urban resilience project

How to bring solar panels to affordable apartment buildings

By Laurie Mazur / On June 2nd, 2016
A changing climate means a changing society. The Island Press Urban Resilience Project, Supported by the Kresge Foundation and the JPB Foundation, is committed to a greener, fairer future for all. This post was originally published on Grist.org.

Bounce Forward: Building Resilience for Dangerous Times

By Laurie Mazur / On May 24th, 2016
When Superstorm Sandy came ashore in 2012, thousands of New Yorkers were plunged into what seemed like an earlier century. No lights. No heat. No refrigeration. No elevators. On the upper floors of high-rise apartment buildings, the taps went dry and toilets would not flush.

Climate change is making us sick

By Praveen Buddiga, Katrina Peters / On May 3rd, 2016
Climate change is hurting our health — right here and right now. As practicing physicians, we see the impacts on our patients.

#ForewordFriday: Resilience Matters Edition

By Katharine Sucher / On April 29th, 2016
In an era rocked by climate change and other disruptions, our cities must be resilient to survive and thrive. But what does that mean, exactly? How can we address the problems facing cities today—poverty, job loss, crumbling infrastructure, pollution—while preparing for an uncertain tomorrow? To help answer those questions, Island Press launched the Urban Resilience Project, with support from The Kresge Foundation and the JPB Foundation. We began by reaching out to a diverse group of thinkers—activists, academics, architects and many others.

Getting Real About Resilience in South Brooklyn

By Laurie Mazur, Sabine Aronowsky / On April 28th, 2016
Beverly Corbin is disabled; she navigates the courtyard at Wyckoff Gardens—the South Brooklyn public housing complex where she lives—on a scooter.

Canada is Looking Better and Better (The Regent Park Story)

By Alan Mallach / On April 13th, 2016
High-density public housing may seem like an idea whose time has come and gone, buried along with the ruins of notorious projects like St. Louis’ Pruitt-Igoe and Chicago’s Cabrini-Green. Since the 1990s, HUD’s Hope VI program has demolished hundreds of public housing projects, usually replacing them with lower-density developments that house far fewer people. But is the issue really about density?

Working for a Greener, Fairer Tomorrow

By Kyler Geoffroy / On April 11th, 2016
It’s so easy to fall into the mindset that your job is the most important work in the whole world. Employed as a journalist? You are dedicating your career to uncovering the truth and preserving the freedom of the press! Work at a bank? You handle the money of the masses and are an integral part of how our economy functions. Manage a factory that makes those cardboard pizza boxes?

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