Integrating Health, Housing, and Resilience
"A new report from the Urban Land Institute, Housing in America: Integrating Housing, Health, and Resilience in a Changing Environment [pdf], explores the connection between strengthening the resilience of housing and communities to severe weather and building for health and wellness," according to a post by Robert Krueger written for the Urban Land Institute's website.
Housing in America was released at the ULI’s "Building the Resilient City" conference this week in San Francisco.
The report lists five fundamentals that are key to development practices that improve both the health and resilience of communities:
- Develop Compact, Walkable and Mixed-Use Places
- Encourage Greater Equity
- Invest in Social Capital
- Build Resource-Efficient and Durable Housing
- Continuously Adapt for a Changing Environment
The report tests these fundamentals by examining the case studies of three communities destroyed or threatened by natural disasters: Greensburg, Kansas; San Diego, California; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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- U.S. Economic Growth Shows Urban-Rural Divide
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- A Climate Change Preview Underway in Michigan
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