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The Trials and Triumphs of a Small City’s Hurricane Recovery Could Help Other Communities Bounce Back

January 14, 2022

In September 2018, a North Carolina city’s long road to recovery from Hurricane Matthew two years earlier became even longer. Lumberton, a small but diverse city of 21,000 people, 96 kilometers (60 miles) inland from the coast, unfortunately found itself in Hurricane Florence’s sights. The Lumber

Resilient Cedar Rapids: Rebuilding Better Pays Off

August 7, 2020

Juan Fung

Many cities in the United States have experienced or will experience devastating losses caused by a natural disaster. In the aftermath of a disaster, the question communities grapple with is how to invest in recovery. Understandably, the focus tends to be on building back as quickly as possible. But

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Toward a Resilient Nashua, New Hampshire

August 30, 2019

Justin Kates

Something that is resilient bounces back from injury or adversity. Communities that are resilient may be damaged by some natural or manmade hazard event, but they recover and rise again, stronger. But resilience takes planning. It takes foresight. It takes knowing the risks and consequences and

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The Trials and Triumphs of a Small City’s Hurricane Recovery Could Help Other Communities Bounce Back

Resilient Cedar Rapids: Rebuilding Better Pays Off

Toward a Resilient Nashua, New Hampshire