Resilience
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5 design trends that will shape future cityscapes
A new Gensler report anticipates how urban challenges like climate change, health care and airport traffic will influence future city designs.
By Cailin Crowe • Sept. 19, 2019 -
Is citizen engagement the key to smart water solutions?
Aquagenuity CEO Doll Avant said humans, not technology, currently serve as the sensors to detect water problems — and that must change.
By Cailin Crowe • Sept. 17, 2019 -
IBM Call for Code contest selects 5 finalists
The teams produce open-source tech to help communities respond to increasingly severe natural disasters, including mental health care solutions.
By Chris Teale • Sept. 17, 2019 -
Rockefeller Foundation creates Opportunity Zone Academy
The program will provide five cities with resources to develop the zones into economically thriving, socially inclusive and walkable neighborhoods.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 17, 2019 -
California legislators approve statewide rent cap
Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the bill, which is considered a partial solution to the housing crisis.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 13, 2019 -
City Tech Collaborative targets 2020 for putting heat mapping tool in urban planners' hands
Following the proof-of-concept period, the tool could be expanded to include any city for which satellite data is available.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 11, 2019 -
'Mayors are angry': Puerto Rico cities lack federal funds for hurricane recovery
Federal funds are too slow to arrive, and local resiliency plans require money to begin implementation, Ponce Mayor María Meléndez told Smart Cities Dive.
By Chris Teale • Sept. 11, 2019 -
Rockefeller Foundation provides $3.7M for opportunity zones
The funding will help attract investments to economically distressed areas in Dallas, St. Louis, Oakland, CA and Washington, DC.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 09, 2019 -
Resilience report: The world's 10 safest cities
The need for urban safety cognizance is growing as global populations increasingly move to cities, a report from The Economist Intelligence Unit says.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 03, 2019 -
San Francisco expands free water station program
The initiative is partially funded through the city's soda tax and will reduce plastic waste by providing free, clean water in parks and schools.
By Katie Pyzyk • Aug. 30, 2019 -
Seattle creates first Resilience Roadmap
Seattle is the fastest-growing big city in the U.S., resulting in challenges that test resilience, including affordable housing and opportunity gaps.
By Katie Pyzyk • Aug. 30, 2019 -
Local governments will use Facebook to send emergency alerts
The platform began testing alerts last year to help government agencies spread information about crises like flash floods, shootings and bomb threats.
By Kristin Musulin • Aug. 30, 2019 -
NYC doubles curbside rain gardens in green infrastructure program
The gardens trap rainwater to help prevent flooding and combined sewer overflows and also improve air quality and beautify neighborhoods.
By Chris Teale • Aug. 30, 2019 -
St. Louis, DHS team up for smart city pilot
The pilot program will help the city improve its emergency response to extreme weather with flood, video and route management sensors.
By Cailin Crowe • Aug. 30, 2019 -
Austin, TX to increase green job access for people of color
The initiative will disperse grants between $10,000 and $50,000 each for equitable workforce development and green job opportunities.
By Cailin Crowe • Aug. 28, 2019 -
NYC steps up outreach to homeless using subway as shelter
The city's HOME-STAT initiative has helped more than 2,200 citizens transition off the streets since it launched three years ago.
By Katie Pyzyk • Aug. 23, 2019 -
Study: Florida, California home to most limited evacuation routes
As natural disasters intensify, StreetLight Data used machine-learning algorithms to identify the U.S. communities with the highest vehicle evacuation risk.
By Kristin Musulin • Aug. 22, 2019 -
Smart cities 'doomed from the start' without better broadband
At the Colorado Smart Cities Symposium, Rep. Diana DeGette, D-CO, urged cities to boost spending around access or risk falling behind.
By Jason Plautz • Aug. 22, 2019 -
Twin Cities cuts overnight rail service, displacing homeless
The action has sparked a familiar debate: What can be done about people experiencing homelessness who use trains for shelter?
By Katie Pyzyk • Aug. 21, 2019 -
Texas officials 'unaware' of any ransom payments after widespread attack
More than half of the 23 organizations impacted are "back to operations as usual" after the August attack, according to the Texas Department of Information Resources.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • UPDATED: Sept. 9, 2019 at 4:05 p.m. -
How 'green' concrete can help cities fight climate change
The built environment produces over 40% of global CO2 emissions. U.S. mayors are taking the lead to cut emissions with CO2 mineralized concrete.
By Cailin Crowe • Aug. 15, 2019 -
Multifunctional city parks can aid residents during earthquake recovery, study says
Researchers at a university in Canada explored how cities can use open spaces as community resource hubs after natural disasters.
By Kira Barrett • Aug. 14, 2019 -
New Orleans passes restrictions on short-term housing rentals
Short-term rentals through Airbnb, Homeaway and other companies will be banned in two of the city's most popular tourist zones and restricted elsewhere.
By Katie Pyzyk • Aug. 13, 2019 -
Austin, TX City Council declares 'climate emergency'
The ordinance calls for immediate action, requiring the city council to track accountability and reporting structure goals.
By Katie Pyzyk • Aug. 12, 2019 -
OpinionFighting extreme heat in cities with urban design
To adapt to climate change, we need to build cities like we did in the past – moving toward a climate-responsive urban design, centered on people.
By Adam Freed and Jacob Koch • Aug. 08, 2019
