U Read More »
As climate change causes a rise in sea levels and increases the likelihood of flooding and major storms, we need to better understand who will be at risk during these events. Analyzing the floodplain reveals a larger story – the number of New Yorkers who are highly vulnerable to increased coastal storms is even higher
WHO LIVES IN THE NYC FLOODPLAIN? Read More »
Scenario planning allows for the testing of future paths and provides the useer with information and choices depening on how things change. This session will provide participants with an understanding of the process, examples where it has been applied, and it is why it particularly useful given may factors and assumptions are uncertain post-COVID-19. Panelists
About this Event In the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved Puerto Rico’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plan, which included the Puerto Rico By Design (“Program”), an innovative $700 million design competition program formed to create large-scale community driven infrastructure to
HOBOKEN – This month, the Hoboken City Council reviewed materials for a “change of purpose or use” for the Hudson River: Resist, Delay, Store, Discharge project – a comprehensive urban floodwater management strategy to reduce the flood risk from storm surge and rainfall flood events to flood-prone areas in Hoboken. The meeting also included general project updates, specific color and
RESIST, DELAY, STORE, DISCHARGE, SEPTEMBER 2020 UPDATE Read More »
The Hoboken City Council will host a virtual public meeting on behalf of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to discuss the Rebuild by Design Hudson River coastal flood risk reduction project. The meeting will take place via zoom beginning at 6:00 p.m. on September 9th, and will be available to the public via the
HOBOKEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON REBUILD BY DESIGN HUDSON RIVER PROJECT Read More »
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