ABSTRACT
Over the past decade, many city leaders in the U.S. have begun to prioritize resilience planning and disaster recovery in response to the threat of climate change and an increase in the frequency and severity of natural disasters (U.S. Department of State 2014; Weir et al. 2012; Green 2012). While New Orleans post-Katrina is the most familiar example, cities such as New York City, Norfolk, Virginia, and San Francisco also have heavily invested in resilience efforts. The Rockefeller Foundation is helping to move the resilience agenda forward through its 100 Resilient Cities initiative, launched in 2013. Although this initiative is global, it has selected 15 U.S. cities thus far.1
