Boston Under Snow: Resilience Lessons for the Nation This report by the Global Resilience Institute looks at the record breaking snowfall experienced by the metro-Boston Region in 2015.…
Boston under snow: Resilience lessons for the nation, a Global Resilience Institute report This Global Resilience Institute report analyzes the record-breaking snow storms that occurred in the Boston metro region between January 24 and February 22, 2015. In that month, 94.4 inches of snow fell, with half falling in just 2 weeks as a result of Winter Storm Juno and Winter Storm Marcus. The storms severely damaged the city’s transportation infrastructure, including a system-wide shutdown of all train and bus operations. Over 1.3 million daily users of public transportation were impacted, 25% of whom lack a private vehicle as an alternative method of transportation. This cost an estimated $2 billion in economic damages due to lost productivity and revenues.
Breaking the Target: An Analysis of Target Data Breach and Lessons Learned This paper analyzes the events leading up to the second most devastating data breach in history: the attack on the…
Brittle Infrastructure, Community Resilience, and National Security This article emphasizes resilience, the ability to withstand and respond to as well as quickly recover from a disaster, as…
Building a More Resilient Nation by Strengthening Private-Public Partnerships This testimony by Dr. Flynn before the Senate Subcommittee on State, Local and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration argues that…
Building Community Resilience: Social ties and connections Social ties and connections are embedded in our everyday lives, but we often only recognize their value in times of need. In an urbanizing city like Singapore, social infrastructure and ties play a crucial role in helping us deal with impacts of climate change, extreme weather and other potential shocks This article examines the importance of building up social infrastructure and ties in operationalising community resilience in a highly dense and urbanized city in order to deal with climate change as well as a wide range of risks and threats.
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.
Catch up on GRI’s Whitepaper Series Catch up on GRI’s Whitepaper Series ‘GRI Whitepaper Wednesday’ is a weekly series produced by GRI’s network of expert researchers,…
Childcare is a Business Issue When the Covid-19 pandemic removed the safety net of schooling and employee-paid child care for working families, the damage was…
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...
Climate and Extreme Weather Events: Considerations for Insurance, Infrastructure Planning & Environmental and Financial Compliance Read Here Distinguished Corporate Fellow, Richard Donohoe, and his colleagues were featured on JS Held's most recent White Paper publication…
Climate and Extreme Weather Events: Considerations for Insurance, Infrastructure Planning & Environmental and Financial Compliance Climate and extreme weather events are threatening human health and safety, food, water and energy security, and the environment in…
