Discusses the design of the Blue Dunes which was based on the Dutch approach. The approach was antithetical to the small-scale, stakeholder facilitated designs championed by Rebuild by Design.
Library
Since the Hurricane Sandy competition, Rebuild by Design, and the processes that were inspired by that work including, the National Disaster Resilience Competition, the Bay Area Resilient by Design Challenge, Water is Leverage, and others, have sparked interest in communities, governments academics, and researchers. To help researchers understand more about our work, and to continue to contribute to a growing portfolio of writings about the work, we have launched this library as a resource for all who are interested.
We would like to thank the University of Groningen for their partnership in locating and cataloging the articles and books that have examined our work. If you know of a resource that is not listed here, please let us know by sending an email to info@rebuildbydesign.org
If you are looking for the Hurricane Sandy Competition archives, please visit the New York Historical Society here.
Focuses on the role of social infrastructure in ensuring social justice in a democratic society and safe spaces for communities.
Explores the spatial and social dynamics of cities worldwide, including a section that focuses on Rebuild by Design as written by Rebuild Principal Henk Ovink.
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 of their ventures to date.
Too Big tells the inside story of the American federal response in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The late 2012 storm that ravaged the New York–New Jersey region revealed the true physical and social vulnerabilities that all coastal cities face from sea level rise and extreme weather events. It underscored the need for fundamentally different approaches to create more resilient cities and coastlines. President Obama took on this challenge through an innovative, inclusive design process called Rebuild by Design: confronting established federal, state and local practices, championed by Henk Ovink, the Dutch Special Envoy for International Water Affairs who joined the American recovery effort.
International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2017:
Summarizes the methodology and presents pilot testing of this method to identify infrastructure and resiliency improvements that meet the community resiliency needs.
Public Infrastructures/Infrastructural Publics: Critically explores the Rebuild by Design process and the novelty of its approach in a post-Sandy world.
Climate Change Adaptation in North America: Focuses on the ways of balancing ‘project risks' and ‘global risks’ in order to successfully implement climate adaptation projects.
Firenze University Press: Focuses on the drivers and barriers to the success of Rebuild by Design competition’s viability in the post-disaster recovery process.
The article discusses planning issues in New York, including the development of infrastructure projects to make the city resilient to future climate catastrophes.
Procedia Engineering: Explores the Rebuild by Design process and strategies and highlights the key themes and innovations which emerged as a result of it.
Landscape and Urban Planning: Presents a framework for coastal adaptation to climate change impacts in planning efforts, using the landscape of the Toms River-Barnegat Bay ecosystem in New Jersey (eastern coast of United States, 90 km south of New York City) as a case study.
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