Hurricane Maria has left 3.4 million Puerto Ricans facing shortages of food, health care and transit, an American humanitarian crisis fueled by the US territory’s May 2017 bankruptcy.
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The bills now pending in Congress won’t do what it will take.
The desire to help during emergencies like Hurricane Irma is admirable. Doing some homework might make your contributions go farther.
Donations to relief efforts from corporations and celebrities may get the most attention, but they are exceptions.
If you want to do the greatest good, send money.
Researchers examined credit data on the victims of Hurricane Katrina to understand how the disaster affected their personal finances, revealing important lessons for those hurt by Harvey.
There are reasons to channel Harvey aid through the nonprofit despite evidence that it wasted money following Haiti’s earthquake and fumbled Superstorm Sandy relief efforts.
The desire to help during emergencies like Hurricane Harvey is admirable. With a little homework, your contributions will go further.
A multibillion-dollar effort is just beginning to build an all-new nationwide wireless broadband network for emergency responders. How will it work, why do we need it and how will it last 25 years?
Sometimes ‘stuff’ isn’t just stuff.
A new data management system can give emergency responders a fast lane on the internet to help speed rescue efforts after a disaster.
Understanding what parts of society are susceptible to natural hazards and why, is key for emergency services and risk managers.
Two years after the second earthquake rocked Nepal in 2015, the recovery efforts have been stalled by political instability and money mismanagement.
As climate change increases the frequency and severity of disasters in the near future, leveraging social media data, crowd-sourcing and other means of discovering the unknown will become crucial.
March 11 marks the anniversary of the Fukushima earthquake. Natural disasters here in the US also have wreaked havoc. There may be a way to improve response to these natural disasters.
Rebuilding small communities on the same site in the same way seldom works. It’s not about getting back to where you were, but rather grasping the opportunity to create a more resilient place.
Six years after a catastrophic earthquake, Haiti has to recover from yet another disaster. Getting it right will be a herculean task.
Tents and food parcels are one thing, ready-built accommodation is another.
Improvised rescues, such as boat owners saving people in flooded Louisiana, have become an integral part of federal and state disaster response efforts.
The solution to emergency communications: redundancy, redundancy, redundancy.
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Furman Public Policy Scholar, New York University
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Professor and Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst
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Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University
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PhD candidate in African & African Diaspora Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
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Senior Researcher, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
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Director, Program on Resilient Communities, Harvard University
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PhD Candidate, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Communications, Media and Democracy, University of Glasgow
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Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Visiting Research Professor, The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace Security and Justice, Queen's University Belfast
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Assistant Professor in Shipping and International Logistics, Heriot-Watt University
