Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Resilient by design

Downtown San Jose. You are unlikely to die if you're in one of these buildings during a big earthquake. But will the buildings have to be torn down? Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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SPUR Talk: Building Resilient Cities

By Roger Rudick | Sep 25, 2019 | No Comments

Building a rating system for buildings so buyers know it will be usable after a big earthquake

As sea levels rise, storms will become more destructive--if resiliency isn't built into critical infrastructure. Image: from the Resilient by Design brochure

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SPUR Talk: Contest to Stave off Disaster Before it Strikes

By Roger Rudick | Jun 26, 2017 | 1 Comment

The Bay Area is in danger from sea level rise, and the organization “Resilient by Design” wants ideas and plans for how to make sure a storm surge, or even the ongoing effects of incremental climate change and erosion don’t lead to disaster, by building resiliency into coastal infrastructure. That was the crux of a […]