Jan 28 2014
Perspective
Boulder, Colorado, is no stranger to environmental shocks and stresses. Devastating flash floods have hit the city — in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains — half a dozen times since …
Jan 22 2014
Perspective
York City's new mayor needs to make resilience a top priority. “Part of the formula for improving the lives of the most vulnerable among us is to build these resilient capacities for …
Jan 22 2014
Perspective
"Resilience is the ability of people, communities and institutions to prepare for, withstand, and bounce back more rapidly from acute shocks and chronic stresses."
When senior leaders at a large, global …
Jan 21 2014
Perspective
Participants in the Informal City Dialogues innovation workshop in Lima explored ways to make their city more resilient and inclusive. One early challenge was clearly explaining the concept of resilience …
Jan 03 2014
Perspective
This post originally appeared in Crain's New York Business on January 3, 2014. New Yorkers expect two things above all from our mayor: to keep us safe and to keep our …
Dec 30 2013
Press Releases
NEW YORK—Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York has launched the nation's first state-led pay for success project, an initiative to train and employ formerly incarcerated individuals. Private …
Dec 23 2013
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The Rockefeller Foundation recently concluded a three-year initiative focused on maximizing the number, quality and accessibility of green jobs in the United States. The Sustainable Employment in a Green US …
Dec 18 2013
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A version of this post also appeared on 100 Resilient Cities. Whether he was leading the national response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic in the United States, or dealing with a …
Dec 17 2013
Perspective
New York's subways and buses serve more riders each day than the twenty next largest U.S. transit systems combined. However, the city's outer boroughs are plagued with long distances, infrequent …
Dec 09 2013
Perspective
Officials from Medellín, Colombia; Dakar, Senegal; Oakland, California, and New Orleans, Louisina provided first-hand perspectives on both challenges and solutions to urban resilience at The Rockefeller Foundation's one-day Innovation Forum, …