Designing for Disaster
Ten designs and buildings that reduce the impact of environmental hazards
Yasmeen Lari on track to build a million flood-resilient Pakistan homes by 2024
“It is time for all of us to become aware of the gravity of the situation”
Worsening natural hazards an “opportunity” to rethink cities says Amy Chester
“Design professionals can make choices to prove that disasters are not natural”
Turkey-Syria earthquake rebuild “most sophisticated urban problem in the world” says Mehmet Kalyoncu
“How we respond to disasters tells us a lot about our future”
Disasters “very rarely not a design failure” says expert Lucy Easthope
Tredje Natur proposes floating car parks to prevent urban flooding
Wildfires diverting resources from earthquake-proofing buildings in California warns John Lesak
Landscape architects “could be very important” to Africa’s Great Green Wall says Elvis Paul Tangem
Plant trees in cities to curb deadly heatwaves says Arup’s Dima Zogheib
“The trees themselves” raise wildfire alarm in ForestGuard detection system
Climate Safe Rooms retrofits Australian homes to protect vulnerable residents in extreme temperatures
