Articles by Debra K. Rubin

But observers watch signals in hot markets and actions in city halls and state legislatures.

Even as hard-hit areas of two of the country’s most developed regions push for normalcy after back-to-back hurricanes in early September, policymakers and construction industry experts are weighing the longer-term implications of the damage in Houston, Florida and the Caribbean from Harvey and Irma—and how and whether infrastructure resiliency can be accelerated and how that will affect coastal development.

With damage from the powerful hurricane still being assessed, crews rapidly are restoring power and services