| Reshaping the City (2023) This report shares promising insights and examples of zoning updates from across the United States that have been crafted to promote healthy mobility, support increased housing affordability, build more resilient places, and accelerate climate action—among a host of other goals. |  |
| Social Spaces, Resilient Communities (2023) This report uses research and a series of interviews with experts in the built environment to provide a brief introduction for real estate developers and owners to the concept of social infrastructure, explain the connections between social infrastructure and resilience to shocks and stresses, present a business case for investing in social infrastructure, describe the characteristics of successful social infrastructure for developers and share a selection of types of social infrastructure and relevant project profiles. |  |
| How to Choose, Use, and Better Understand Climate-Risk Analytics (2022) This collaboration between ULI and LaSalle Investment Management provides insight to the land use industry on how to interpret climate-risk analytics, identify risks effectively, and incorporate them into decision-making throughout the investment life cycle. |  |
| Mitigating Climate Risk Impact to Real Estate Value in the Greater Bay Area (2022) Timely recognition of climate risk in real estate valuation is important to drive the required adaptation and mitigation action. The findings from the report include why climate risk matters for real estate, what challenges currently exist, examples of climate leadership in the region, and what various real estate actors, such as asset owners/investors, developers, values, insurers, and government bodies, can do to increase resilience. |  |
| Water Wise (2022) Water Wise: Strategies for Drought-Resilient Development introduces the challenges and opportunities associated with drought and limited freshwater availability, and provides best practices for real estate and land use professionals to address them. The report includes: the science behind the increasing prevalence of drought and its impacts; the business case for water-smart real estate development and landscaping; strategies and best practices for addressing water scarcity through water-smart development and landscaping; public-sector policies and practices that can support responsible water use; and profiles of water-smart developments and their outcomes. |  |
| New York, NY: Cloudburst Infrastructure Workshop for New York City Housing Authority (2022) ULI’s Urban Resilience program and ULI New York collaborated with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to seek innovative strategies for cloudburst management, hosting a one-day workshop with expert panelists in landscape architecture and engineering. This report presents the solutions unearthed during that workshop that developers, owners, and cities can use to boost a landscape’s ability to handle extreme rain and cloudbursts, by slowing down the flow of water, storing water in floodable areas, or restoring natural ecosystems. |  |
| Enhancing Resilience through Neighborhood-Scale Strategies (2022) This report introduces real estate actors, designers, policymakers, and finance professionals to the opportunities and challenges of preparing neighborhoods and communities for accelerating physical climate risks, including extreme temperatures, floods, storms and high winds, seismic risks, water stress and drought, and wildfires. |  |
| Resilient Retrofits: Climate Upgrades for Existing Buildings (2022) This report introduces real estate actors, designers, policymakers, and finance professionals to the opportunities and challenges of preparing existing buildings for accelerating physical climate risks, including extreme temperatures, floods, storms and high winds, seismic risks, water stress/drought, and wildfires. |  |
| Climate Migration and Real Estate Investment Decision-Making (2022) Climate migration-related risks pose serious challenges to real estate investment and society more broadly. This report, third of the ULI-Heitman Climate Risk series, identifies concepts and strategies for addressing climate migration in the context of real estate investment decision-making. |  |
| Houston, TX: Urban Heat Island Mitigation (2021) Extreme heat kills more people annually than any other climate hazard. At the request of Houston’s Chief Resilience Officer (CRO), ULI Houston and the ULI Urban Resilience program hosted a virtual Technical Assistance Panel as part of the Resilient Land Use Cohort to identify heat resilient design and construction strategies. |  |
| Brooklyn, NY: Resilience in NYCHA’s Marlboro Houses (2021) Ever since the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the New York City Housing Authority has been prioritizing hazard and resilience planning for its developments to better adapt and prepare for future climate-related hazards and extreme events. As part of this effort, in February 2021, NYCHA requested a ULI Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) to closely examine how one of its developments, Marlboro Houses, could be made more resilient to climate-induced hazards. |  |
| Philadelphia, PA vASP: Washington Avenue Waterfront Piers & District (2021) The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) asked ULI to convene a three-and-a-half-day vASP to focus on the redevelopment and reinvestment of the study area along the southern reach of the Delaware River in Philadelphia and to assist the organization with strategies to ensure that the future riverfront is not only active and vibrant, but also resilient to the imminent impacts of sea-level rise on the waterfront properties. This ASP is part of the Resilience Land Use Cohort (RLUC). |  |
| On Safer Ground: Floodplain Buyouts and Community Resilience (2021) Flooding is the most expensive and common natural disaster in the United States, and managing flood risk is critical to protecting homes, local and regional economies, and community well-being. On Safer Ground: Floodplain Buyouts and Community Resilience highlights how local governments across the United States are increasingly turning to buyouts as one strategy to cost effectively reduce flood risk, offer relief to residents, and potentially improve access to open space in urban areas. The report explores best practices for community resilience involving floodplain buyouts and models for partnerships with the private sector. |  |
| 2020 Resilience Summit: Event Summary and Key Findings (2020) Hosted virtually, the 2020 Resilience Summit brought together more than 225 attendees, and laid out the new realities of resilience during a pandemic, while examining the ways in which industry leaders could make more informed decisions to further protect communities and investments from climate hazards. |  |
| Building Climate Resilience in Cities Worldwide (2020) Cities everywhere are facing mounting physical, social, and economic challenges from climate risks – especially coastal cities, which are highly vulnerable to sea level rise and flooding. Building resilience to these impacts will require cooperation and partnership between all sectors – public, private, non-profit, and academic. The report aims to facilitate that process by sharing international examples of collaborative resilience-building and synthesizing lessons transferable to any city, based on local contexts and risks. |  |
| Firebreak: Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate (2020) Larger and more frequent wildfires are causing increasing amounts of community trauma, infrastructure destruction, and economic hardship across the United States. This report explores how the real estate industry is responding to wildfire risks with building design, land use policy, and community resilience solutions. |  |
| The Business Case for Resilience in Southeast Florida (2020) In the face of coastal storms and sea-level rise, the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact along with local business and nonprofit communities partnered with ULI to evaluate the economic impact of investment in resilience infrastructure in the region. The project’s culminating report is based on a regional economic assessment conducted by AECOM and found that investments in climate adaptation now makes financial sense for region. The report identifies opportunities for the real estate industry to achieve a positive return on investment by futureproofing developments and illustrates the shared interest among local governments and the business community to invest in community-wide resilience infrastructure now to build critical infrastructure that protects the region’s economy, people, and property. |  |
| Climate Risk and Real Estate: Emerging Practices for Market Assessment (2020) In this report, ULI and Heitman, along with research collaborators Arup and Milliman, ask the question “how are leading investors factoring market-level climate risk into decision-making?” This report demonstrates that leading investors are developing approaches to better understand climate risk at the city or market scale, rather than focusing primarily on risk at the asset level. The report provides ULI members an inside look at what market level metrics these investors are using and how some investors are starting to make decisions on whether to invest or continue investing, in markets particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. |  |
| Urban Design Climate Workshop: Gowanus, Brooklyn (2020) This report focuses on how innovative land use and climate-adaptive strategies might improve quality of life by reducing the negative impacts of extreme heat and better managing stormwater-induced flooding and sea-level rise in Gowanus, Brooklyn. This report is based on a 6-month long Urban Design Climate Workshop led by ULI New York, in partnership with the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) – a global consortium on climate experts, and the Gowanus Neighborhood Coalition for Justice (GNCJ) – a community-based advocacy group. |  |
| Dallas, Texas: Tornado Recovery Emphasizing Urban and Climate Resilience around the Walnut Hill/Denton Drive Dallas Rapid Transit Station (2020) ULI was asked by the City of Dallas to convene a Virtual Advisory Services Panel (vASP) focusing on a study area approximately a half (1/2) mile around the Walnut Hill/ Denton Drive Dallas Area Rapid Transit station. The panel was asked to provide recommendations on how to promote greater social cohesion within the study area’s business and demographic populations while promoting climate resilience and environmental justice. Recommendations focused on building stronger communities in and around the study area by centering on the needs of people in the community, addressing safety concerns, and utilizing the study area’s strengths. The panel also made a series of design recommendations including establishing a vision plan, connecting the study area to the surrounding neighborhoods and existing amenities, and enhancing the area’s climate resilience to extreme heat and flooding through resilient parks and open spaces. |  |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Fully Activating Downtown Fort Lauderdale’s Public Realm (2019) Fort Lauderdale’s Downtown Development Authority invited an Advisory Services panel to provide recommendations on how to leverage a $200 million bond passed for parks and recreation and how to build climate resilience for a quickly growing population. The panel recommended methods to foster sustained investment in downtown parks and open spaces and strategies to create a robust and connected park network for all residents. The panel also identified climate adaptive land use and design opportunities that can address risks like sea level rise and extreme heat. |  |
| Living with Heat (2019) ULI Boston/New England convened the Living with Heat charrette to address extreme heat and the consequences that local communities, designers, real estate developers and policymakers are facing as a result. The report explores how heat will impact four Boston neighborhoods and proposes solutions to make buildings, neighborhoods, parks, and outdoor spaces more adaptable to environmental conditions and comfortable for occupants. The report explores strategies to deal with the immediate threats communities are facing during extreme heat events, and designs solutions to mitigate the impact of the rising temperatures predicted by 2070. |  |
| Resilience in Downtown Evergreen, Colorado (2019) In September 2019, ULI Colorado convened a Technical Advisory Panel to help Jefferson County and the Evergreen Legacy Fund (ELF) reduce barriers to redevelopment of a historic downtown area. Considering local flood and wildfire risks, the Panel provided recommendations related to zoning, parking and connectivity, financing, and resilience form-based codes. |  |
| 2019 Resilience Summit: Event Summary and Key Findings (2019) Held in Washington D.C., the 2019 Resilience Summit convened 180 attendees to hear from global leaders in the real estate, land use, and urban policy sectors taking action on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Their lessons provided opportunities for ULI members to learn about others’ approaches to real estate investment, development, and city policy, and to adjust their own responses. |  |
| Resilient Cities Summit: Using Data and Metrics to Build Resilience (2019) Held in Washington, District of Columbia, and co-hosted by the National League of Cities (NLC) and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the 2019 Resilient Cities Summit convened a group of mayors, senior city officials, and nationally recognized resilience, sustainability, land use, and finance experts. The group focused on using data and metrics to build resilience equitably. Participants discussed how to assess current challenges in cities and how to form guidance to effectively instill improvements to overall city-level resilience. The Resilient Cities Summit is an annual event, and ULI, NLC and USGBC collaborated to produce this report. |  |
| Scorched: Extreme Heat and Real Estate in Asia Pacific (2019) With an emphasis on the Asia Pacific countries where ULI has membership, the report provides an overview of how real estate sector investment in extreme heat management could be especially meaningful in Asia Pacific markets where climates are historically hot and changing rapidly; megacities amplify urban heat dynamics; and a significant number of people are vulnerable to heat-related impacts. |  |
| Scorched: Extreme Heat and Real Estate (2019) Scorched outlines how extreme heat will affect the real estate and land use sectors and highlights the leadership and the potential positive impact of the real estate sector in implementing “heat-resilient” building designs and land uses. The report provides an overview of extreme heat’s connections to the built environment and an in-depth discussion of heat mitigation and adaptation strategies related to building design, building materials, green infrastructure and public space design. |  |
| Miami, Florida: Waterfront Resilience: The Bayfront, the Riverfront, and the Ridge (2019) The City of Miami and the Miami Downtown Development Authority invited an Advisory Services panel to provide recommendations for addressing waterfront resilience and mitigating the effects of sea level rise along Biscayne Bay and the Miami River. The panel recommended that the city take a holistic approach to resilience for the urban waterfront with specific recommendations around waterfront design guidelines, infrastructure finance, community engagement, and leveraging past plans and studies into actions moving forward. |  |
| TAP Report: “Energy Resilience for Hunts Point” (2019) Nearly half the food that feeds the people of New York City hinges on the viability and reliability of the Food Distribution Center (FDC) located on the Hunts Point Peninsula in the Bronx. To ensure that FDC’s energy production and food distribution be sustainable and resilient, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) turned to ULI New York and its Technical Assistance Panels program to examine the viability and benefits of developing hydropower at Hunts Point. |  |
| Climate Risk and Real Estate Investment Decision-Making (2019) ULI is partnered with Heitman, a global real estate investment management firm, to assess the potential impacts of climate change on the long-term viability of real estate assets. Derived from a series of interviews with leading institutional investors, investment managers, investment consultants and others, the report provides members with an inside look at how real estate investors are factoring climate risk into their investment decision-making and management processes. | |
| Toa Baja, Puerto Rico: Building Physical, Economic, and Social Resilience (2018) With the support of The Kresge Foundation, a team of ULI Advisory Services Panelists traveled to the Municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, to provide expert advice on enhancing recovery efforts after the catastrophic and deadly 2017 Hurricane Maria. The panelists provided recommendations to aid short- and long-term economic growth and resilient development. |  |
| Future-Proofing Real Estate From Climate Risks (2018) The commercial real estate industry is in the early stages of addressing how to take climate risk into account and what tools to use in investment decision making and management processes. This short document is a preview of a joint research project between ULI’s Urban Resilience program, ULI Europe and ULI member Heitman on the topic, released at ULI’s 2018 Fall Meeting in Boston. The full report will contain a review of current industry practices, lessons learned from leaders in the field and challenges practitioners are likely to face as they incorporate climate risk considerations into investment decision-making processes. |  |
| ULI Case Studies: Bridgeland (2018) This ULI case study reports on Bridgeland, an 11,400 acre master planned community northwest, Texas, which will be home to 65,000 residents when complete in 2037. The development site plan centers on a scenic lake and wetlands that absorb stormwater, irrigate during droughts, and draw residents to common areas. These features form a stormwater system that exceed local design requirements, and have managed storm events much larger than those anticipated. |  |
| Resilient Cities Summit: Resilience and Public Private Partnerships (2018) Held in Manhattan Beach, California, and co-hosted by the National League of Cities (NLC) and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the 2018 Resilient Cities Summit convened a group of mayors, senior city officials, and nationally recognized resilience, sustainability, land use and finance experts. The group focused on Public Private Partnerships and the opportunities they present for enhancing city resilience and delivering sustainable land use, development, and infrastructure. The Resilient Cities Summit is an annual event, and ULI, NLC and USGBC collaborated to produce this report. |  |
| ULI Case Studies: Buffalo Bayou Park (2018) This ULI case study reports on the award-winning Buffalo Bayou Park located in downtown Houston, Texas. Created through a public-private partnership, this park provides an excellent example of resilient park design and the opportunities associated with green infrastructure. The case study introduces the decades-long story of the park’s development and summarizes its performance after Hurricane Harvey in 2017. |  |
| Miami Beach, Florida: Stormwater Management and Climate Adaptation Review (2018) Vulnerable to many climate-related obstacles such as sea level rise, high tide events and coastal erosion, Miami Beach has begun to address the effects of climate change through a multi-year stormwater management program that includes both infrastructure and land use and development codes. The city invited ULI panelists to assess their current stormwater management program and recommend means of improvement. The panel proposed strategies addressing green and blue infrastructure, modelling, physical design, regulation, finance, creative placemaking, and communications. |  |
| Exploring Transfer of Development Rights as a Possible Climate Adaptation Strategy (2018) This report, led by ULI Southeast Florida and Caribbean, summarizes the recommendations of a focus group convened to explore the use of Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) as a climate adaptation strategy in south Florida. Convened by the Miami-Dade County, this focus group project was a follow-up to the ULI Arch Creek Basin Advisory Services Panel hosted by the County in 2016. |  |
| A Vision for a Greener, Healthier, Cooler Gowanus: Strategies to Mitigate Urban Heat Island Effect (2018) ULI New York partnered with the Urban Resilience program and South Brooklyn community-based non-profit and advocacy group, the Fifth Avenue Committee, to host a Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) in Brooklyn. The panel explored how a potential rezoning in the Gowanus neighborhood could address Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigation. Gowanus, which was developed as an industrial area and was New York City’s first Superfund site, is more vulnerable to extreme heat than its surrounding communities in part because of its lack of parks and open space, heavy traffic, and poor air and water quality. The panel identified a series of measures to mitigate the UHI effect, including increasing vegetative coverage wherever possible, undertaking a series of transit improvements, and significantly increasing building efficiency. The panel also explored funding and implementation strategies, including the established of a Green Infrastructure Fund. |  |
| Ten Principles for Building Resilience (2018) Ten Principles for Building Resilience summarizes the key themes posed by ULI’s resilience work in the years since Hurricane Sandy, with a particular focus on resilience-focused Advisory Services work. The report, which was developed through a ULI member workshop in summer 2017, considers the economic, environmental and social factors which contribute to resilience, and how the concept of resilience translates to the private sector, municipal decision-makers, and communities. |  |
| Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines TAP Report (2017) ULI New York convened a ULI member panel in 2017 to help evaluate the Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines (WEDG®) certification program, which was developed by New York waterfront advocacy group, the Waterfront Alliance. ULI panelists evaluated the program, which was initially New York-specific, and recommended strategies and incentives to increase its relevance to the real estate community. The TAP recommendations then influenced the development of the national rating system, which was launched in March 2018. |  |
| The Business Case for Green Infrastructure: Resilient Stormwater Management in the Great Lakes Region (2017) ULI’s Michigan District Council led a research project on local stormwater management best practice and policies in the Great Lakes Region, where water is a fundamental part of their society, identity, and economy. As a companion to Harvesting the Value of Water, which addresses national best practice in stormwater management, this report introduces green infrastructure policies in the Great Lakes region that encourage developers to implement green infrastructure and safeguard the quality of local freshwater resources. The report also highlights nine local case studies that provide insight into how green infrastructure can be cost-effective and successfully implemented. This report received grant support from the ULI Foundation’s Urban Innovation Grant program and staff support from the Urban Resilience program. |  |
| Resilient Cities Summit: Finance and Implementation Strategies (2017) Held in Stowe, Vermont, and co-hosted with the National League of Cities (NLC) and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the 2017 Resilient Cities Summit convened a group of mayors, senior city officials and nationally recognized resilience, sustainability, land use and finance experts. The group worked with the mayors and city officials to explore how to finance resilient infrastructure and take implementable actions to enhance resilience in their communities. Participants shared experiences identifying funding sources, prioritizing equity in resilience planning, and galvanizing support for investing in a more resilient city. The Resilient Cities Summit is an annual event, and ULI, NLC and USGBC collaborated to produce this report. |  |
| Downtown Lafayette, Louisiana: Strategies for Resilient Land Use, Development, and Implementation (2017) Following a major rain event in 2016 in Lafayette that caused extensive damage and flooding, this Advisory Service Panel report explores resilient land use strategies, with a focus on short and long term downtown redevelopment approaches. The panel recommended encouraging catalytic mixed-use and residential projects in Lafayette’s urban core and identified financing vehicles and infill and redevelopment techniques to support a vibrant and ultimately more resilient downtown. The panel also recommended implementing green infrastructure projects, updating development-related standards with green practices, and implementing a stormwater utility fee. |  |
| Harvesting the Value of Water: Stormwater, Green Infrastructure, and Real Estate (2017) This research report explores the real estate sector’s increased participation in stormwater management through the incorporation of green infrastructure and other water management mechanisms. Highlighting a series of case studies, the report provides an overview of how stormwater management can introduce operational efficiencies, improve building user experience, enhance aesthetics, and otherwise differentiate a real estate project. The report also seeks to show how cities are dramatically revising their stormwater management regulations in response to aging infrastructure, combined sewer overflows, and flood frequency, among other challenges. |  |
| Realizing Resilience: Social Equity and Economic Opportunity, St. Petersburg, Florida (2016) ULI’s Tampa Bay District Council partnered with the Urban Resilience program and the City of St. Petersburg to host a Resilient City Workshop to inform the City’s plan to address climate change. The workshop primarily focused on economic development and social equity in the face of environmental vulnerabilities, such as sea level rise, storm surge, flooding, and high heat events. The recommendations addressed preparedness and social networks among citizens, neighborhoods, businesses, and the government, and explored means to withstand future shocks and thrive in the face of environmental, social, and economic pressures. The workshop also considered the opportunities presented by the city’s recent commitment to climate action planning and investment in a newly created community redevelopment area (CRA). |  |
| Resilient Cities Summit Report: Solutions for Sustainable Land Use (2016) Held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and co-hosted with the National League of Cities (NLC) and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the 2016 Resilient Cities Summit convened a national group of mayors, senior city officials and experts to discuss sustainable land use strategies and tools and resources that can advance resilience in cities. Mayors, senior members of city staff and nationally recognized experts in sustainable development, finance, real estate, and infrastructure shared land use planning techniques and development strategies that strengthen communities and provide a higher quality of life for residents. ULI, NLC and USGBC collaborated to produce this report. |  |
| El Paso, Texas: Active Transportation System (2016) This Advisory Services Panel report explores how the region’s proposed Active Transportation System can serve as a model for resilience by taking a holistic approach to environmental planning, land use, open space, housing development strategy and civic engagement. The panel recommended strategies to use the ATS as a vehicle to link underserved communities to jobs and economic development as well as to mitigate heat and flooding. |  |
| Arch Creek Basin, Miami-Dade County, Florida: Addressing Climate Vulnerabilities and Social Equity with an Adaptation Action Area Framework (2016) This Advisory Services Panel report explores how Miami-Dade County can achieve a more resilient development pattern in Arch Creek Basin, a 2,800-acre multi-jurisdictional area, that has experienced repetitive flooding losses. Addressing social inequities, sea level rise, other climate vulnerabilities and “climate gentrification”, the panel formulated recommendations to seize transit oriented development opportunities, implement stormwater and floodwater mitigation techniques, and build community resilience. |  |
| Developing Urban Resilience Website (2016) This website showcases real estate developments that incorporate resilient design measures, with positive financial, operational, and other business outcomes. Users are encouraged to suggest projects for future case studies on the site. |  |
| Resilient Cities Summit Report (2015) This report summarizes the themes discussed at the 2015 Resilient Cities Summit, which was held at the Aspen Institute and co-hosted by the National League of Cities and the U.S. Green Building Council. The summit drew 50 attendees from city government, NGOs and the private sector, who came together to discuss what resilience means for cities today and to share resources for enhancing urban resilience. ULI, NLC and USGBC collaborated to produce the report. |  |
| St Tammany Parish, Louisiana: Bridging the Divide with the South Central Study Area through Resilience (2015) This ULI Advisory Services Panel report provided St Tammany Parish with strategies for sustainable growth management, considering the growing population of the Parish and its challenges with flooding. The panel offered recommendations focused on economic development, land use, transportation and water management. |  |
| Returns on Resilience: The Business Case (2015) Case studies about developers’ and property owners’ motivation to protect buildings and sites against climate-related threats, their resilience strategies, their design and development processes, and their projects’ performance. |  |
| Duluth, Minnesota: Strategic Advice for Lincoln Park and the Miller Creek Watershed (2015) This ULI Advisory Services Panel report offers strategies for community resilience in Duluth, which experienced a severe rain event and subsequent flooding in 2012. The panel produced recommendations for stormwater management, economic development and new social programming. |  |
| Seattle, Washington: Strategic Advice for Urban Resilience on the Lower Duwamish River (2015) This ULI Advisory Services Panel report explores how to enhance resilience in the communities of Georgetown and South Park, which are vulnerable to sea-level rise and increased stormwater from a changing climate. The panel also produced strategies to promote the growth of the industrial area for the regional economy and highlight the short and longer-term needs of the neighborhood residents. |  |
| A Guide for Assessing Climate Change Risk (2015) This guide provides an overview to the risk assessment process. It describes six steps in a risk assessment, which can provide the basis for developing and implementing resilience-building projects. It is directed at municipal decision makers and focuses on risks related to climate change, but the process is applicable for many decision makers and many types of risk. |  |
| Resilience Strategies along the Rural-Urban Transect (2015) This paper uses the transect, a planning tool, to look at strategies to building community resilience and how they vary as one looks across the continuum from rural lands to urban core areas. |  |
| Building the Resilient City: A ULI Conference Report (2015) This report summarized key themes from ULI’s conference in September 2014 in San Francisco. Session summaries and speaker bios are included along with a discussion of the themes of the conference: Value Creation and Risk Mitigation; Lessons in Planning and Leadership; and Building a Resilient Energy Infrastructure. |  |
| Tackling Sea-Level Rise: Best Practices in the San Francisco Bay Area (2014) ULI’s San Francisco District Council held two forums in the summer of 2014 to examine subregional resilience planning initiatives and resilience-related entitlement conditions in the Bay Area. Forum participants shared findings from these convenings during a panel at ULI’s Building the Resilient City conference. Tackling Sea-Level Rise: Best Practices in the San Francisco Bay Area summarizes best practices and lessons learned during these events. |  |
| Resilience in Fort Norfolk: Assessing Risk and Protecting Value (2014) A ULI Advisory Services Panel report for the Fort Norfolk neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia, exploring how one of the most vulnerable communities to sea level rise on the East Coast can build resilience. |  |
| What the Real Estate Industry Needs to Know about the Insurance Industry and Climate Change (2014) This report examines the flood insurance industry’s responses to climate change and why the real estate industry can be increasingly confident in the stability and resilience of the insurance industry as a whole. |  |
| Living With Water (2014) ULI’s Boston District Council conducted a charrette to look at specific resilience solutions for four neighborhoods in the Greater Boston region. |  |
| Housing in America: Integrating Housing, Health, and Resilience (2014) A ULI report exploring the connection in America’s housing stock between resilience to climate change and developing healthy communities. |  |
| ULI Case Studies: Arverne by the Sea—New York City (2014) This Case Study looks at Arverne By the Sea – a New York development that escaped Superstorm Sandy with minimal damage due to resilience planning by the City and the Developers. |  |
| Northern Colorado: Estes Park, Loveland, and Fort Collins (2014) A ULI Advisory Services Panel report looking at building, financing, and leading resilience in the Front Range of Northern Colorado. |  |
| Waterfronts of Portland and South Portland Maine (2014) A ULI Advisory Services Panel report exploring resilience strategies for the coastal communities of Portland and South Portland, Maine. |  |
| Resilience Strategies for Communities at Risk (2014) |  |
| After Sandy: Advancing Strategies for Long-Term Resilience and Adaptability (2013) A ULI panel came together in July 2013, forming 23 recommendations for how the New York/New Jersey region can build back better. |  |
| Risk and Resilience in Coastal Regions (2013) A ULI Forum on the implications of climate change for coastal real estate |  |
