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Rebuild by Design enhances community resilience through collaborative, design-driven solutions. Launched by HUD post-Hurricane Sandy, it addresses climate change, social injustices, and economic challenges with innovative, scalable projects.
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United States, District of Columbia, Washington
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| Apr 28, 2025 | Loss of FEMA program spells disaster for hundreds of communities and their projects | Disasters affect the vast majority of Americans — 95% live in a county that has had a federally declared weather disaster since 2011, said Amy Chester, director of Rebuild by Design, a nonprofit focused on disaster prevention. The BRIC prog... |
| Feb 3, 2025 | National Politics | Who gets more disaster aid? Republican states. Experts explain that and more about FEMA | “They’re going to suffer because they don’t have capacities to deal with it without federal help.” Experts say every state gets millions in federal help — and a little more goes to Republican states and congressional districts. New York Uni... |
| Jan 29, 2020 | Design Firm BIG Looks at “AI-chitecture” and 3D Printing to Help Build Sustainable Coastal Cities | In an era of proliferating “star-chitects,” Bjarke Ingels with his architectural firm BIG stands out as one of the A-list of built world celebrities. His company’s large-scale public works projects like the Amager Bakke, a power plant turne... |
| Sep 2, 2017 | After Harvey, ignore the climate debate and focus on building better, more efficient cities | As Tropical Storm Harvey made its second landfall near the border of Louisiana and Texas this week, New Orleans marked the 12-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. In the intervening years since those storms, the nation has been continuall... |
| See which states have suffered the most major weather disasters since 2011 | Ninety percent of counties across the U.S. have experienced a flood, wildfire, hurricane or other federally declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday. During that same period, 29 states on av... |