Front Cover
About The Urban Resilience Project
About Island Press
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
A Year of Crisis and Resistance
Section I: Climate Change and Adaptation
Trump is Wrong About Climate Change, and Jobs Too- Laurie Mazur
Scientists Must Earn and Maintain the Public's Trust- Ann Kinzig
South Florida's Compact is a Model for Local Climate Solutions- John Dos Passos Coggin
Interdependence and Its Discontents- Shade Shutters and Laurie Mazur
President Trump's Climate Inaction Sells the Future Short- Keith Kozloff
Section II: Health, Food, and Water
Fight the Attempt to Kill the Clean Water Rule
Milwaukee is Showing How Urban Gardening Can Heal a City- Laurie Mazur
Water Systems Are in Crisis. How Can Funders Help?- Laurie Mazur
Climate Change Raises the Stakes for Affordable Health Care Coverage- Dr. Richard Allen Williams and Dr. Elena Rios
Safe, Affordable Water for All-- It's Not a Pipe Dream- Lila Cabbil, Steve Burrington, and Diana Toledo
Think Immigrants Are Taking Our Jobs? Try Picking Strawberries for a Day- Michael Carolan
Trump Cutting the EPA WaterSense Program Makes No Sense at All- Mary Ann Dickinson
Section III
: Urban Development
New Urbanism Isn't Dead-- But Thanks to Climate Change, It's Evolving- Lauria Mazur
How to Turn Neighborhoods Into Hubs of Resilience-- Taj James and Rosa Gonzales
To Prevent Disaster, Rethink Development- Ed Thomas and Laurie Mazur
Urban Planning Can't Happen Without Black People in the Room-- Yet It Does- Charles D Ellison
Building Resilience? There's a Standard for That- Laurie Mazur
With an "Urban Diary" Everyone's a City Planner- Charles R Wolfe
Parks for (All) the People- Laurie Mazur
Section IV: Infrastructure
Resilient Infrastructure Can Help Us Adapt to a Warmer World- Emil Frankel
Rampant Wildfires Will Affect Our Drinking Water and Infrastructure
Climate Denial Puts Infrastructure at Risk- Cathleen Kelly
Water-Smart Green Infrastructure: The Private Sector Steps Up- Katharine Burgess
Trumping the Transportation Progress Our Cities Need- Linda Bailey
What JFK Fliers Owe Jamaica Bay Wildlife- Eric W Sanderson and John R Waldman
Trumps's Executive Order Puts Infrastructure and Taxpayers at Risk- Cathleen Kelly
The Effective Management Our Urban Parks Need- Douglas Blonsky
Section V: Environmental Justice
What Does Environmental Justice Organizing Look Like in the Time of Trump?- Laurie Mazur
The Climate Change Debate: Black People Are Being Left Out and That Can Be Deadly- Charles D Ellison
Diversity Is Not Enough-- And Done Alone, It Can Be Counterproductive- Jacqueline Patterson
Trump Can't Stop the Transition From a Fossil Fuel Economy to a Greener, Fairer Future- Samantha Harvey
Reflections on Houston in a Time of Contradiction- Samatha Harvey
Section VI: Energy
Championing Alternative Energy Systems in the Trump Era- Laurie Mazur
Energy and Climate Change Are Civil Rights Issues- Charles Fanniel
Solar Power With Storage for All? Philanthropy Can Help Make It Happen- Lewis Milford and Rob Sanders
Getting Energy Efficiency to the People Who Need It Most- Laurie Mazur
Cities' Path to 100% Clean, Renewable Energy- Laurie Mazur
Author Biographies