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Avoiding Leapfrog Brain

When times are uncertain, we are eager to find meaning. We find comfort in thinking we are in the know.…

Urban Heat Islets: Street Segments, Land Surface Temperatures, and Medical Emergencies During Heat Advisories

Objectives. To examine the relationships among environmental characteristics, temperature, and health outcomes during heat advisories at the geographic scale of street…

Innovation Will Help Us Rebuild

Every state, city, and town is a system of systems. Public schools. Transportation. Housing. Local commerce. Industry and manufacturing. Law…

Letters, Power Lines, and Other Dangerous Things: The Politics of Infrastructure Security

After September 11, 2001, infrastructures—the mundane systems that undergird much of modern life—were suddenly considered “soft targets” that required immediate…

Why your local store keeps running out of flour, toilet paper and prescription drugs

Retailers are frequently running out of everything from flour and fresh meat to toilet paper and pharmaceuticals as supply chains hammered by the coronavirus struggle to keep up with stockpiling consumers.

U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They Were Ignored.

The spread of Covid-19 has put a spotlight on delivery workers. Letter carriers, Instacart shoppers, and Amazon delivery workers are…

Cleaner Air Should Not Require Sheltering in Place

European Space Agency satellite images published in The New York Times on March 24 show dramatic reductions in air pollution in Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle due to so many vehicles being off the road as people shelter in place. What a shame it took a pandemic...

How to mix compassion and cooperation into social distancing

Resilient societies are able to bounce back from disruptions. The capacity to rebuild physical infrastructure is, of course, important after calamity strikes. But resilience also requires shoring up social infrastructure, the ties that bind us together.

Can the Worst of Times Bring Out the Best in Us?

It feels like these past few weeks and months have been a big human behavior experiment. COVID-19 has entered the scene of an ecosystem that is paradoxical. Humans are capable of solidarity, kindness, wisdom, and resilience. We are also primitive creatures who hoard toilet paper, fight, point fingers, and abandon reason when we’re scared.

Social Capital’s Role in Humanitarian Crises

The growing scale and persistence of humanitarian crises constitute a critical problem for nation-states, aid organizations and crisis-affected people. Many humanitarian responders continue to focus on material aid, providing essential supplies and services during these crises, while other actors restore physical infrastructures...

The Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC)

The Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) was established in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to "develop a consensus on a strategic approach to defending the United States in cyberspace against cyber attacks of significant consequences." The finished report was presented to the public on March 11, 2020.

How Natural Hazards Impact the Social Environment for Vulnerable Groups: An Empirical Investigation in Japan

Much research has demonstrated that vulnerable people fare more poorly than non vulnerable ones in disasters and crises across a…