by admin | May 30, 2016 | Climate, Disaster, Disaster policy, Environment, Government, Infrastructure, Public policy, Public safety, Urban forest, Urban Planning, Water, Wildfire
The subtitle to this headline for many people might be: Who Cares? As a term of art, green infrastructure may be popular with landscape architects, civil engineers, and urban planners, among a few other allied professions, but it does not often mean much to the...
by admin | May 22, 2016 | Chicago, Crime, Personal history, Public policy, Public safety
One of the more disquieting aspects of urban life is an occasional confrontation with the irrational. I have debated telling this story, but I decided that enough other people either have had or will share such experiences that sharing it may have great value. One...
by admin | May 1, 2016 | Climate, Disaster, Drought, Government, Public policy, Resilience, Science, Water
Drought has historically been the disaster that fails to focus our attention on its consequences until it is too late to take effective action. While other disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and most floods have a quick onset that signals trouble, and...
by admin | Mar 30, 2016 | Climate, Government, Infrastructure, Public policy, Resilience, Science, Urban Planning
Recently, the American Planning Association’s Hazards Planning Center, which I manage, and the Association of State Floodplain Managers, began work on a new project funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office for Coastal...
by admin | Mar 5, 2016 | Blogging, Personal health, Public policy, Public safety
Many of us, in making major life decisions, experience both a pull from one direction and a push from another. We may feel conflicted, or we may feel that circumstances have combined to make the decision easy. I don’t know how much Frederick Steiner, the dean of the...
by admin | Jan 26, 2016 | Disaster, Disaster policy, Floodplain management, Government, Public policy, Public safety, Resilience, Urban Planning, Wildfire
Across the United States of America, about one in five people live under the rules and structures of some sort of private association that governs common property interests. These can be condominium associations, homeowners associations, or similar entities that are...
