Recommendations from the Urban Land Institute "After Sandy" report for how to upgrade the region's infrastructure in order to withstand future severe weather. Part of the Sandy One Year Later conference Oct. 29, 2013, at Monmouth University, co-presented by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Recovery Fund as well as New Jersey Future and Monmouth University.

1. ULI RECOMMENDATIONS
Land Use
#2 – Promote Regional Coordination
#3 – Identify those parts of the region to protect and invest in that are critical
to the regional economy, culture, health, safety and welfare.
#5 – Use defined land typologies in a cost/benefit analysis to identify less
vulnerable “value zones” for long-term planning and public spending.

2. ULI RECOMMENDATIONS
Infrastructure, Technology and Capacity
#6 – Develop a regional infrastructure vision, review it regularly, and set
priorities.
#7 – Consider long-term resiliency when evaluating rebuilding strategies.
#8 – Design protective infrastructure to do more than protect.
#9 – Explore the potential of soft systems
#10 – Allow for safe failure of some noncritical infrastructure systems.
#11 – Create infrastructure recovery plans for quick partial service
restoration.