Topic: Disasters
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Housing Status Plays a Surprisingly Large Role in Post-Disaster Distress
Traditionally, researchers have focused on race, class, and gender to explain mental anguish. A new study suggests they've ignored an key factor.
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The Shame of Boston's Wireless Woes
Shortly after Monday's bombings, cellular networks collapsed. The same thing happens every time there is a crisis in a large city.
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Maps
Here's What Would Happen if a Huge Asteroid Hit Your City
Would you dissolve in fire or would your clothes simply ignite?
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Maps
The Best Maps We've Seen of Sandy's Transit Outage in New York
How transit access changes the perception of distance and accessibility of resources in a city.
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The Big Fix
'We've Built Right Up to the Edge in the Most Foolish Way'
A historian of coastal settlements says we only have ourselves to blame for Sandy's destruction.
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Building Urban Resilience Doesn't Require Much Building At All
Bouncing back from disasters relies more on pre-planning than concrete and steel.
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Videos
The Post-Storm Chaser
Using a car-top video camera, USC researcher Andrew Curtis tracks disaster recovery over time.
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In Disaster's Wake, Tightly Knit Communities Suffer More
Researchers find that strong ties to a neighborhood, while normally a good thing, can make it even harder to recover from shared stress
