Resilience
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Seattle puts affordable housing, anti-displacement legislation on the docket
Mayor Jenny Durkan's Community Preference policy would target residents affected by neighborhood gentrification and unaffordability.
By Katie Pyzyk • May 17, 2019 -
Q&APlanning, training, redundancy: How Panama City, FL is flexing its preparedness 'muscle memory'
The city's assistant manager Jared Jones shared lessons learned after Hurricane Michael rocked the Florida Panhandle in 2018.
By Katie Pyzyk • May 10, 2019 -
Project Owl's 'clusterducks' are bringing emergency Wi-Fi networks to disaster-prone communities
Through a unique IoT and software solution, the IBM-backed project aims to keep first responders connected to the public in the event of a natural disaster.
By Kristin Musulin • May 09, 2019 -
Report: Miami needs 50K housing units to meet existing demand
The Connect Capital Miami report highlights the seriousness of the city's housing affordability crisis and provides recommendations to lessen the problem.
By Katie Pyzyk • May 08, 2019 -
Q&AHow VR, 5G and P3s can enhance local hurricane preparedness
Venture Smarter director Rhonda Binda highlighted how the emergence of new tech and collaborative opportunities are helping cities boost resiliency in the face of natural disasters.
By Katie Pyzyk • May 08, 2019 -
OpinionBefore the flood: How to plan and design proactive buyout programs that work
Buyout programs are empowering communities to prepare for natural disasters in advance, rather than scramble to salvage what’s left after storms subside.
By Brandy Bones • May 08, 2019 -
Deep DiveMitigating America's food desert dilemma
Cities are moving away from one-off attempts to bring food to underserved areas and instead are looking to data-driven, comprehensive strategies.
By Katie Pyzyk • May 07, 2019 -
Smart Cities For All playbook focuses on accessibility for people with disabilities
The inclusivity guide calls on cities and their partners to prioritize people, economic assets, infrastructure, networking and enabling public policies.
By Chris Teale • May 07, 2019 -
The Weather Company: Nearly half of Americans have no severe weather plan
The IBM-owned company also predicts a slightly less active Atlantic hurricane season this year, though three of which could be major storms.
By Katie Pyzyk • May 06, 2019 -
OpinionHow better technology can power smarter, safer cities
It’s not always easy to fulfill the potential that technology has to improve services and the general well-being of the public, but the opportunity is there for the taking.
By Gil Elbaz • May 03, 2019 -
'It's a team sport': Leaders say partnerships are key to climate resilience
Aside from urging cities to partner with each other and with the private sector, leaders highlighted the importance of overpreparing for natural disasters.
By Chris Teale • May 01, 2019 -
App to report dangerous driving in DC sees spike following fatalities
The How's My Driving app aims to empower pedestrians and cyclists with a platform to report dangerous driving in the District.
By Kristin Musulin • April 30, 2019 -
Los Angeles releases its own 'Green New Deal'
The sustainability plan expands and accelerates goals for a cleaner environment, stronger economy and more resilient city.
By Katie Pyzyk • April 30, 2019 -
Rockefeller Foundation-backed resiliency center aims to help 1B people by 2030
The Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at the Atlantic Council is the successor to 100 Resilient Cities, which will disband in July.
By Chris Teale • April 30, 2019 -
OpinionAI, robots and the high-tech farm of the future
AI-driven technologies are starting to have a dramatic effect on an industry that has seen only incremental improvements over the last century and is in dire need of more sustainable models.
By Eric Jensen • April 29, 2019 -
Important questions remain as cities move to deploy earthquake alert systems
While rolling out earthquake early-warning tech is a step in the right direction, it doesn't address how cities should prepare the public for receiving an alert.
By Michael Grass • April 25, 2019 -
Denver to improve homeless services following audit
Mayor Michael Hancock proposed adding a housing and homelessness department and strengthening other resources.
By Katie Pyzyk • April 23, 2019 -
Census Bureau: 3 largest US cities shrink, mid-sized cities grow
In its annual release of population data, the bureau found that growth has been most pronounced in southern and western urban areas.
By Katie Pyzyk • April 22, 2019 -
JPMorgan Chase announces winners of AdvancingCities Challenge
Selected from a pool of 250 proposals from 143 communities, the winning cities will receive $3 million each over a period of three years.
By Kristin Musulin • April 18, 2019 -
Columbus, OH to spend millions to increase housing capacity, affordability
The city council approved grants to fund developments and the city issued an RFP with area partners to begin a regional housing study.
By Katie Pyzyk • April 17, 2019 -
Business groups try to kill San Francisco's tax to fund homelessness programs
Two business groups and an anti-tax alliance say Proposition C is unconstitutional because it didn't pass in November with two-thirds approval.
By Katie Pyzyk • April 16, 2019 -
Boise, ID joins AARP's age-friendly community network
It's the first city in Idaho to commit to making age-friendly improvements to health, wellness and quality of life through the program.
By Katie Pyzyk • April 15, 2019 -
Chicago becomes largest US city to commit to 100% clean energy
The city council voted unanimously on the resolution, which also calls for complete electrification of the city's bus fleet by 2040.
By Kristin Musulin • April 12, 2019 -
Seattle Innovation Advisory Council to focus on resilience, housing solutions
The IAC will look to use data and technology to address disaster response and preparedness, homelessness and housing affordability.
By Chris Teale • April 11, 2019 -
Climate panel disbanded under Trump reforms with local focus
The independent group is now known as the Science to Climate Action Network (SCAN), and will give technical advice to cities and businesses.
By Jason Plautz • April 05, 2019
