In late March the large re-insurer Swiss-Re published a report ranking the world’s 616 largest urban centers according to risk from natural hazards. The report…
I was recently reading through some of the articles in The Guardian’s Resilient Cities series. One of the articles that struck my interest describes a…
For those who followed the news of the Philippines in the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan / Yolanda, the picture was one of a flailing government…
It is shocking how many “lessons learned” documents rehash the same lessons that had supposedly been learned already. The conclusion seems clear: we are very…
I recently found this 4-minute film by Gideon Mendel on floods in Bangkok. It is a beautiful piece. What makes it so striking is that…
Buildings should not collapse spontaneously! On April 24th 2013, the eight-story Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed within the Greater Dhaka Area in Bangladesh, killing over…
I have been working as part of a team (with Anna among others), on an assessment of Haiti’s housing recovery and reconstruction process. Specifically I…
I’m excited to think/write/engage with the idea of “resilient urbanism.” Here are some of the reasons: First, I think that “resilience” is an extremely empowering…
