Category: Community Resilience
10 cities around the world destroyed and rebuilt
The First World War cut a swath of destruction across Europe, leaving centuries-old towns and hallowed buildings in ruins. Rebuilding took generations.
New anti-corruption framework in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
The USMCA’s anti-corruption efforts reached between the United States, Canada and Mexico represent a promising path forward to combat corruption both in the public and private sector.
How natural disasters impact elections
The way politicians handle themselves in the wake of a natural disaster can greatly influence their careers and subsequent elections.
The genius of the London Tube map
Michael Bierut tells the story of the accidental success of one of the most famous maps in the world -- the London Tube Map.
Good resilience planning involves more than building barriers
It’s about making connections.
Writing the future on World Cities Day
Urbanization is alive and growing: our cities are tipped to house an additional 2.4 billion people over the next 30 years!
Inside the New York City Data CoLab
What is a 100ResCities CoLab? What are the goals of this week’s convening in NYC? What does data have to do with building resilience?
Slum tourism, ethics and local economic development
In this lecture, the ethical debate regarding the place of tourism in modern cities is framed using a facilitated bottom-up sustainable city governance perspective to balance the interests of different city actors.
Greater Manchester’s journey from Emergency Preparedness to Resilience
The efforts to foster resilience in Greater Manchester build on many years of work to address ongoing challenges faced by the area.
Can India’s Amaravati become the next sustainable city?
In south-east India, 217 square kilometers of farmland along the Krishna River are being transformed into a city billed as an urban utopia.
Mexico Beach is ‘wiped out’ by Hurricane Michael as other Florida cities are smashed
What used to be a gorgeous beachfront city now looks like an apocalyptic mess after Hurricane Michael shredded Mexico Beach, Florida.
World Mental Health Day 2018
World Mental Health Day 2018 is observed on October 10 across the world. This year, the theme of World Mental Health Day is young people and mental health in a changing world.