United States of America

This paper evaluates the hypothesis that more economically and socially vulnerable communities experience longer-duration power outages following hurricanes than less vulnerable communities do, conditional on the severity of the impact of the storm itself

A new report released by the Montana Wildlife Federation, titled “The Economic Impact of Climate Change in Montana,” highlights the looming economic threats that climate change poses to Montana’s celebrated outdoor recreational activities and wildlife.

This open access book examines the use of relocation and resettlement processes in the United States as a means of responding to climate change, highlighting contradictions in US property law that diminish the usefulness of relocation as a strategy.

The intention of this report is to offer a synopsis of both impacts and responses, translating peer-reviewed research, agency reports, and other primary sources to help empower a wider audience with useful insights and guidance.

The authors of this paper present a methodology to study the risk of urban floods in tandem with access to shelter to reduce the risk of flooding to communities and prevent a natural hazard from turning into a human disaster.

This publication analyzes the role of nonprofit organizations in disaster recovery efforts in the U.S. in scenarios lacking federal disaster declarations.

This report provides a resource documenting programs and products that some communities have adopted to help improve individual and community financial resilience.

This publication covers how eight counties in Southeast Texas formed a non-tax authority flood control partnership to provide a forum for communication, create a regional database and improve flood modeling, early warning, and flood mitigation decisions.