by admin | May 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Photo by Anthony May. Grosvenor has published “Resilient Cities”, a report on resilience as a combination of vulnerability and adaptiveness.In general, says the report, “US cities do not score particularly well in our vulnerability rankings....
by admin | May 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
A busy time for the federal government! First, the 2014 National Climate Assessment has been released. This is the third NCA and it details how climate change has already been observed around the United States. The NCA includes chapters that focus on specific...
by admin | Apr 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Flooded homes in Tuckerton, N.J., on Oct. 30 2012 after Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the southern New Jersey coastline on Oct. 29. (US Coast Guard via AFP/Getty Images) Robert Pirani and Laura Tolkoff, writing for the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, have...
by admin | Apr 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
The US Army Corps of Engineers has repaired the breach in the seawall at Taholah that occurred in March 2014. This is the second reinforcement this year since more riprap was added in January 2014. [via the Quinault Nugguam Newsletter]However, Fawn Sharp, president of...
by admin | Apr 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Washington Sea Grant has published “PLANNING FOR CHANGE: CLIMATE ADAPTATION SURVEY RESULTS, WASHINGTON STATE, 2014.” This report details the results of a Sea Grant survey distributed statewide in Washington during August 2012. The survey assessed the role...
by admin | Apr 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
This article from the New York Times interviews Henk Ovink, mastermind of the Rebuilding by Design competition, and follows the attempt to guide the US towards a more regional approach to flood management (both coastal and riverine). Other Dutch projects that could be...
by admin | Apr 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
The City of Seattle is looking for public input on their Hazards Mitigation Plan by April 23.From the City: “The City of Seattle is looking for your input on what hazards worry you most. Earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, snow and ice storms, terrorism are just...
by admin | Mar 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
Congress passed the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act in 2012 (BW12) in order to modernize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), with new maps, new community outreach efforts, and flood insurance rates that reflected risk more accurately.However,...
by admin | Feb 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Josh Silberg, MRM Candidate and Hakai Scholar at Simon Fraser University, shares his thoughts on how resilience supplanted sustainability: “Part of the reason why the word resilience is so effective is that… the term recognizes the inherent natural...
by admin | Feb 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
As part of a study of coastal beaches around the country, the USGS has published “Historical shoreline change along the Pacific Northwest coast.” Among several findings, one is that 36% of beach transects in OR and WA were determined to be eroding. The...
