Suggestion for using Christopher Alexander's concept of a "Pattern Language" in a wiki-like way to encourage participatory revision of rebuilding plans toward a consensus view or vision.
Article about how the New York Fire Department is reconsidering some long-held ideas on how to fight fires in response to changes in furnishings which are causing faster burning and hotter fires.
CEA is a city-sponsored non-profit organization program to significantly reduce energy and water use in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The scheme is planned to have no up-front costs and project financing will be repaid by participants from the energy savings realized through effeciency upgrades.
Information on post-Katrina disaster housing assistance in relation to affordable housing tax credit programs around the U.S.
Article examining government's plan to provide transitional housing for tens of thousands of hurricane evacuees.
Research initiative bringing together applied research from a variety of disciplines, including economics, planning, finance, architecture, and engineering in researching housing affordability problems exist in the Boston metropolitan area.
Analysis of "the status and use of the storm recovery housing options currently made available by the Bush administration, along with the known costs associated with each type of housing aid."
Article about interim housing solutions for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Article on community rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina and the benefits for local capacity and services development.
