Hazard
Resilient Coastal Communities
Focus Team
Updates
*NEW* "Scientists
looking for better ways to predict storm surge" (The Times-Picayune,
9/20/08)
*NEW* "Why
Disasters Are Getting Worse" (TIME, 9/3/08)
*NEW* Navigating The National
Flood Insurance Program - Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
*NEW* IKE Status
Briefing - September 18, 2008
*NEW* EDEN Extension Disaster Education
Network
*NEW* Coastal Community Resilience:
An Evaluation of Resilience as a Potential Performance Measure of the Coastal Zone Management Act
- Coastal States Organization (CSO), July 2008
*NEW* Coastal Resiliency
Index: A Community Self-Assessment
Relevant Materials (Archive)
- America 2050: A Prospectus
- Policy Guide on Planning & Climate Change - American Planning Association (April 9, 2008)
- Sea Grant’s “Community Resilience to Natural Disasters” Program
- Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities Logic Model (Sept. 5, 2007)
- Summary of Coastal Program Initiatives that Address Sea Level Rise as a Result of Global Climate Change, Rhode Island Sea Grant/Coastal Resources Center University of Rhode Island
- Grand Challenges for Disaster Reduction, National Science and Technology Council Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (2005)
- Charting the Course for Ocean
Science in the United States
for the next decade: An Ocean Research Priorities Plan
and Implementation Strategy, Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards (p. 18-22)
Relevant Links (Archive) - The Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction (SDR)
- Resilience: Adaptation and Transformation in Turbulent Times (podcast)
- Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions
- HazNet.org: Sea Grant's Natural Hazards Theme Team Website
- Global Warming: Union of Concerned Scientists
- Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) Website
- Communicating
Climate Change: Podcast Conversations with Social Scientists, Oregon
Sea Grant
Announcements
| Mike Liffmann |
LaDon Swann Vice Chairman Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium 703 East Beach Drive Ocean Springs MS 39564 Tel: 228-818-8836 Email: swanndl@auburn.edu |
| Robert Bacon |
Sandy Eslinger NOAA Coastal Services Center 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405 Tel: 843-740-1311 Email: sandy.eslinger@noaa.gov |
| Eddie Bernard NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 Tel: 206-526-6239 Email: eddie.bernard@noaa.gov |
Dennis Hwang Hawaii Sea Grant Pacific Guardian Center, Makai Tower, 24th Floor 733 Bishop Street Honolulu HI 96813 Tel: 808-544-8608 Email: djh@roplaw.com |
| John Byrne |
Lisa Vaughan Nancy Beller-Simms 1315 East West Highway SSMC-3, 12th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 Email: lisa.vaughan@noaa.gov Email: nancy.beller-simms@noaa.gov |
| Wendy Carey Delaware Sea Grant Marine Advisory Service 700 Pilottown Road Lewes DE 19958-1298 Tel: 302-645-4258 Email: wcarey@udel.edu |
Sharon Walker Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium 703 East Beach Drive Ocean Springs MS 39564 Tel: 228-872-4211 Email: sharon.walker@usm.edu |
| Gene Clark Wisconsin Sea Grant University of Wisconsin-Superior 246 Hawkes Hall Superior, WI 54880-9985 Tel: 715-394-8472 Email: grclark@aqua.wisc.edu |
Kristin Rasmussen NOAA/Sea Grant (Alternate) 1315 East-West Highway SSMC-3 Silver Spring MD 20910 Tel: 301-734-1088 Fax: 301-713-0799 Email: kristin.rasmussen@noaa.gov |
| Joe Cone Oregon Sea Grant 322 Kerr Administration Building Corvallis OR 97331-2131 Tel: 541-737-0756 Email: joe.cone@oregonstate.edu |