After Sandy: Advancing Strategies for Long-Term Resilience and
Adaptability offers guidance on postdisaster rebuilding and building in
anticipation of future disasters in a way that helps preserve the
environment, boost economic prosperity, and foster a high quality of
life. This report, which came out of a week-long advisory-services
panel, acknowledges that the increased frequency of severe weather
events, as well as rising sea levels, are compelling the real estate
industry to address climate change by working with the public sector to
implement adaptive measures that better protect both the built and
natural environment.