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New Resilient Futures Podcast: The role of insurance in resilience
Disasters are affecting more people and property than they ever have before. Since 1980, the U.S. has experienced 400+ weather-related “billion dollar” disasters, $3 trillion in economic impacts, and thousands of lives and livelihoods. In the effort to build our disaster resilience as a society, what’s the role of insurance? In this episode, our hosts […]
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Early warning system will warn San Juan residents exactly which streets will flood: Featured in Yale Climate Connections
Research to create more advanced early warning flood systems in San Juan, Puerto Rico was recently featured by Yale Climate Connections. Funded by the National Science Foundation and led by IRIS affiliate Felix Santiago Cruz, the work combines the knowledge of locals about high-flood areas with inexpensive, solar-powered sensors. Read the full story here.
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New Resilient Futures Podcast: Disaster Prep in the Big City
What did you do during the COVID-19 social distancing era? Some of us learned to make sourdough, some of us perfected a viral whipped coffee, plenty of us did a whole lot of nothing- but this NYC subculture was busy taking notes. Anna Bounds, a Professor of Sociology at Queens College, has felt called to […]
