hazard reduction & recovery

  1. Research centers offer disaster- themed preservation symposium
    EVENTS FEATURE RESEARCH

    Preservation experts focus on ‘Disaster’ at 13th CHC symposium

    posted January 19, 2012
    Historic preservation efforts undertaken after natural and manmade disasters were the focus of “Disaster,” the 13th Annual Historic Preservation Symposium at the Langford Architecture Center.
  2. Brody appears in PBS Newshour report eyeing post-Ike Galveston
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    PBS interviews Brody in post-Ike report

    posted November 30, 2011
    Sam Brody, professor of urban planning at Texas A&M, was interviewed on PBS Newshour about Galveston’s efforts to build a healthier city after Hurricane Ike. He is also the Mitchell Chair in Sustainable Coasts at TAMU-Galveston and director of the Center for Texas Beaches and Shores.
  3. New center provides researchers access to nonpublic federal data
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    Data center to aid research initiatives

    posted November 23, 2011
    Valuable sociological and economic data collected by the federal government but not available to the general public will soon be available to select researchers from Texas and the surrounding region with the opening this fall of the Texas Census Research Data Center at Texas A&M University.
  4. Former students in Haiti building homes for earthquake survivors
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    Alumnae assist Haiti Habitat relief efforts

    posted November 10, 2011
    One former and one current student from Texas A&M’s College of Architecture were roommates for a week in Leogane, Haiti in November, part of a Habitat for Humanity effort to build homes in the city ravaged by a 2010 earthquake and hurricane.
  5. Lindell quoted in New York Times about earthquake trial in Italy
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    NY Times asks prof about Italian trial

    posted October 28, 2011
    Michael Lindell, professor of urban planning at Texas A&M, was quoted a New York Times’ Oct. 3, 2011 article examining scientists’ role in warning the public of possible hazards.
  6. GIS Day lecture to show how GIS can expose racial discrimination
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    GIS Day lecturer to eye racial issues

    posted October 6, 2011
    Ann Moss Joyner, an author who uses geographic information systems to illuminate racial discrimination issues that inform her books, will be the keynote speaker for Texas A&M University’s GIS Day — a campuswide celebration showcasing real-world applications for GIS technology.
  7. Brody tells magazine building in vulnerable areas continues
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    Brody details risky building practices

    posted September 27, 2011
    Private property rights are prevailing over efforts to avoid building in hazardous areas, said Sam Brody, professor of urban planning, in the Sept. 2011 issue of Architect, the magazine of the American Institute of Architects. He was quoted as part of the magazine’s coverage of a rise in natural disasters.
  8. Research aims to improve understanding of flood risk
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    Study eyes flood prediction tools

    posted September 12, 2011
    Two Texas A&M urban planning professors have garnered a two-year, $313,000 National Science Foundation grant to research the effectiveness of using 100-year floodplains in predicting property damages from floods, and to develop improved criteria for assessing the risk of inundation in low-lying coastal areas.
  9. Brody, Lindell present NSF-funded research at D.C. expo
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    U.S. Senators see HRRC faculty research projects

    posted September 8, 2011
    Two faculty members from the College of Architecture were among researchers presenting their National Science Foundation-funded projects to U.S. senators Sept. 6, 2011 at an NSF expo in Washington DC.
  10. Peacock, top disaster researchers planning hazard research network
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    Hazard research network forming

    posted August 15, 2011
    Momentum is mounting for the creation of a National Science Foundation-funded network of researchers dedicated to investigating disaster resilience, vulnerability and risk reduction, said Walter Gillis Peacock, director of the Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center and champion of the interdisciplinary network proposal.
  11. Aggie tells students how his plan aided rescue of Chilean miners
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    Aggie details his rescue plan for Chilean miners

    posted March 31, 2011
    Former student Greg Hall ’82 visited classes to talk about his rescue plan that freed 33 trapped Chilean miners. “Don’t let anybody tell you something’s impossible,” said Hall. “That just means it hasn’t been done yet.”
  12. Galveston newspaper columnist touts Coastal Planning Atlas
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    Coastal planning atlas lauded by Galveston writer

    posted March 24, 2011
    A Galveston Daily News columnist said an interactive, online atlas, created by a research team at the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, has greatly increased the odds of reducing the risks of living in the island city.