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Social impacts and social resilience

The ability of a community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions through risk management. 

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No federal heat standard? NYC workers are building their own safety net.

As summer temperatures climb, city agencies and community groups are partnering to protect workers against extreme heat.

Grist Magazine
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Workers are risking dangerous heat to keep the World Cup running

A patchwork of government protections and company policies have left them more vulnerable.

Grist Magazine
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Documents and publications
Uneven adaption: Insurance pricing and household climate resilience

The authors investigate how home insurance pricing affects household investment in climate adaptation.

Brookings Institution, the
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Mental images of global warming in the Indian mind

Global warming is increasingly shaping daily life in India through extreme heat, changing rainfall patterns, floods, and droughts. But public understanding of “global warming” is not uniform.

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Research briefs
Research finds connection to place predicts hurricane

A study published in Risk Analysis, finds that among residents living in flood-prone areas, place attachment is strongly related to protective action.

Risk Analysis (Wiley)
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People are getting financial incentives to use less electricity during heat waves

Smart thermostats and connected devices are helping some utilities reduce strain on the grid.

Yale Climate Connections
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Fossil fuels are heating America’s 250th birthday

A widespread heat wave is forecast to affect much of the central and eastern United States over the Fourth of July weekend, driven by a strong “heat dome”, a high pressure system sitting over the US, bringing moisture and warm air from the Gulf of Mexico.

World Weather Attribution
Overcoming the limitations of social media analytics: Dynamic capabilities and workaround strategies for inclusive and resilient public service continuity
Documents and publications
Overcoming the limitations of social media analytics: Dynamic capabilities and workaround strategies for inclusive and resilient public service continuity

This study addresses the limitations of using social media analytics in disaster management, arguing that human analysis remains indispensable, especially when dealing with vulnerable populations.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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