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Remote work and climate change: Considerations for grid resilience in the 21st century This paper explores how the unprecedented dependence on remote work since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the demand for electricity. The paper discusses how the increased dependence on information and communication technologies has driven a shift in the daytime demand for power, from the commercial sector to the residential sector, prompting changes … Continue reading “Remote work and climate change: Considerations for grid resilience in the 21st century” Learn More
Exploring Community Needs for Disaster Shelters Using Cultural Probes During disasters, emergency shelters play a central role in emergency management, providing both a secure environment and centralized sites for the distribution of information, material relief supplies, and access to health and human services. Despite their importance, challenges such as physical access, public awareness, and peoples’ willingness to relocate limit the impact of both shelters … Continue reading “Exploring Community Needs for Disaster Shelters Using Cultural Probes” Learn More
Parental Education and Child Physical Health Following the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Purpose: To assess whether trajectories of children’s physical health problems differ by parental college degree attainment in Louisiana areas highly impacted by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill (BP-DHOS). Design: Three waves of panel data (2014, 2016, and 2018) from the Gulf Coast Population Impact / Resilient Children, Youth, and Communities studies. Setting: BP-DHOS-impacted … Continue reading “Parental Education and Child Physical Health Following the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill” Learn More
Preparing for compounding crises: Staff shortages and cyber-attack vulnerability in the era of COVID-19 In 2020, while the USA was experiencing successive waves of COVID-19, Universal Health Services experienced a major cyber attack that crippled electronic systems in over 200 hospitals, including a major academic medical centre that was playing a key regional role in COVID-19 care and clinical trials. This paper discusses the impact of the attack on … Continue reading “Preparing for compounding crises: Staff shortages and cyber-attack vulnerability in the era of COVID-19” Learn More
State Policy Report - Disaster Resilience: 2022 Session Recap This report identifies trends in state disaster resilience policy among enacted legislation from the 2021-2022 legislative session. Legislative trends are presented by state and region and by 12 categories: Funding, Energy, Communications, Transportation, Safety and Security, Health and Medical, Food and Water, Housing, Hazardous Materials, Land Use, Governance, and Equity. The report discusses and contextualizes … Continue reading “State Policy Report – Disaster Resilience: 2022 Session Recap” Learn More
