![San Francisco / Port-au-Prince partnership for earthquake resilience?](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/San-Francisco-1906-470x140.png)
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…
![Rebuilding away from the coast: Whose risk is really reduced?](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mm2-470x140.png)
By Michelle Annette Meyer, PhD The Philippines faces a long road of recovery decisions that will affect the population’s risk for generations to come. One…
![Anchalee Koyamaholds Taweewattana districk, Bangkok Thailand November 2011 (Photo by Gideon Mendel)](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Living-with-Floodwaters_Gedeon_Mendel2-470x140.jpg)
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…
![A general view of the Bangladeshi capital city Dhaka on September 20, 2010. The South Asian nation sits on active tectonic plates and is frequently jolted by tremors. The last major earthquake struck in 1896. AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz Zaman / Getty Images](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Dhaka-skyline-MUNIR-UZ-ZAMANAFPGetty-Images1-470x140.jpg)
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…
![How to we promote resilience in post-disaster reconstruction? Building a 2nd floor on an already damaged 1st floor is not "reformative recovery". Picture taken in Port-au-Prince Haiti by David Lallemant](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Rebuilding-on-Weak-Foundations-470x140.jpg)
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…
![The dynamics of risk are linked to the dynamics of cities. Understanding this interaction is key to promoting urban resilience.](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/PaP-Aerial-470x140.png)
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…
![Kicking off: so why blog?](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Bangkok-470x140.png)
I feel that we (my fellow authors and I) are currently sitting at an interesting juncture, somewhere between practice and academia, between the urban, the…
![Source: Anna Konotchick](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_3292-v2-470x140.jpg)
What is resilient urbanism? What does it mean for our cities to be conceived and designed to be resilient – to natural hazards, to economic…