by admin | Feb 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Josh Silberg, MRM Candidate and Hakai Scholar at Simon Fraser University, shares his thoughts on how resilience supplanted sustainability: “Part of the reason why the word resilience is so effective is that… the term recognizes the inherent natural...
by admin | Feb 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
As part of a study of coastal beaches around the country, the USGS has published “Historical shoreline change along the Pacific Northwest coast.” Among several findings, one is that 36% of beach transects in OR and WA were determined to be eroding. The...
by admin | Jan 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has announced a $40m grant program for municipalities to strengthen clean energy infrastructure against storms. In addition, “the Patrick Administration is also investing $10 million in critical coastal infrastructure and dam...
by admin | Jan 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Superstorm Sandy, which wreaked havoc on the metro-New York region a year ago, is part of a growing series of natural and man-made catastrophic events that have caught communities in the U.S. and around the world unprepared. Will Puget Sound be resilient in the face...
by admin | Jan 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Northridge Earthquake: “Like a Punch Delivered from Below” from LA MagazineIt’s been two decades since the magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake shook Los Angeles to its core. Richard Andrews presided over the Herculean effort to make the city whole again.Andrews...
by admin | Jan 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
A FEMA update from STARR: “FEMA’s Region X Mitigation Planning Team has released Integrating the Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan into a Community’s Comprehensive Plan: A Guidebook for Local Governments.This guidebook was developed by FEMA to explain and...
