by admin | Apr 5, 2015 | Blogging, Climate, Disaster, Disaster policy, Government, Resilience, Science
In response to my good friend, Allison Hardin, planner and floodplain manager in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, posting on Facebook the article referenced in my last post from the Post & Courier covering my and Matt Hauer’s presentations last week at the...
by admin | Apr 1, 2015 | Blogging, Climate, Disaster, Disaster policy, Urban Planning
Since Sunday evening, I have been in North Charleston, South Carolina, attending the 2015 Coastal GeoTools conference, hosted by the Association of State Floodplain Managers with support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. I intend to post more...
by admin | Feb 5, 2015 | Climate, Disaster, Disaster policy, Government, Philanthropy, Resilience, Urban Planning
Resilience has typically been defined as an ability to bounce back from, and to withstand, shocks and crises. These can include natural disasters but also terrorist strikes, sudden economic downturns, or major industrial accidents. The term was borrowed from the field...
by admin | Jan 27, 2015 | Blogging, Disaster, Disaster policy, Economic development, Government, Public safety, Resilience, Urban Planning
Two weeks ago, I introduced a new report produced by the American Planning Association under a contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. I had the honor of managing the production of Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery: Next Generation over the four years...
by admin | Jan 12, 2015 | Climate, Disaster, Disaster policy, Resilience, Urban Planning
It is always an honor to be able to lead an effort that advances the state of practice with regard to a subject as critical to the nation, and the world, as planning for post-disaster recovery. As readers will have noted from this blog and website, for the last four...
by admin | Dec 15, 2014 | Blogging, Climate, Disaster, Disaster policy, Public safety, Resilience, Urban Planning
This is one of those short posts that takes you to a different blog, but one for which I have direct responsibilities–the Recovery News blog at the American Planning Association website. We posted last Friday a video interview with Matthew Appelbaum, the mayor...
