The Links is a monthly roundup of articles from the Center, good reading and job links that have been posted on our website and social media in the last month.
Website news/blog posts:
- Interdisciplinary program teaches students, community about disaster sciences (May 30, 2017)
- Modeling tool brings commercial services into resiliency planning (May 25, 2017)
- N.C. students present work on resilience projects (May 22, 2017)
- ‘Scorecard’ guides winners of architecture award (May 1, 2017)
- S. Virgin Islands addresses climate change adaptation challenges (May 10, 2017)
- The Links: April 2017 (May 1, 2017)
CRC in the news:
- Disaster risk management: Insights from US experience by Andre Gissing //Risk Frontiers (5.29.17)
- Dr. Rick Luettich discusses Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017, H.R. 353 by “Coastal Daybreak,” WTKF-FM (audio) (5.3.17)
- Making research matter by Bushfire & Natural Hazards CRC (4.3.17)
Good reading:
- Sea-level rise poses a rising threat to U.S. shores by Scientific American (6.2017)
- Above-normal Atlantic hurricane season is most likely this year by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (5.25.17)
- Florida’s private flood insurance market is a template for the country by The Hill (5.16.17)
- A RAPID response to Hurricane Matthew by Endeavors (UNC Research) (5.10.2017)
- Cooper ‘shocked, disappointed’ in federal storm recovery funds from Trump administration by The News & Observer (5.10.2017)
- It pays to prepare for natural disasters by Pew Charitable Trusts (5.8.2017)
- Snapshot: Homeowner flood insurance roundtable national conversation flood resilience dialogue by Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate (5.5.2017)
- Louisiana Sea Grant director receives national award for wetlands research by The Times-Picayune (5.5.2017)
- The Jersey Shore would rather fight flooding with walls than retreat by Bloomberg Business Week (5.4.2017)
- NYC creates climate change roadmap for builders: Plan for rising seas by InsideClimateNews (5.3.2017)
- Studying hurricanes to improve earthquake preparedness by Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (5.1.2017)
- High ground Is becoming hot property as sea level rises by E&E News/ClimateWire (5.1.2017)
- Linking water, floods and public health by North Carolina Sea Grant Coastwatch (Spring 2017)
- When planning for sea-level rise turns to play by CityLab (4.26.2017)
- Tying disaster relief to insurance could speed up aid by Thomson Reuters Foundation (4.25.2017)
- Funding for the National Flood Mapping Program threatened by The Association of State Floodplain Managers (4.25.2017)
- No ‘Katrina effect’ boosting state revenue expected in Louisiana flood recovery by The Times-Picayune (4.24.2017)
- Google time lapse shows coastal changes by Coastal Review Online (4.24.2017)
- As Austin grows, so does the risk of flood by The Austin Chronicle (4.21.2017)
- As sea levels rise, where will all the people go? by Popular Science (4.17.2017)
- UNEP app helps coastal communities adapt to climate change by Daily Planet (4.2017)
- Climate adaptation: The state of practice in U.S. communities by PreventionWeb (11.2016)
- Floods are among Earth’s most common–and most destructive–natural hazards by National Geographic
Job, event and funding postings:
- Graduate Student for Coastal Resilience Center study: “Measuring Flood Resilience in NC Communities Impacted by Hurricanes Matthew and Floyd”
- Emergency Management Specialist (Mitigation), Federal Emergency Management Agency (Deadline: June 6, 2017)
- Emergency Management Specialist (Mitigation), Federal Emergency Management Agency (Deadline: June 6, 2017)
- National Science Foundation Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs: Establishing Spokes to Advance Big Data Applications solicitation (Deadline: June 19)
- Hurricane Matthew relief trips (UNC-Chapel Hill)