By Adele Houghton on
26 Sep 2013 •
openbook 4 minute read
Extreme weather events such as heat waves and floods do not affect everyone equally. Some populations are more at risk than others of disease, injury, and death because of the unique combination of social, economic, demographic, and environmental characteristics of the …
By Sean McMahon on
31 Jul 2013 •
openbook 2 minute read
Earlier this month the NYC Building Resilience Task Force, led by Urban Green (USGBC's local chapter in New York), released its full report detailing more than 30 practical proposals to increase the resiliency of the city's buildings to extreme weather events. The task …
By Sean McMahon on
18 Jun 2013 •
openbook 2 minute read
It has been widely reported that 2012 was the hottest year on record in the continental United States. This year has not been much different with NOAA recently reporting that not only was June 2013 one of the hottest month's of June ever, it represented the 340th straig …
