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.
Resilience Action Fund (‘RAF’) announces the launch of its new website (www.buildingresilient.com). The site aims to inform homeowners, tenants and businesses in a jargon-free easy-to-understand language, on the many unknowns and misconceptions regarding natural hazard risks, the limited protection offered by building codes, the challenges of private and public insurance and the importance of consumer choices. It addresses the gap
Resilience Action Fund (International) (‘RAF-I’), a non-profit UK company, was launched today at a private London event attended by international business leaders from the finance, construction, energy, materials and other sectors.
During the presentation and panel discussion, Aris discussed the business case for disaster resilience. “Buildings are the front line of defense against..
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