POST-DISASTER HOUSING RECOVERY Rapid urbanization and growing populations have put tremendous pressures on limited global housing stocks. As the frequency of disasters has increased with devastating impacts on this limited stock of housing, the discourse on post-disaster housing recovery has evolved in several ways. Prior to the 1970s, the field was largely understudied, and there…
Hurricane Matthew Impact in the City of Greenville – Post II
AS THE TAR RIVER CRESTED (Friday, October 14, 2016) Hurricane Matthew has cut a wide swath of damage and flooding in the state of North Carolina. As the City of Greenville, located in the Tar-Pamlico River Basin in Eastern North Carolina, deals with rising water in the Tar River, below are images that document the…
Hurricane Matthew Impact in the City of Greenville – Post I
BEFORE THE TAR RIVER CRESTED (Monday, October 10, 2016) Hurricane Matthew has cut a wide swath of damage and flooding in the state of North Carolina. As the City of Greenville, located in the Tar-Pamlico River Basin in Eastern North Carolina, deals with rising water in the Tar River, below are images that document the…
Floodplain Management in Greenville
Abe Fellowship Award 2014-2016
Honored to be a recipient of the Abe Fellowship (2014-16), awarded by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) in collaboration with the American Council of Learned Societies and with funding from The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership. This year the SSRC received 90+ applications and awarded 12 fellowships. The fellowship provides research support that…