09/26/2024Redefining Resilience: How the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project Is Shaping the Future of ManhattanWaterfront Alliance: In 2012, Hurricane Sandy wreaked devastation upon New York, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and billions of dollar…
09/18/2024US Rushes to Buy ‘Flood-Zone Homes’ Despite Knowing the Risk of FloodingBangkok Biz News: Americans are making their home ownership dreams come true by buying affordable “flood zone” homes, driving sales up nearl…
09/17/2024Landscape Architects Rise to the Challenge of Coastal FloodingArch Daily: While some communities face extreme heat, others brace for storms and rising waters, and many face multiple impacts.…
09/16/2024New tool helps assess extreme weather risksInsurance Rate Reporter: Rebuild by Design, a research project from New York University (NYU), recently published the Atlas of Accountabilit…
09/16/2024With Another Razor-Thin Election Looming, Georgia Provides Little Clarity on Voting in a Natural DisasterThe Xylom: Although Georgia has seen the lowest number of major disaster declarations over the last decade among the Southeastern states, da…
09/15/2024Home Sales in Flood Zones Are Booming. Here’s Why Buyers Take the Risk.New York Times: New Yorkers are spending billions on houses in flood-prone areas despite growing awareness of the effects of climate change.…
09/12/2024Pioneering Change: The Obel Award Recognizes Transformative Innovations Since 2019Arch Daily: The Obel Award is an international prize seeking to highlight unconventional and original initiatives within the architectural p…
09/09/2024Crisi climatica: i piani anti-alluvione per Lower ManhattanIngenio: New York City, come molte altre città del mondo, sta affrontando la difficile realtà del cambiamento climatico e dei suoi pesanti i…
09/05/2024Building Climate Resilience for Vermont’s EconomyVermont Biz: We’ll begin with an interactive briefing on Rebuild by Design’s Atlas of Accountability, a new virtual tool that allows users t…
08/31/2024Vermont was supposedly safe from the worst climate risks. Then came relentless floodsNHPR: Lyndonville and the surrounding Northeast Kingdom communities aren’t alone in being on that road. By at least one count, Washington Co…
08/31/2024Vermont was supposedly safe from the worst climate risks. Then came relentless floodsMaine Public: By at least one count, Washington County — home to Montpelier — is now tied for being the second-most disaster prone county in…
08/26/2024Dooley talks conservation, adapting to habitat loss at Six and Twenty Book Club meetingNews Journal: The Six and Twenty Book Club met at Jill Borton’s home on Aug. 9. Ruth Dooley was the program leader for the day.…
08/23/2024Extreme weather events are the new normal for CT. Don’t let neighbors die in vain.CT Insider Opinion by Amy Chester and Tom Swan…
08/23/2024Double-whammy: How heavy rains and high tides hurt NYC’s Black and Brown neighborhoodsAmsterdam News: Normally, Estefani Nuñez parks the small yellow school bus she drives each day by the side of her home in the Rosedale neigh…
08/21/2024Rebuild Faster: Tools for Government Contractors Amidst Rising Disaster RisksClover Leaf: Ninety percent of counties in the US have endured floods, wildfires, hurricanes, or other natural disasters since 2011, accordi…
08/20/2024Disaster Dollar DatabaseCarnegie Endowment for International Peace: At its most basic, the goal of the Disaster Dollar Database is to start to make visible federal …