Above: A family residence in the outskirts of Da Nang, Vietnam On November 1st, 2013 the city of Da Nang, Vietnam adopted a new policy that will require all new housing construction in the city to adopt key resilience principles such as storm-resistant construction techniques in their post-typhoon recovery support programs for damaged households. This success stems directly from The Storm and Flood-Resistant Credit and Housing Scheme in Da Nang City, a microcredit and technic

Improving the design of shelter—the homes, apartments and buildings where people live—can build the resilience of individuals and families in South and Southeast Asia to climate related disasters, according to new research from the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition–International (ISET) recently presented at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Bangkok, Thailand. ISET’s work was funded by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and looked at the imp

In September 2013 the Boulder area saw almost a year’s worth of rain fall in 5 days. Creeks raged, streets were flooded, houses were washed away or damaged. Four lives were lost in the county. Yet it could have been so much worse. Smart spatial planning over many years kept buildings and people out of many floodplains, so raging creeks were able to flow over undeveloped areas at a far reduced cost to property and lives. The City of Boulder alone has 42,000 acres (17,500 hecta