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$40 BILLION IN Ash THE LINE THAT CANNOT HOLD • WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE FIRE ENGINEER. TWENTY YEARS STUDYING HOW COMMUNITIES BURN AND HOW THEY CAN BE BUILT NOT TO. BASED IN MARSEILLE AND SACRAMENTO.
THE MAP Drawn IN SMOKE • AERIAL FORENSIC MAPPER. FLIES AND INTERPRETS POST-FIRE IMAGERY FOR RECOVERY AGENCIES AND INSURERS. BASED IN HONOLULU AND SANTIAGO.
The Policy That Wasn't There • FORMER REINSURANCE UNDERWRITER. TWENTY YEARS PRICING PROPERTY CATASTROPHE RISK IN LONDON, ZURICH, AND BERMUDA; NOW AN INDEPENDENT ADVISER ON INSURABILITY.
THE GLASS PENTHOUSE • MATERIALS AND CRAFT CRITIC; FORMER EDITOR OF A EUROPEAN DESIGN QUARTERLY; EIGHTEEN YEARS WRITING ON SURFACE, TEXTURE, AND FABRICATION, DIVIDING HIS PRACTICE BETWEEN MILAN AND NEW YORK.
THE Glass PENTHOUSE • REIMAGINED: THREE WAYS TO LET THE LIGHT IN
Defensible by DESIGN • BUILDING-ENVELOPE FIRE SCIENTIST. TESTS HOW ROOFS, VENTS, GLAZING, AND DECKS BEHAVE UNDER EMBER AND RADIANT-HEAT EXPOSURE. BASED IN TRONDHEIM AND DENVER.
What BURNS AND WHAT DOESN'T • POST-FIRE FORENSIC INVESTIGATOR. RECONSTRUCTS HOW AND WHY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURES IGNITED AFTER WILDLAND-URBAN FIRES. BASED IN ALBUQUERQUE AND VALENCIA.
THE RECORD THAT Rebuilds • DISASTER-RECOVERY ECONOMIST AND FORMER CLAIMS ADJUSTER. STUDIES WHY SOME FAMILIES REBUILD IN TWO YEARS AND OTHERS NEVER DO. BASED IN TORONTO AND CAPE TOWN.
Rebuilding IN THE BURN SCAR • RESILIENCE PLANNER. ADVISES CITIES ON POST-DISASTER LAND USE, CODES, AND THE POLITICS OF REBUILDING IN PLACE. BASED IN COPENHAGEN AND PERTH.
The Gardens That Stopped The Fire • LANDSCAPE DESIGNER. BUILDS FIRE-WISE GARDENS IN MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANT TO LIVE IN. BASED IN SEVILLE AND SANTA BARBARA.
The Uninsurable Century • ESSAYIST ON RISK, CITIES, AND THE LONG FUTURE. FORMER ACTUARY TURNED WRITER. BASED IN EDINBURGH AND ACCRA.