Disasters such as hurricanes Helene and Milton often hit low-income and other disadvantaged groups hardest. 2 policy experts suggest ways long-term aid could help.
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Fast population growth has left more people in flood-prone areas of Gulf Coast communities, including Houston and New Orleans. Often, those residents at most risk are the most socially vulnerable.
As Australia’s south-east states reel from intense winds, many of us wonder if the trees near us are safe.
A town hit hard by two hurricanes, downpours and a deep freeze, all in the midst of a pandemic, offers crucial lessons for everyone’s disaster planning and recovery.
Our expert in disaster recovery and climate change adaptation calls for a longer-term response to conflict zones affected by severe flooding, such as Libya and Pakistan.
Census data and research show all things are not equal in disaster displacement, as 2 experts in disaster recovery explain.
The agreement still leaves many unanswered questions, as well as concerns from vulnerable countries about who will qualify, who pays and who is in charge.
Animal shelters and other organizations that support pets and their owners after disasters will still need help months after the media has moved on.
Wildfires on Maui are a crippling blow to the island’s tourism industry, which generates half of its jobs. But New Orleans and Kauai show that comebacks are possible.
Food, shelter and medical supplies are important but not the only things that help people get back on their feet.
Research conducted in Southeast Texas casts light on the toll disasters can take on groups that serve as pillars of their communities.
Within two weeks of Hurricane Fiona, FEMA had accepted most Puerto Rican housing aid applications. Nearly all those early approvals cover only $700 in assistance and won’t pay the tab for rebuilding.
Research shows that coastal businesses’ hurricane recovery depends on workers being able to return.
More than 22 million people currently live in Florida following a century of rapid growth.
Many government agencies help people whose lives are thrown off course, but not everyone is eligible or able to access that aid.
A proposed new airport at Tarras would affect the entire South Island economy. Twelve years on from the Canterbury earthquakes, have the implications of such a project been properly thought through?
The long delays in housing displaced flood victims point to the need to develop a permanent reserve of temporary housing to be available wherever and whenever disaster strikes.
While well-meaning, it’s unclear whether the benefits of training community members to respond to disasters outweigh the risks.
Research on the impacts on schooling of COVID and bushfire and flood disasters has found academically the kids are mostly OK. It’s their well-being and recovery from trauma that demand our attention.
The federal election presents an opportunity to promote plans for improving national disaster governance and resilience. But the silence on these issues in political debates has been remarkable.
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Professor of Urban Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago
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Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor, Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering, Florida State University
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management, University of Tasmania
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Director, Global Waste Research Institute, California Polytechnic State University
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Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Tasmania
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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
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Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor, Humanitarian, Emergency and Disaster Management Studies, Charles Darwin University
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Lecturer and Research Fellow, School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences. Coordinator, Education for Sustainability Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Journalist, author, broadcaster, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of the Practice, Tufts University
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Posdoctoral Researcher in Local Energy Systems, University of Oxford
