Image from the Princeville Community Design Workshop, held in August. More information from the event, including photos, is in the links below.
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:
- Center credited in report from National Academies (Nov. 27, 2017)
- Princeville resident guide plans for future of town (Nov. 13, 2017)
- Hurricane Matthew Recovery pages – new reports, photos, stories
CRC in the News:
- June 2017 webinar – Green Infrastructure by Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Agency (feat. PI Dr. Robert Twilley)
- Rick Luettich and the science of storm surge by Brad Rich // Coastal Review Online (10.25.17)
Good reading:
- Hurricane preparation, down to a science by UNC News (11.28.17)
- Puerto Rico hands FEMA power to approve any kind of hurricane aid by Bloomberg (11.27.17)
- Harris County proposing dramatic overhaul of floodplain regulations by Houston Chronicle (11.21.17)
- How Tulsa became a model for preventing floods by National Public Radio (11.20.17)
- House passes flood insurance extension with reforms by Insurance Journal (11.15.17)
- Gov. Cooper announces river basin studies to reduce future flooding by N.C. Governor Cooper (11.13.17)
- Repair or renovate? Puerto Rico faces stark power grid options by Scientific American (11.13.17)
- Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Houston’s struggle is America’s tale by The New York Times (11.11.2017)
- Scientists in Houston tell a story of concrete, rain and destruction by National Public Radio (11.9.17)
- Frustration mounts over Puerto Rico’s ‘new normal’ as federal troops leave the island by National Public Radio (11.9.17)
- National Hurricane Center issues its best forecasts on record this year by The Washington Post (11.14.17)
- The weight of water by CFO (11.6.17)
- A broke, and broken, flood insurance program by The New York Times (11.4.17)
- Weather conference asks: Are we “ready for Hurricane Rhody?” by Providence Journal (11.4.17)
- Stripped to the studs by Houston Chronicle (11.3.17)
- New York City’s search for resilience continues five years after Sandy by PBS News Hour (11.1.17)
- Preparing for the power outages and water shortages of the next disaster by University of Delaware (10.30.17)
- Puerto Rico’s path to restore power shifts after Whitefish exit by Reuters (10.30.17)
- Rebuilding after Sandy: One brick at a time by The New York Times (10.29.17)
- Hurricane Sandy and the flooding that wasn’t by Nature (10.29.17)
- Extreme Weather, Extreme Costs by the Center for American Progress (10.27.17)
- New science suggests the ocean could rise more – and faster – than we thought by The Washington Post (10.26.17)
- Scientist at work: Measuring public health impacts after disasters by Texas A&M Today (10.19.17)
- Snapshot: Making Flood Forecasting Easier, Faster by DHS Science & Technology Directorate (7.20.17)
Job, event and funding postings:
- Annual National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology Student Scholarships
- Scientific Research Disaster Recovery Grants, National Academies
- University of Delaware: College of Arts & Sciences Director, William A. Anderson Fund (Associate or Full Professor)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate in Flood Resilience, CUAHSI
- N.C. Rural Center Small Business Recovery Fund