Wildfires Devastated Their Communities. Will Californians Stay Put?
Recent research about migration patterns after the most destructive wildfires may help us predict what happens next.
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Social Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Disasters
Susan Cutter is a distinguished professor of geography at the University of South Carolina where she directs the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute. Cutter researches what makes people and the…
Read MoreDisaster Risk and Vulnerability: The Role and Impact of Population and Society
Increasing disaster threats not only reflect the onset of events such as earthquakes or floods, but also the changing demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the population. A large, violent tornado, for instance, passing through…
Read MoreWhich Types of Disasters Are the Deadliest in the U.S.? The Answer Is Surprising
Mortality remains one of the major outcomes related to natural disasters, and a recent study on which types of disasters are the deadliest has yielded interesting results. University of South…
Read MorePRB Discuss Online: The Tsunami, Six Years Later: Results of a Large-Scale Longitudinal Study in Aceh, Indonesia
Dec. 26, 2010, will mark the sixth anniversary of the earthquake that spawned a tsunami on the coastlines of countries bordering the Indian Ocean. In collaboration with the Indonesian NGO…
Read MoreDemographic Impacts and Disaster Response to 2004 Hurricanes
The 2004 hurricane season was the worst in Florida’s history. Four hurricanes caused $45 billion in damages and widespread population displacement. About 1.6 million people evacuated their homes—and many had…
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