Boston under snow: Resilience lessons for the nation, a Global Resilience Institute report

This Global Resilience Institute report analyzes the record-breaking snow storms that occurred in the Boston metro region between January 24 and February 22, 2015. In that month, 94.4 inches of snow fell, with half falling in just 2 weeks as a result of Winter Storm Juno and Winter Storm Marcus. The storms severely damaged the city’s transportation infrastructure, including a system-wide shutdown of all train and bus operations. Over 1.3 million daily users of public transportation were impacted, 25% of whom lack a private vehicle as an alternative method of transportation. This cost an estimated $2 billion in economic damages due to lost productivity and revenues.
he interplay between bonding, bridging and linking ties illustrates different forms of social capital.

Building Community Resilience: Social ties and connections

Social ties and connections are embedded in our everyday lives, but we often only recognize their value in times of need. In an urbanizing city like Singapore, social infrastructure and ties play a crucial role in helping us deal with impacts of climate change, extreme weather and other potential shocks This article examines the importance of building up social infrastructure and ties in operationalising community resilience in a highly dense and urbanized city in order to deal with climate change as well as a wide range of risks and threats.