In the midst of COVID-19, the hazard-resilience of our homes is only second in importance to our personal resilience to the virus. This documentary educates citizens around the world on what they should know and do.
Discussing the challenges of COVID-19 when combined with natural hazard events
RAF Founder Aris Papadopoulos comments on why making homes and communities safer to natural hazards should be a bipartisan goal
RAF Founder discusses what homeowners should know and can do to protect their homes from wildfires
The City of Miami Beach’s elected representatives and staff have shown commendable leadership and initiative in taking-on its flooding issues. Such leadership comes with challenges and learning from experience is a sign of strength and progress. It is in this spirit that Resilience Action Fund (RAF) shares thoughts and suggestions for improvement. On February 18, 2020 the City of Miami
Resilience Action Fund Chair Aris Papadopoulos was a keynote speaker on October 30, 2019 at a Resilience Forum organized in Mexico City by UNDRR ARISE-Mexico, and attended by over 800 participants. He spoke on ‘Strategies for Building Back Better’, one of the the key goals of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: 2015-30. He stressed that ‘building back better’
The Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) and Resilience Action Fund have agreed to jointly develop and promote a first-of-its-kind Resilient-Smart Homebuyers Guide. This is expected be available in print and online by Q3-2020. Most homebuyers have little to no knowledge of the hazard vulnerability of the location and house they are looking to buy. The property industry does a
With a menacing hurricane Dorian approaching, the New York Times reached out to RAF Chair Aris Papadopoulos, who is also the Distinguished Expert in Resilience at Florida International University’s Extreme Events Institute (FIU-EEI), to ask about building codes in the Bahamas. Clink on below photo for full article. He noted that in 2003 Bahamas adopted and began enforcing the Miami-Dade
Resilience Action Fund (RAF) founder and construction industry veteran Aris Papadopoulos spoke to Kerry Sanders on NBC’s ‘Today Show’.
Resilience Action Fund (RAF) founder and construction industry veteran Aris Papadopoulos spoke to Kerry Sanders on NBC’s ‘Today Show’.
he book makes the case that non-resilient hazard-vulnerable urban development is both economically and environmentally unsustainable.
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