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 Hurricane Harvey, visit our Hurricane Harvey page. To read additional Hurricane Matthew recovery news, visit our Hurricane Matthew page.
Newsletter:
Website news/blog posts:
- HBCU experts gather for Flood and Hurricane meeting (Aug. 24, 2017)
- City of Norfolk adopts principles of Resilience Scorecard project (Aug. 23, 2017)
- Design teams develop options for Princeville (Aug. 22, 2017)
- Initiative addresses community needs post-Matthew (Aug. 14, 2017)
- Education program to teach project management skills in emergency management settings (Aug. 10, 2017)
- Q&A: Career Development Grant recipient Ashton Rohmer (Aug. 4, 2017)
- CRC researchers search for appropriate incentives for coastal home protection (Aug. 2, 2017)
CRC in the news:
- After shelters, some Harvey victims will move to vacant Houston apartments by Aaron Schrank // Marketplace/National Public Radio (8.31.17)
- A storm forces Houston, the limitless city, to consider its limits by Manny Fernandez and Richard Fausett // The New York Times (8.31.17)
- What is it about the rainfall of hurricanes that makes it difficult to predict? by BBC World Service (8.30.17)
- Storm Harvey breaks record of rainfall and worsens disaster by Rafael Mathus Ruiz // La Nacion (8.30.17)
- Experts say it could take Houston years to fully recover from Harvey by Tom McCarthy //The Guardian (8.29.17)
- NC researchers help Louisiana officials with storm surge forecast by Pierce Legeion // WNCT (8.29.17)
- Princeville wraps up revitalization workshop by Emily Gibbs // WNCT (8.29.17)
- Princeville residents get a glimpse of new plans after Hurricane Matthew by Michael Hyland // WNCN (8.29.17)
- 52-acre would add land less flood-prone to Princeville by Adam Owens // WRAL (8.29.17)
- Teams develop plans to make Princeville less vulnerable to flooding by Adam Owens // WRAL (8.29.17)
- How Hurricane Harvey became so destructive by Lisa Friedman and John Schwartz // The New York Times (8.28.17)
- UNC researcher on the ‘most deadly’ part of hurricanes by WRAL (8.27.17)
- Who from NC will help with Hurricane Harvey recovery? by Camila Molina // The News & Observer (8.27.17)
- Dr. Rick Luettich discusses Hurricane Harvey storm surge by MSNBC (8.26.17)
- Design workshop aims at making plans for North Carolina town by WRAL (8.26.17)
- Princeville partner with design teams to limit flooding in the future by David Hurst // WNCN (8.25.17)
- Princeville kickstarts Hurricane Matthew revitalization by Emily Gibbs // WNCT (8.25.17)
- UT supercomputer helps track Harvey by Alyssa Goard // KXAN (8.24.17)
- Design teams gather to plan Princeville’s future by North Carolina Department of Public Safety (8.22.17)
- Fair Bluff Visioning Meeting by The News Reporter (video) (8.15.17)
Good reading:
- Uncertainty in Louisiana as Harvey heads for Texas, U.S. News & World Report (8.24.17)
- State Climatologist Dr. Barry Keim on 2016 rainfall, flooding and concerns, WVLA (8.16.17)
- Windsor finally qualifies for state assistance after floods, WITN (8.16.17)
- Trump signs rule rolling back environmental rules on infrastructure, The New York Times (8.15.17)
- Detailed look at Baton Rouge neighborhood’s flood recovery, U.S. News & World Report (8.13.17)
- Did climate change cause the New Orleans flood?, The New Orleans Times-Picayune (8.13.17)
- Hurricane Irma could test Florida’s Hurricane Andrew-inspired building codes, USA Today (8.10.17)
- The sea level did, in fact, rise faster in the Southeast, The New York Times (8.9.17)
- Fast, accurate forecasts of coastal flooding, Coastwatch Currents (8.7.17)
- Can Congress bring the National Flood Insurance Program above water?, The Atlantic (8.5.17)
- 11 more named storms in 2017?, WWL (8.4.17)
- Mayor to residents: We are tackling Miami Beach street floodings, Miami Herald (8.2.17)
- Building community capacity to reduce the adverse effects of natural disasters, LinkedIn (8.2.17)
- Louisiana Flood Report of 2016: People rebuilt, rather than flee, Greater Baton Rouge Business Report (8.2.17)
- Princeville perseveres, rebuilds after Hurricane Matthew, WRAL (8.1.17)
- Schools in all 50 states face flood challenges, The Pew Charitable Trusts (8.1.17)
- New this hurricane season: Storm surge warnings, The News & Observer (7.31.17)
- The same houses flood every year and we keep paying for them, The Hill (7.31.17)
- Tampa Bay’s coming storm, The Washington Post (7.28.17)
- At water’s edge: Norfolk’s rising flood risk, The Pew Charitable Trusts (7.28.17)
- Mapping coastal flood risk lags behind sea level rise, National Public Radio (7.27.17)
- Walls won’t save our cities from rising seas. Here’s what will., NBC News (7.27.17)
- The floating islands of south Louisiana? Could be an option as seas rise, The New Orleans Times-Picayune (7.26.17)
- Meet the mayor leaving politics to fight climates change, Mashable (7.22.17)
- Miami mayor wants to spend $192 million on sea rise and prevention, CBS Miami (7.19.17)
- Iconic coast threatened as rising seas ‘drown’ beaches, E&E News (7.12.17)
- How mapping disasters can help devastated communities rally, Government Technology (7.12.17)
- Community taking lead in emergency planning for their animals, Bushfire Natural Hazards CRC (6.30.17)
Job, event and funding postings:
- Interdisciplinary Research on Systems Modeling and Analysis, Sustainable and Resilient Economy Program, Ohio State University (Deadline: None listed)
- Post-Doctoral Research Opportunity in Coupled Human-Natural Systems, Sustainable and Resilient Economy Program, Ohio State University (Deadline: Sept. 30, 2017)
- William Averette Anderson Fund Fellowship
- Coastal Engineering Specialist, Stantec
- N.C. Rural Center Small Business Recovery Fund