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CRGC Researchers Present at the 2018 Society for Risk Analysis
Melissa Finucane, Andrew Parker, Vanessa Parks, and Rajeev Ramchand presented an overview of the Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC) at the annual meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis in New Orleans last month. Read more »
Workshop Explores Regional Priority Setting for Health, Social, and Economic Disruption from Spills
CRGC director Melissa Finucane participated in the kick-off of a collaborative workshop series, “Regional priority setting for health, social, and economic disruption from spills.” The two-day event took place December 4-5 in Houma, Louisiana. Read more »
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As the article below notes, the region has had to deal with "a hurricane, an oil rig, an underwater mudslide" — CRGC director Melissa Finucane explored these overlapping challenges in a Times Picayune commentary last November: www.nola.com/opinions/2018/11/overlapping-environmental-disasters-put-a-strain-on-gulf-communitie...
In December, Melissa Finucane, Rajeev Ramchand, Vanessa Parks and Andrew Parker presented an overview of the CRGC at the annual meeting of The Society for Risk Analysis in New Orleans.
Learn more: www.resilientgulf.org/2019/01/14/society-for-risk-analysis/
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At the kick-off of a collaborative workshop series, “Regional priority setting for health, social, and economic disruption from spills,” CRGC director Melissa Finucane presented her research on risk communication and also participated in a panel discussion on Sharing Oil Spill Experiences and Insights.
The two-day event took place last week in Houma, Louisiana. The workshop series is presented by the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI); and various Sea Grant partners.
Learn more: www.resilientgulf.org/2018/12/10/regional-priority-setting-workshop/
Communities in the Gulf of Mexico are no strangers to coastal disasters, but overlapping disasters, like the Taylor and Deepwater Horizon spills, pose unique challenges, writes CRGC director Melissa Finucane
Projects
Health, Social, and Community Economic Impacts of the Oil Spill
We are surveying individuals in Gulf of Mexico communities to assess the health, social, and economic impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on households. Read More »
Economic Impact of the Oil Spill on Industry
We are assessing the economic impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the fishing, fish/seafood processing, and tourism industries. Read More »
Community Action Planning
We are developing and implementing a community action planning process to increase awareness and use of evidence-based resilience strategies. Read More »
Targeted Information for Disaster-Affected Communities
We are developing a web portal, tailored to the needs of communities in the Gulf region, to deliver targeted information about oil spills. Read More »
Mentor the Next Generation
We are training undergraduate and graduate students in disaster resilience research and outreach methods. Read More »
Real-Time Program Self-Evaluation
We are evaluating the Consortium’s performance as we do our work, to demonstrate success and to improve our research, outreach, and education activities. Read More »