Most efforts to project how well a candidate will do in an election are based largely on factors over which presidents have little to no control.
Articles on Superstorm Sandy
Displaying all articles
After Hurricane Sandy, educators in New York City partnered with environmental and governmental organizations to put youth at the centre of preparing for risks and hazards in their school buildings.
Getting everyone whose lives were thrown off-track back takes a lot of personal effort, paired with work done by a constantly shifting mix of nonprofits and governmental agencies over many years.
A new study shows that natural disasters enrich white victims while hurting people of color, worsening wealth inequality. And government aid contributes to the problem.
The 2018 hurricane season starts on June 1, with some communities still recovering from 2017 storms. Scholars offer insights about where the risks lie and who is most vulnerable during and after hurricanes.
Five years after Superstorm Sandy, we see how disadvantaged social groups suffered more from the storm before and after – much as we’re seeing in Hurricanes Harvey and Maria.
Top contributors
-
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
-
SUNY Distinguished Professor of History, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
-
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Weidenbaum Center, Washington University in St. Louis
-
Canada Research Chair of Creativity and STEM and Associate Professor, University of Calgary
-
Executive Director of the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay, hosted by Brooklyn College, and Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College
-
Assistant Professor of Communication, State University of New York at New Paltz
-
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Earth and Environmental Sciences department, Brooklyn College