resilience

Washburn

After Disaster, Tactical Urbanism Builds Resilience

By Mike Lydon / On June 4th, 2015
The Island Press Urban Resilience Project, supported by the Kresge Foundation, is working to promote a holistic understanding of resilience that is grounded in equity and sustainability.

The Making of an Energy Ghetto

By Denise Fairchild / On April 2nd, 2015
The Island Press Urban Resilience Project, supported by the Kresge Foundation, is working to promote a holistic understanding of resilience that is grounded in equity and sustainability. The utility industry's efforts to turn back the clean-energy revolution would block low-income communities from realizing the benefits. The clean-energy revolution is underway, and so is the war against it. As with every other major economic transition, this battle will have winners and losers.

More Than a Drafting Error: Why Scott Walker Is Wrong

By Denise Fairchild / On April 1st, 2015
The Island Press Urban Resilience Project, supported by the Kresge Foundation, is working to promote a holistic understanding of resilience that is grounded in equity and sustainability. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File).  

Our Infrastructure's Crucial Need: Resiliency

By Ann Kinzig / On March 19th, 2015
The Island Press Urban Resilience Project, supported by the Kresge Foundation, is working to promote a holistic understanding of resilience that is grounded in equity and sustainability. Shocks and surprises are coming, and we need to build systems that can weather them.

Meet Obama’s Chief Resilience Officer

By Laurie Mazur / On March 11th, 2015
The Island Press Urban Resilience Project, supported by the Kresge Foundation, is working to promote a holistic understanding of resilience that is grounded in equity and sustainability. Harriet Tregoning  

We Can't Have Resilience without Justice

By Denise Fairchild / On February 12th, 2015
The Island Press Urban Resilience Project, supported by the Kresge Foundation, is working to promote a holistic understanding of resilience that is grounded in equity and sustainability. Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Tamir Rice. John Crawford III. Levar Jones. Their deaths — and those of too many others — illuminate the ghastly toll of racism and impunity. It’s a toll we can measure in lives lost, and in communities seared by violence.

Is “Resilience” the New Sustainababble?

By Denise Fairchild / On February 5th, 2015
The Island Press Urban Resilience Project, supported by the Kresge Foundation, is working to promote a holistic understanding of resilience that is grounded in equity and sustainability. Suddenly, “resilience” is everywhere.

Pages