It seems that vulnerability is a cost of privilege, and resilience comes as a result of adversity.
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Are terrorist attacks also an implicit design critique of our urban landscape? An architect and urban designer suggests we can fight terrorism by not building obvious targets.
Recent floods in southeast Louisiana were the most severe U.S. natural disaster since 2012’s Hurricane Sandy. Suburban sprawl and slow execution of flood control projects worsened the damage.
With little state and federal leadership, regional planners in southern Florida try to prepare for the effects of climate change.
Not everyone will be celebrating this results day, so here’s a few words of advice for both students and parents, to help put things into perspective.
Some Olympic moments are a timely reminder of the human capacity to bounce back in the face of challenge or failure. But why do some people wilt, while others seem to do over or go again?
In response to disasters like Superstorm Sandy, engineers are developing new building codes and tools to calculate the value of upgrades. National policy should encourage builders to use these tools.
Why psychological pain and trauma could have some positive effects – but only for some people.
Our complex modern society is very vulnerable to everything from the attack in France to power failures. The good news is we can fix this.
Many African cities are sites of rapid urbanisation. To ensure that such societies are water resilient, it is necessary to address formal and informal forms of development.
The Resilient Melbourne Strategy, adopted this month, marks a shift towards “whole-of-city” thinking.
As Atlantic hurricane season opens on June 1, eastern U.S. cities can prepare by updating laws, codes and ordinances that hamper rebuilding after storms.
Many students are in the process of deciding whether to take a gap year – a year between high school and starting college. What does evidence tell us about taking a gap year?
The idea of resilience is important - but is it being co-opted in our workplaces?
The odds of recovering from a terrible experience are higher than you might think.
Markets have been on a rocky ride all year on concerns another recession looms. Here are a few lessons we can learn from the last one.
Hundreds of cities worldwide have pledged to act against climate change. New York City’s experience rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy offers useful lessons about making urban areas more resilient.
Want to build resilience in children? Tell them family stories of courage.
The root cause of our vulnerability is the structure of the global economy: highly interconnected, complex and filled with turbulence.
Study finds higher risk of flooding from a combination of storm surge and heavy precipitation, particularly along the East Coast of the US.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Human Dimensions of Water Resources and Water Resilience, Brock University
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Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director, Security and Resilience Program, Northeastern University
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Assistant Professor of Communication and Cognitive Science, University of California, Davis
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Doctor of Philosophy, University of British Columbia
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Senior Lecturer, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
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Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science and African Climate and Development Initiative Research Chair, University of Cape Town
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Associate professor, University of Johannesburg
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Executive Director, Sustainable & Resilient Economy, The Ohio State University
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Bradford
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Assistant Professor, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University
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Assistant Professor, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
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Assistant Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Canada Research Chair in Youth Suicide Prevention, McGill University
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Associate Professor, Macquarie University
