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.
To read about Center experts discussing hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, visit our Hurricane Season 2017 Information page. To read additional Hurricane Matthew recovery news, visit our Hurricane Matthew page.
Website news/blog posts/publications:
- Summer research team focuses on disaster impacts on minority communities (Oct. 5, 2017)
- Q&A: Camellia Okpodu, Norfolk State University (Oct. 13, 2017)
- The Links: September 2017 (Oct. 6, 2017)
- October newsletter
CRC in the News:
- Rick Luettich and the science of storm surge by Brad Rich // Coastal Review Online (10.25.17)
- Saving Princeville by The University of North Carolina (10.19.17)
- One year on, Hurricane Matthew is still drowning communities with dilemmas by Tyler Newman // The Seahawk (10.18.17)
- Residents look at possibilities for Seven Springs by Steve Herring // The News-Argus (10.15.17)
- Recovery in North Carolina one year later by Jim Schwab // jimschwab.com (10.14.17)
- Princeville works to save homes and history one year after Hurricane Matthew by Leoneda Inge // WUNC (10.6.17)
- Carolina responds to Hurricane Matthew by UNC News (10.5.17)
- Eastern N.C. continues to recover from Hurricane Matthew one year later by Charlie Shelton and Frank Stasio // WUNC (10.4.17)
- Some N.C. towns struggle to survive a year after Matthew by Jay Price // WUNC (10.4.17)
- Princeville Community Design Workshop (video) by the N.C. Rural Center (10.3.17)
- Virginia Chapter of the APA webinar: Green Infrastructure webinar (featuring Dr. Robert Twilley) (June 2017)
Good reading:
- Taking disasters in their stride by The Straights-Times (10.21.17)
- Why it’s so hard to turn the lights back on in Puerto Rico by National Public Radio (10.20.17)
- Inside Puerto Rico’s struggle to recover a month after hurricane by The Wall Street Journal (10.20.17)
- More than 60 percent of Hampton Roads residents say flooding is on the rise, ODU survey finds by The Virginian-Pilot (10.19.17)
- FEMA looking to hire 20,000 more people as it responds to long list of disasters by National Public Radio (10.17.17)
- Building Resilient Coastlines by Kleinman Center for Energy Policy (10.17.17)
- Sensitivity of storm surge predictions to atmospheric forcing during Hurricane Isaac by N.C. State University (10.12.17)
- We have to preserve our floodplains. But we need our wetlands, too. by Houston Chronicle (10.9.17)
- Water over the bridge by UNC Research (10.6.17)
- Communities are doing something about sea-level rise by The News & Observer (10.6.17)
- Elon Musk offers to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid using solar by The Verge (10.6.17)
- Decades of discovery by UNC Research (10.6.17)
- A city that never drains by Tampa Bay Times (10.6.17)
- As sea levels climb, storms storms that once might have been an afterthought can have an impact by The Virginian-Pilot (10.6.17)
- FEMA proposes partnering with states to prepare before disasters by The Pew Charitable Trusts (10.5.17)
- In wake of major floods, Texas water agency drafting statewide flood plan by The Texas Tribune (10.4.17)
- The psychological toll of natural disasters – and how mainland Puerto Ricans are coping by PBS NewsHour (10.1.17)
- Federal disaster assistance goes beyond FEMA by The Pew Charitable Trusts (9.29.17)
- Coastal Barrier Resources Act focus of study by Coastal Review Online (9.29.17)
- Why Puerto Rico faces worse perils than Texas and Florida by Knowledge @ Wharton (9.27.17)
- To prevent disasters, rethink development by U.S. News & World Report (9.26.17)
- Maps: Hurricane Maria’s path across Puerto Rico by The New York Times (9.26.17)
- A storm’s never destroyed a grid like Maria ruined Puerto Rico’s by Bloomberg Technology (9.22.17)
- Understanding the unprecedented: social vulnerability, infrastructure failure, and catastrophe by The Natural Hazards Center (9.18.17)
- Don’t repeat the mistakes of the Katrina recovery by The New York Times (9.14.17)
- Boomtown, flood town by ProPublica/TheTexas Tribune (12.7.16)