City leaders are redefining resilience as a system that regenerates ecosystems, restores communities and listens to residents ...

Planning the architecture of your city involves one major aspect: Resilience. Resilience is the ability to bounce back or return to the original state following a period of stress or strain, per PSU.

This new organization wants to help cities create a broader idea of what resilience means A new organization called Resilient Cities Catalyst has risen from the ashes of 100 Resilient Cities. Why did ...

Cities can get the most economic return on their preparedness spending — while protecting jobs and businesses — with these strategies, new research says.

When we step back from high emotions—in either direction—after the U.S. election last week, we see millions of extraordinary people doing yeoman’s work to make our lives, cities, and communities ...

The impacts of climate change are being felt across the globe, especially in coastal areas. According to a physical climate risk study by XDI Cross Dependency Initiative, 40 of the top 50 most at-risk ...

Once relatively foreseeable, the cost of homeownership is becoming harder for homeowners to predict as insurance premiums increase. Insurify projects a 6% increase in U.S. home insurance rates by the ...

After Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston in 2017, Mayor Sylvester Turner wanted to take bolder action in the city's recovery and better prepare the community for future crises. A year later, Houston ...

A new exhibit at the Japan House in Los Angeles showcases high-concept thinking about what is possible for how cities and the natural world could coexist in the face of climate change and the natural ...

The "atmospheric river" that struck California in December dumped more than five inches of rain on the city of San Francisco in a single day, submerging cars, clogging Highway 101 and sending ...

This story is co-published with Grist, and is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how—and where—we live. Cities are hot. When you cover the ground with asphalt ...

The findings suggest that advanced AI models, when designed to reflect real-world system interdependencies, can reduce the digital divide in urban resilience planning. Rather than benefiting only data ...