When Hurricane Melissa tore into Jamaica with winds exceeding 185 mph, it sent a clear message: storms are now reaching wind ...

From smarter materials to proactive planning, these strategies help create resilient schools that stay open and prepared for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. An aerial view of beachfront homes that burned in the ...

Since the frequency and intensity of floods, wildfires and heat waves has increased due to climate change, the U.S. housing market has become steadily more volatile. Billions of dollars’ worth of ...

Phius recently released, REVIVE 2024, a retrofit standard for more resilient buildings. The standard focuses on resilience against grid outages by ensuring structures remain habitable for at least a ...

Adaptive reuse has matured from exception to expectation, according to Gensler. Indeed, apartment conversion projects ...

The question is no longer whether resilient construction is worth the cost. It’s how much will it cost the region if ...

FIU is leveraging its expertise, research and world-class facilities to lead the infrastructure component of the Risk and Resilience Tech Hub. (Illustration by David Roberts and Michelle Gonzalez) The ...

Collapsing buildings are the biggest cause of death during earthquakes. How should buildings they be constructed to prevent deaths and injuries? The primary cause of death in an earthquake is not the ...

Since 1980, damages from natural disasters above the $1 billion threshold have totaled almost $3 trillion. That jaw-dropping figure doesn’t start to account for the pain and suffering, but it gives us ...