Comparing extreme rainfall exposure to climate-focused planning efforts: A mixed methods analysis in the northeastern United States

Urban Climate · 2024-12-20 · 1 citations

Comparing Extreme Rainfall Exposure to Climate-Focused Planning Efforts: A Mixed Methods Analysis in the Northeastern United States

SSRN Electronic Journal · 2024-01-01

Assessment of accessibility and equality of access in Long Island libraries from the perspective of community resilience

Case Studies on Transport Policy · 2024-02-24 · 5 citations

Recovery for Resilience: Exploring the Disconnect Between Collaborative Planning and Project Implementation in Post-Hurricane Sandy New York City

Journal of Disaster Research · 2024-11-30

Collaborative and participatory planning processes that are interactive, thoughtful, and efficient have become increasingly important elements of post-disaster recovery. Meanwhile, rapid action remains critically important to quickly restore destroyed urban systems, but creating long-term resilience demands new ideas that are also implementable. These various tensions create a daunting paradox, and while many communities have attempted to use collaborative planning approaches in recovery, useful assessments and guidance on collaborative recovery planning is sparse. To better understand the nuances of a collaborative recovery, we document and evaluate the effectiveness of the collaborative processes behind the planning of the ESCR resilience project, initiated as BIG U in New York City, which emphasizes community participation and collaborative decision-making. The project is unique because of its innovative and interactive multi-stakeholder processes. The authors have studied the case longitudinally over the past decade, using a variety of research methods to gather relevant information. The ESCR collaborative efforts suggest that, first, there is a disconnect in the dominant rationalities behind climate resilience efforts between the planning and implementation phases. Second, given the disconnect between the planning and implementation phases, collaborative efforts must be refined to remain relevant in the implementation phase. Third, even after project implementation, there are different types of rationality employed, and thus varying levels of satisfaction, depending on the benefits that participants receive. While planners must recognize the disconnect between collaborative planning and project implementation and seek ways to mitigate any abrupt shifts, we conclude that collaborative approaches to recovery planning can be effective and manageable, even in unique recovery situations.

Land Use Adaptations to Wildfire in Unincorporated Communities in Colorado

2023-01-01

Advancing Interdisciplinary and Convergent Science for Communities: Lessons Learned through the NCAR Early-Career Faculty Innovator Program

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2022-09-28 · 4 citations

Abstract The authors introduce the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s Early-Career Faculty Innovator Program and present lessons learned about advancing interdisciplinary and convergent science with and for society. The Innovator Program brings together faculty and students from the social sciences with NCAR researchers to conduct interdisciplinary and convergent research on problems motivated by societal challenges in the face of climate change and environmental hazards. This article discusses aspects of program structure and the research being conducted. The article also emphasizes the challenges and successes of the research collaborations within the Innovator Program, along with lessons learned about engaging in highly interdisciplinary, potentially convergent work, particularly from the early-career perspective. Many projects involve faculty PIs from racially, ethnically, or otherwise minoritized groups, and minority serving institutions (MSIs), or those who engage with marginalized communities. Hence, the Innovator Program is contributing to the development of a growing research community pursuing science with and for society that also broadens participation in research related to the atmospheric sciences.

Track 2: A Holistic Approach to Evaluating the Sustainability and Resiliency of Buried Drainage Structures Relative to Climate Change

2022-09-14

Hot Topic 3: Incorporating Holistic Sustainability and Resilience into Civil Engineering Projects

2022-09-14

Catastrophe Is Not the End but the Beginning: Two Centuries of Evolution in US Disaster Law and Policy

Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2022-09-29 · 1 citations

Comprehensive history of the evolution of federal disaster law and policy in the United States including hazard mitigation, disaster recovery, civil defense, economic recovery, and other aspects of the federal disaster management structure. Empasizes practical, political, legal and policies influences and implications related to the dynamic and ever-changing process by which hazards and disasters are managed in the United States.

Moving from interdisciplinary to convergent research across geoscience and social sciences: challenges and strategies

Environmental Research Letters · 2022 · 16 citations

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