by Will Quinn, Solution Lead, Black & Veatch | Jul 13, 2021 | Infrastructure, Technology
Colleges and universities face similar challenges as cities and municipalities when it comes to implementing modern digital infrastructure. Recognizing the value of widespread connectivity, these entities want to leverage robust communication networks to deploy...
by Peter Williams, Chair, ARISE- US | Aug 3, 2021 | Governance, Society
Introduction Cities and communities are “systems of systems”: they are complexes of interacting physical, environmental, infrastructural, economic and social systems. Each system may have a different owner and management chain, yet each needs to interact with the...
by Ronda Jackson, Vice President of Government Affairs, KABOOM! | Aug 16, 2021 | Governance, Infrastructure, Society
Infrastructure is on the tip of every mayor’s tongue. It’s no wonder, with billions in federal funding on the table for the first time in a generation and rapidly compounding infrastructure needs. American Rescue Plan dollars represent a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...
by Todd Litman, Founder & Executive Director, Victoria Transport Policy Institute | Aug 30, 2021 | Governance, Mobility
If you attended the 1964 New York World’s Fair, as I did as an impressionable five-year-old, you probably rode General Electric’s Carousel of Progress, where robotic automatons sang, It’s A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow, which has my vote as the world’s worst...
by Peter Williams, Chair, ARISE- US | Sep 1, 2021 | Environment, Governance
A few years ago, I worked with some ARISE-US members to carry out a survey of small businesses in post-Katrina New Orleans of disaster risk reduction (DRR) awareness. One theme stood out to me more than any other. The businesses that had lived through Katrina and...
by Manal J. Aboelata, Deputy Executive Director, Prevention Institute and Elva Yañez, Director of Health Equity, Prevention Institute | Sep 28, 2021 | Infrastructure, Resources, The Global Water Equity Blog Series
As extreme weather conditions become the new normal—from floods in Baton Rouge and Venice to wildfires in California, we need to clean and save stormwater for future use while protecting communities from flooding and exposure to contaminated water. Changing how we...
by Peter Williams, Chair, ARISE- US | Oct 11, 2021 | Environment, Governance
People seem frequently to assume that the terms “sustainability” and “resilience” are synonyms, an impression reinforced by the frequent use of the term “climate resilience”, which seems to enmesh both concepts firmly. In fact, while they frequently overlap, and...
by Kimberly M. Britton | Oct 26, 2021 | Environment, Infrastructure
Texas is among the most energy-abundant states on the planet. It’s America’s hub of oil and natural gas production, by far the greatest source of potential wind-energy generation, the second-largest home of potential solar energy generation, the source of abundant...
by Peter Williams, Chair, ARISE- US | Nov 8, 2021 | Environment, Resources
One of the most visceral manifestations of the combined problems of urbanization and climate change are the enormous wildfires that engulf areas of the American West. Fire behavior itself is now changing. Over 120 years of well-intentioned fire suppression have...
by Steve Truebner, Sales Director, Black & Veatch | Dec 1, 2021 | Infrastructure, Technology
When you turn on the faucet at your home, you probably don’t think about where that water came from or where it goes after it slides down your drain. Unless there is a problem, of course. Likewise, after you finish a video call or stream a show on Hulu, it’s unlikely...
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