It was almost November 2012 when Hurricane Sandy, a late arrival in an otherwise quiet tropical season, slammed into the
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Humanity is deeply committed to living along the world’s shores, but a catastrophic storm like Sandy—which took hundreds
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Hurricane Sandy on New Jersey's Forgotten Shore brings to life the individual and collective voices of a community:
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This book taps into discussions about social vulnerability, empowerment, and resistance in relation to disaster relief a
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“Meldahl takes the reader on a tour of coastal Southern California, deftly explaining its complex geologic history, coas
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In Immeasurable Weather Sara J. Grossman explores how environmental data collection has been central to the larger proje
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This volume examines the rebuilding of cities and their environs after a disaster and focuses on four major issues: maki
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Sara J. Grossman explores how weather data collection has been central to the larger project of settler colonialism in t
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Playing Politics with Natural Disaster explains how the political decisions by local, state, and federal officials shape
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A lethal mix of natural disaster, dangerously flawed construction, and reckless human actions devastated San Francisco i
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