The reality of climate change will forever change community building, with planning and development decisions increasingly based on strengthening community resilience through what is built, and…
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Former President Bill Clinton has announced a global commitment to the 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge during the opening plenary of the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative…
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety’s (IBHS) FORTIFIED Home programs and standards are recommended in the federal Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force’s Rebuilding Strategy…
Rebuilding Together and the American Red Cross have joined forces to help bring nearly 90 homes devastated by Hurricane Sandy back to safe and healthy housing…
Hurricane Sandy batters the Jersey shore; a tornado rips through Oklahoma; wildfires destroy forest in Arizona. These major disasters have happened within the last year and…
Today’s minimum requirements of current building codes only emphasize life safety. As long as occupants can be evacuated during a fire, hurricane or other major event,…