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All Blog Posts Tagged 'resilience' (32)

Resilience plan? I doubt it.

I talked about a resilience plan of our city with my some of my friends and colleagues at work and with my family. No one has ever heard about any kind of resilience plan for Braunschweig.

It is difficult to imagine what type of problems Braunschweig needs to face in the future that really need a resilience plan.

In my opinion Braunschweig should improve the infrastructure to face the continous growth. Furthermore they could provide a better food supply for the citizens and also in…

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Added by Tim Winkelmann on June 6, 2012 at 3:55pm — No Comments

Street Life in Lagos - Al Jazeera

Witness - Street Life in Lagos from the Al Jazeera network.

Added by Nozza on May 31, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments

Asheville Resilience Map

Here is the resilience map I created.

Added by Soni Pitts on May 18, 2010 at 3:13am — No Comments

Passenger Rail coming to Asheville?

I found this very interesting indeed: WNC Passenger Rail Initiative. There's not much info on the city website, but hunting around a local paper I found some updates that seem to indicate that it's a go. This would be an incredible solution to several of the area's transportation issues, and would help alleviate future gas shortage crises and related problems.

I shared this information with my friends on Facebook… Continue

Added by Soni Pitts on May 18, 2010 at 2:43am — 2 Comments

Act 7, Urban Resilience

Well, I checked for a resilience plan, a disaster plan, and a green plan for my city. I already knew we had the last two, but from my searches I was unable to find a resilience plan. The disaster plan is pretty comprehensive:

Riverside Disaster Plan.

Our Green Action Plan (or Emerald City… Continue

Added by Nick Heyming on May 13, 2010 at 5:51am — 1 Comment

Learn 7, Urban Resilience

What are the most likely natural disasters, food shortages, power outages, political crises, health outbreaks, or other social disruptions that YOU should be prepared to face with resilience?

Pick one.

I live in Southern California, so the most likely crisis for us to face is an earthquake with the associated transportation, power, and water infrastructure damage.

What different kinds of data would you track in the crisis?

For disaster relief… Continue

Added by Nick Heyming on May 13, 2010 at 4:52am — 2 Comments

my town is a Transition Town!

While doing some research for ACT 7: Urban Resilience, I discovered that my town is a Transition Town with a thriving community focused on resilience. My neighbors know a lot!

My ACT plan for this topic is to gently ease into it, since this is an area where I tend to feel very uncomfortable. I might start by visting the…

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Added by ninmah on May 12, 2010 at 5:54pm — 14 Comments

Project Prepare - Monroe County disaster preparedness plan - city of Rochester NY

Hello Agents,

This mission was one that is near and dear to my heart.

I have always felt forewarned is forearmed, To that end, I am taking courses in cyber security through the Domestic Preparedness Campus and applying to be a member of the Citizen Corps http://www.citizencorps.gov/.

So imagine my surprise when in searching for the city of Rochester's online plan…

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Added by Kevin DiVico on May 12, 2010 at 5:52am — No Comments

Vancouver 2020 Urban Resilience Plan

View Vancouver WA Urban Resilence Plan 2020 in a larger map

Check out my map of Vancouver in 2020. I focused on…

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Added by Jordache Perozzo on May 11, 2010 at 1:30am — No Comments

Portland Oregon Urban Resilience

The following link is my favorite example of urban resilience in the Portland Oregon area:

http://www.metro-goingplaces.org/bast/

If you click on the link you will see a map of the Portland Oregon Region in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

This map is showing the layout of the current transit system in…

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Added by Jordache Perozzo on May 11, 2010 at 1:17am — 1 Comment

Northwest Urban Resilience- Power Outages

What are the most likely natural disasters, food shortages, power outages, political crises,

health outbreaks, or other social disruptions that YOU should be prepared to

face with resilience? Pick one.…

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Added by Jordache Perozzo on May 10, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments

(IMAGINE7) Urbana Resilience Map

What does your city look like at the end of 10 years of resilience development? What important new buildings, spaces, and neighborhoods exist?…

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Added by Paul Holze on May 9, 2010 at 9:00pm — 4 Comments

RESILIENT Cochabamaba in 2020

Cochabamba - Bolivia, April 2020.

Here is the “resiliense map” of my city, reflecting 10 years of efforts by Development Managers, Businesses AND CITIZENS as part of the Socially-responsible City Planning Programme:…

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Added by Ternura Rojas on May 8, 2010 at 3:30pm — 5 Comments

Visited the Ushahidi website - http://www.ushahidi.com/

I don't exactly understand how to use it but I'll figure it out.

Added by Aaron Freeman on May 7, 2010 at 6:51pm — No Comments

Haverhill MA: emergency management plan

I called the Mayor's office and found out that Police Chief Denaro is the Emergency Management Director. His assistant, who happens to live right up the street from me, is investigating whether or not it is available to distribute to the public. I'm sure that it is--he just has to follow protocol. When I get that, I'll be able to become familiar with it and share what I learn.

He asked, "Why do you want it?" I told him that I was playing a social networking game about changing the… Continue

Added by Richard Smyth on May 7, 2010 at 6:43pm — No Comments

Act 7 - Local Resiliance

I live in an area with a watershed running through it and surrounding communities (the Grand River). After searching the conservation site for the Grand River, it is obvious that our government is doing something about our ecosystems!!

Water

Adaptive Management of Stream Corridors… Continue

Added by Allison Keats on May 7, 2010 at 5:00am — No Comments

ACT7 Resilience Reality

Resilience is "A highly ordered, complex state—commercial districts and neighborhoods, social networks and infrastructure networks, cycles of water, energy, and food consumption—reduced to a state of chaos and disorder. " according to this article:… Continue

Added by Buffy B on May 4, 2010 at 6:43pm — No Comments

ACT7: SMART LIVING

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Added by Reid Falconer on April 28, 2010 at 5:02pm — 5 Comments

Transportation access post-disaster

This has been an interesting year to live in the mountains. I live near the Great Smokies National Park in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Our region has had several mudslides, one that crippled Route 40, a major roadway, for more than 6 months. Several secondary roads are also out of commission. Last month, several people lost their homes when a 300 foot wide swath of mud and debris flew down their slope.

My town is not on any major railway lines so commerce is dependent… Continue

Added by ella kliger on April 26, 2010 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment