CRC, RENCI and federal partners recently released a report, “Rethinking Floods Analytics,” from last fall’s Flood Analytics Colloquium. Read the report on the CRC website.
Website news/blog posts/publications:
- New standard helps predict and evaluate erosion caused by storms (March 26, 2018)
- Students in the Workforce – Lea Sabbag, North Carolina Emergency Management (March 22, 2018)
- FEMA Administrator to speak at UNC as part of CRC speakers series (March 19, 2018)
- Responding to community needs: Hurricane Matthew recovery and resilience in eastern North Carolina (blog post) (March 8, 2018)
CRC Researchers in the News:
- Helping Hands: Grants by The (Greensboro) News & Record (3.30.18)
- Decisions and Resilience: Community and Economic Development Analysis of Post-Disaster Buyouts in Eastern North Carolina by UNC Graduate School (March 2018)
- PrepTalks: Land use planning for community resilience by PreventionWeb (3.16.18)
- New standard helps predict, evaluate erosion caused by storms by ASTM International (3.14.18)
- University of North Florida’s forensic study of Hurricane Matthew by Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association (March 2018)
- Responding to community needs: Hurricane Matthew recovery efforts in eastern North Carolina by Jessica Southwell // UNC Institute for the Environment Blog (3.1.18)
Good reading:
- A NOAA report says more tidal flooding is coming soon by The (Jacksonville, N.C.) Daily News (3.16.18)
- Attracting diversity by creating opportunities in EM by EM Weekly (podcast) (3.15.18)
- Six figures for six feet: Some Harvey victims in Houston spend huge sums to elevate their homes by The Texas Tribune (3.14.18)
- Taming the mighty Mississippi by The Washington Post (3.14.18)
- More of the Bay Area could be underwater in 2100 than previously expected by The New York Times (3.7.18)
- A theory of a “mega-tsunami” that wipes out the East Coast was widely debunked. Yet it persists. by The Virginian-Pilot (3.6.18)
- Measuring hurricane wind speed from space by Earth & Space Science News (3.1.18)
- Prediction by the numbers by UNC-TV (2.28.18)
- Children and disasters by The Measure of Everyday Life (audio) (2.28.18)
- Sea-level rise, big storms make for a devastating combination by The St. Augustine Record (2.26.18)
- How shortages are worsening Puerto Rico’s blackout by E&E News (2.26.18)
- Lack of data places communities at greater risk in disasters by Nonprofit Quarterly (2.23.18)
- What land will be underwater in 20 years? Figuring it out could be lucrative by The New York Times (2.23.18)
- Harvey’s harmful legacy by The Battalion (2.22.18)
- Speaking truth to power: Please don’t call them natural disasters by The Natural Hazards Center (2.15.18)
- The best way to buy protection from severe storms? Invest in nature by Forbes (2.5.18)
- How architects can help communities recover from disasters (and save millions of dollars) by American Institute of Architects (1.17.18)
- Military on front line of battle with sea level rise by The Daytona Beach New-Journal
- Economic assessment of green infrastructure strategies for climate change adaptation: Pilot studies in the Great Lakes region by NOAA Office of Coastal Management
Events:
- Carolina Hazards and Resilience Planners: Climate Change and Resilience Symposium (4.20.18)
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security COE Summit 2018 (5.30-5.31.18)
Publications:
- Rick Luettich (ed.), “Coastal Hazards Related to Storm Surge,” Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2018.
- “Rethinking Flood Analytics: Proceedings from the 2017 Flood Analytics Colloquium”
Job and funding postings: