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The Army Corps of Engineers is planning a sea wall 6 miles long and flood gates. The infrastructure might protect downtown from a hurricane storm surge, but most of the area will still be vulnerable.
At building collapse sites, aerial drones and ground robots can extend the eyes and ears of search and rescue personnel to places people can’t go – above and inside the rubble pile.
Investigators are searching for what caused the tall apartment building near Miami to suddenly fail. What they find could lead to changes in building codes.
Many coastal US cities are contending with increasingly frequent and severe tidal flooding as sea levels rise. Some are considering building seawalls, but this strategy is not simple or cheap.
New Orleans has about a 40% chance of getting hit by a tropical storm in any given year. Here’s how heat, winds and the shape of the seafloor raise the hurricane damage risk.
The number of Airbnb properties has exploded since its founding in 2008. A hospitality management expert looked at how this has hurt hotels.
Applied games can help us to tackle problems like climate change by appealing to players’ hearts and minds.
When structures collapse, what’s involved in finding out what really happened?
Is the Federal Emergency Management Agency ready for the new era of disasters?
The desire to help during emergencies like Hurricane Irma is admirable. Doing some homework might make your contributions go farther.
Every four years, voters in Florida are more in demand than almost any in the US. And this year they’re especially exhausted.
It is amazing for me to see the very aggressive building boom underway in south Florida; on the beaches and barrier islands, throughout downtown and in the low western areas bordering the Everglades. They…
In attempting to succeed as owner of a Major League Soccer team in Miami, Florida, David Beckham has taken on perhaps the biggest challenge of his career. The city is not short of major sports teams. It…
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Dean, Richard J. Bolte, Sr. School of Business, Mount St. Mary's University, Mount Saint Mary College
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