10/04/2021Coping with Extreme Heat: Urban Preparedness for Social and Physical ResilienceThe heatwaves and wildfires across Europe and the United States are sobering reminders of the effects of climate change. Cities in Europe ar…
09/28/2021SCAPE’S KATE ORFF UNCOVERS NATURE IN DISGUISECultured: Until recently, it might have been fair to say that much of Kate Orff’s work was about revealing natural systems hidden in ur…
09/27/2021CATALYZING AN URBAN RESILIENCE MOVEMENT: 100 RESILIENT CITIES WITH REBUILD BY DESIGNFor the first time in human history, half the world’s population is concentrated in cities. At the same time, the intertwined threads of urb…
09/20/2021IDA FORCES CITY TO CONFRONT A LONG TO-DO LIST TO PREPARE FOR EXTREME CLIMATENY1: The City Council has a “crown jewel” piece of legislation it is ready to pass to help the city adapt urban infrastructure to the n…
09/20/2021HOW CAN NEW YORK CITY PREPARE FOR THE NEXT IDA? HERE’S A TO-DO LISTNew York Times: When the remnants of Hurricane Ida swept into New York this month, the storm’s ferocity shocked the city. Even with met…
09/18/2021IDA FLOODED THEIR HOMES. NOW, RESIDENTS OF THIS DEVASTATED S.I. BLOCK WONDER, WHAT COMES NEXT?SI Advance: The rain fell viscously, bringing a torrent of water and debris to the bottom of Caswell Avenue in Graniteville. Cars were subme…
09/10/2021EXHIBIT EXPLORES HOW RISING SEA LEVELS THREATEN NYC & BEYONDGothamist: When the remnants of Hurricane Ida hit the region, it brought devastating flooding and caused the deaths of a…
09/09/2021HUNT’S POINT LIFELINES, SEPTEMBER 2020 UPDATEHUNTS POINT - New York City's Economic Development Corporation (EDC) is currently conducting final design work on the resilient t…
09/04/2021IDA-DELUGED NYC DRAINAGE SYSTEM ALL BUT FORGOTTEN IN CLIMATE BATTLEThe City: The unprecedented rainfall that remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped Wednesday night made New York City’s climate vulnerabilities…
09/04/2021‘GOD’S WORK’: INSIDE THE BOOMING WORLD OF DISASTER RESPONSENBC News: J. Lee Driskell was already on the road from her home in Brooksville, Florida, to Louisiana in her camper — the “Hurric…
09/03/2021KEEPING NYC’S HEAD ABOVE WATER: LESSONS FROM THE DELUGENY Daily News: Waking up to Thursday morning’s scenes of flooding and destruction was a shock to everyone, — including me, and I’ve spe…
09/01/2021ADAMS’ CLIMATE CHANGE PLANS ARE LARGELY UNKNOWNPOLITICO: New York City’s next mayor will face a growing emergency in the fight against climate change. The effects of global warming are…