HeyJaredPlace + Resilience
Place + Resilience is a weekly blog that explores the science and policy of disasters, climate change, and community resilience.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 10
- Latest publication
- Sep 16, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 12, 2026
Latest issues
I Read David Richardson’s Book So You Don’t Have To (opens the original)
Read excerpt
There is a character in the 4th season of The Wire, Lieutenant Marimow, who was sent into the major crimes unit to undermine their investigation of the drug trade and its connections to local politics. He "does not cast off talent lightly”, one character observes. “He heaves it away with great force." Through a combination of arrogance, ignorance of the unit's work, and disdain for the people under his command, he drives out the best detectives and shuts down the investigation. I thought of Mari
The FEMA Review Council Report Part II: Who Leads, and Who Pays (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The leading premise of the FEMA Review Council report and recommendations is that the President should “return leadership for emergency response and recovery to the States, Tribes and Territories.” The report begins: As it stands today, most of the public’s first instinct during a major natural disaster is to rely on or expect the federal government to complete a whole-of-government national response irrespective of whether that incident necessitates any federal response. However, contrary to th
New Research: Household Financial Stress After Hurricane Helene (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Disasters are as much financial events as they are physical ones, and the financial impact of disasters often long outlive their physical damage. Households often experience disasters as a sustained shock to their financial health…sudden and unexpected costs and financial challenges that can cascade over time. Housing damage, the loss of a vehicle, an injury or illness, a period of unemployment, a hotel room during home repairs…the list is nearly endless. New at Urban: <a href="https://www.urban
The Himalayan Disaster and Some Weekend Reading (opens the original)
Read excerpt
As the calamity in Nepal and Tibet continues to reveal itself, a heartfelt thank you to my readers who donated $825 to Mercy Corps. I’ve matched it and deeply appreciate the generosity of our community.A few weekend reads for you:David Petley is one of the world’s leading experts on landslides, and is covering the Nepal and Tibet event on his blog. Strongly recommend following him and other experts as they gather information and
Seven expectations about the Nepal & Tibet flood, from a student of disaster risk in the region (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Like you, I’ve been watching in horror as video clips of the disaster along the Nepal and Tibet border have gone viral. What we see is a wall of water suddenly appearing, smashing through buildings and sweeping away bridges, vehicles, land and people. We don’t know yet what the cause of the flood was…it might be a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), a landslide that collapsed a dam, an earthquake, or some combination of the three (follow David’s blog for his analysis that is surely coming). What
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.