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New Group Targets Building, Community Resilience

3/16/2017

The International Code Council (ICC) has created the Alliance for National & Community Resilience. ICC is working with ANCR members from around the globe to create the nation’s first Whole Community Resilience Benchmark. A city with functioning electricity cannot effectively operate if the streets are impassable. A business that has survived hurricane winds cannot thrive if the banking networks have crashed. Cities, businesses, and households need support to be able to effectively adapt to increasing environmental, health, economic, and social hazards, according to alliance officials. Click here for more information.