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Architectural Design: Design thinking is not enough. For resilient architecture and urbanism to meet the challenges of global warming head on, what is needed is systems thinking: an in-depth, interdisciplinary approach which recognises that change is constant. Claire Weisz highlights a number of small, innovative US firms that are leading the way, and describes some […]

Architectural Design: To manage the impact of climate change, a mixture of global mitigation and local adaptation is needed. Alexandros Washburn presents three contrasting examples of how cities around the world have approached the latter, with varying degrees of success.

Architectural Design: Argues that it is important to not just laying down rules, but also encouraging innovation in developing strategies to withstand climate catastrophes, using the Resist, Delay, Store, Discharge plan for Hoboken to explain the argument.

Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation: Briefly introduces variations in designing strategies and approaches in rebuilding that took place in areas of Tohoku( Kesennuma City), New York (New York City), and Leyte (Tacloban City).

Journal of Urban Design: Uses a framework to explore the discourses surrounding the Rebuild by Design competition. The framework is demonstrated by partly reconstructing the socio-political context of Rebuild by Design, which is organized in the wake of hurricane Sandy in New York. The paper demonstrates how specific discourses within the socio-political context of the

Water: Explores whether Rebuild by Design (RBD) provides governance structures and processes needed for the uptake of green infrastructure. The results of the study indicate that RBD brought a greater change in terms of governance processes when compared to governance structures.