ISET, in collaboration with the Zurich Flood Resilience Program and the American Red Cross, is conducting a post-event review (PERC) of the Hurricane Harvey flooding in Houston in August/September 2017. With a focus on businesses, we are looking for examples of where Houston was resilient and how disaster resilience for businesses, communities, and the city as a whole can be improved. Through this engagement, we will be sharing best practices and recommendations with any int

I am happy to report that we have received approval from Zurich and the Z Zurich Foundation to move the Flood Resilience Alliance into the next stage. While more detail will follow as we come closer to the kick-off of our programs in summer 2018, we can disclose the following: The successes and lessons learnt in the phase 1 tell us that we are on the right track, but more can and needs to be done to build community flood resilience. Following our approach of long-term and fle