11/15/2024Increasing extreme hourly precipitation risk for New York Cityafter Hurricane IdaThe remnants of Hurricane Ida caused major damage and death in the United States on September 1st, 2021, and 11 people drowned in flooded ba…
11/12/2024Boundary spanning in design-led strategic spatial planning: lessons from post-Sandy rebuilding effortsIn complex area transformations, strategic planning tends to include a collaborative approach that invites a wide range of stakeholders. But…
11/11/2024Availability, Affordability, and Adequacy of Insurance in Areas Impacted by Climate-related RisksA group of experts was assembled by the Society of Actuaries Research Institute (SOA) on June 4, 2024, to discuss how climate change is infl…
04/10/2023Leveraging Private Sector Relationships to Scale Mission-Driven WorkThis report tells the story of how Rebuild by Design's partnerships with the private sector gave way to the creation of Atlas of Disaster –…
08/09/2022Behind a Billion-Dollar Bid to Save Lower ManhattanBloomberg: New York City was hit with an estimated $19 billion in damages and lost economic activity after Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012. T…
08/09/2022In Battery Park City, Public Infrastructure Meets Climate ResiliencePlanet Citizen: Writing in Bloomberg CityLab, Patrick Sisson reports on efforts to protect Battery Park City from catastrophic flooding like…
08/09/2022Rebuild By Design: Harborside Park Construction To Begin In 2023, Hoboken SaysTap: New Jersey’s recently signed $50.6 billion fiscal budget includes $100 million for the state Department of Environment Protection’s ong…
07/11/2022Water as Leverage REFLECTWe are globally depleting our natural water supplies at a ruinous rate. Water is linked to the economy, geo-politics, the environment, clima…
07/11/2022Institutional conditions for inclusive, flood resilient urban deltas: A comparative institutional analysis of two international resilience programs in southeast asiaWater: Focuses on the role of international resilience programs and investigates how these programs can enable institutional transformation.…
07/11/2022Regeneration Criteria for Adaptive Reuse of the Waterfront Ecosystem: Learning from the US Case Study to Improve European ApproachSustainability: Addresses the contemporary debate on urban and environmental regeneration, investigating the need to establish new criteria …
07/11/2022Democracy underwater: public participation, technical, expertise, and climate infrastructure planning in New York CityTheory and Society: Provides an explanation for how increased public participation can paradoxically translate into limited democratic decis…