Tagged: disasters

Floods leave a legacy of mental health problems — and disadvantaged people are often hardest hit - Guest Work

Guest Author • Mar 22, 2021 •

• disasters,
• floods,
• Mental health

Sabrina Pit, Western Sydney University Yet again, large swathes of New South Wales are underwater. A week of solid rain has led to floods in the Mid-North Coast, Sydney and the Central Coast, with several areas being evacuated as I write. As a resident of the NSW Far North Coast, which has had its share of devastating floods, many … Read More

Disaster recovery is local - The Dismal Science

Eric Crampton • Nov 04, 2016 •

• Canterbury earthquake,
• community,
• disaster management,
• disaster recovery,
• disasters,
• earthquakes,
• hurricane

There are a lot of lessons from Hurricane Matthew that New Zealand might have found useful in the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes.  Vero de Rugy has a great summary of Virgil Storr’s work for the Mercatus Centre on hurricane recovery in New Orleans. Take a recent investigation by PBS’ “Frontline” and NPR into flood insurance and aid … Read More