Hurricane Harvey

After Katrina: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu Reflects on Recovery

The mayor reflects on running to the fire, doing the hard things and moving from recovery to resiliency.

Charts: What Flood Mitigation Policies Do Houston-Area Residents Support?

“Everybody is for everything,” said Bob Stein, Rice University professor. Less so when you propose increased taxes.

How To Build Resilient Cities

Resiliency expert Harriet Tregoning offers insights for the Houston area and other cities.

Houston-Area Officials, Experts Push For Action on Flooding

Six months out from the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, officials push for more.

Harriet Tregoning, Resiliency and Planning Expert, Offers Insights for Houston

A career in exemplary comprehensive resilience planning can offer guidance to our region in recovery.

As Harris County Considers Buyouts, Experts Offer Advice

Buyouts are just one of the options on the table in Houston.

Case Studies in Floodplain Buyouts: Looking to Best Practices to Drive the Conversation in the Houston Region

A look at best practices from other jurisdictions engaged in the hazard mitigation strategy of strategic property buyouts.

After Harvey, How Can Houston Improve the Buyout Process?

Buyouts are a popular hazard mitigation but examples from across the country offer innovative ways to improve the process.

Urban Review: Driverless Cars, Art and Taxes and a Call to Action for the Texas Delegation

A step by step guide to planning for driverless tech, a city that raised taxes to fund art and a call to get moving on Harvey relief.

More Than Two Months After Harvey, Residents Still Seeking Help

The second of two reports for the Greater Houston Community Foundation and Harvey Relief Fund assess need months after the storm.

Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund Needs Assessment: Phase Two

The second phase of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s needs assessment work on behalf of the Greater Houston Community Foundation and the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund.

Urban Review: The Disaster Mitigation Payoff, Fixing California’s Housing Crisis and Atlanta’s Deadly Bus Stops

This weeks round up asks how cost effective are mitigation strategies, where infant mortality rates in Texas are highest and looks at other important urban insights and challenges from the Sun Belt and beyond.

Five Questions Facing Houston in 2018

What’s next for Houston depends on how it answers these five questions.

What’s Next for Houston After Harvey?

Via Texas Tribune: When will displaced people be able to come home? What happens to billions of funding? And more.

Book on the Texas Gulf Coast Offers ‘Texan Plan’

The Texas Gulf Coast is one of the least regulated of U.S. coastal areas, but one expert offers market solutions for its future.