Jul 15, 2021
Disasters have the potential to exacerbate preexisting racial inequities. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have made commitments to reduce social inequities in mission and value statements but lack...
Feb 23, 2021
A recent TIME Magazine article notes that, “For scientists, the havoc wreaked by the extreme winter weather that hit Texas in mid-February dropping several inches of snow and leaving millions without power did not come as a surprise.”Indeed, CRGC director Melissa...
Aug 27, 2020
What could communities, government officials, nongovernment organizations, businesses, and scientists do to build community resilience to large oil spills? Answering that question was the goal of CRGC researchers as they researched and wrote their final report,...
Mar 4, 2020
CRGC researchers have been busy publishing new research. Two of note: Jacqueline Fiore, Craig Bond, and Shanthi Nataraj released a working paper on “The Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Spill on Commercial Blue Crab Landings”; and Andrew Parker, Amanda...
Sep 9, 2019
“As the extent of destruction from Hurricane Dorian on the northern Bahamas becomes clear, the country’s government has to make rapid-fire decisions. Where will they send the next rescue crew? How will they distribute food and water? How will they get the...
Jan 14, 2019
In December, 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.During a plenary session...
