Tag Archives: climate change

Thousands of coastal homeowners face the wrath of nature as the waters rise in some of those areas. A report looks at the magnitude of devastation that building in at-risk areas can cause.

What happens when surging real estate development collides with the realities brought about by climate change? Find out how one community is facing those challenges.

It has been a decade since the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act (Senate Bill 375) was passed in California. Recently, a study by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the Berkeley University explored how the housing provisions of SB ...

Last year’s devastating hurricanes were just a preview of climate change-related problems yet to come, according to a new report. Just how many homes could be in the crosshairs of flood risks in the decades to come?

Between 2000 and 2010, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service reports that urban land use in the United States increased from 2.6 percent of the overall land surface to 3 percent. That might not sound like much, but ...