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The cost of flooding (blog post)April 5, 2021
“Flooding is head and shoulders above any other catastrophe that you or the world is going to face in its lifetime… in terms of sheer dollars and cents, especially with sea level rise.” Take it from Don Hornstein, who knows … Read more
Three summer research partners to continue funded work in 2021March 29, 2021
Three CRC Summer Research Team (SRT) partners from 2020 have been awarded follow-on funding through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Office of University Programs’ (OUP) Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) program. S&T announced last month that nine … Read more
Institutionalized equity combats hazard uncertainty (blog post)March 18, 2021
Dr. Ashley Ross-Wootton, an associate professor, author and proud Aggie, posed this question to our Natural Hazards Resilience class in February. Dr. Ross began by laying out the consequences of the 2010 Deep Horizon explosion and oil spill off the … Read more
Elevating resilience planning to protect communities (blog post)March 12, 2021
The Coastal Resilience Center, in partnership with UNC’s Department of City and Regional Planning, recently hosted American Planning Association’s (APA) Joe DeAngelis and Texas A&M’s Jaimie Masterson for a presentation on “Using Local Planning Tools to Build Community Resilience.”
Building climate resiliency in North Carolina through biophilic urban design (blog post)March 10, 2021
The UNC Department of City and Regional Planning was lucky to begin our Natural Hazards Resiliece Speakers Series with a guest lecture from Dr. Timothy Beatley on Jan. 27. Beatley, a professor at the University of Virginia, spoke at length … Read more
Speakers Series recordings available onlineFebruary 20, 2021
The CRC, in partnership with the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is co-sponsoring a graduate certificate program in the study of Natural Hazards Resilience. As one of the course offerings, CRC … Read more
Hurricane Michael: A model for university-involved recovery (Part 3)December 2, 2020
Part 3: Outcomes In October 2018, Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 5 storm, arriving with peak winds of 155 miles per hour and leaving in its wake more than $25 billion in damages. … Read more
Hurricane Michael: A model for university-involved recovery (Part 2)November 25, 2020
Part 2: Coordinating a response In October 2018, Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 5 storm, arriving with peak winds of 155 miles per hour and leaving in its wake more than $25 billion in … Read more
