https://drexel.edu/coas/news-events/news/2018/December/Environmental-experts-at-Drexel-on-Philadelphia-in-2100/ From William Penn’s “Greene Country Towne” to Edmund Bacon’s postwar reconfiguration, Philadelphia is one of the most consistently and successfully planned (and re-planned) cities in America. These future visions have not always anticipated the realities of social and economic change, but the tradition is nevertheless a strong one. With the latest IPCC report in front ...| Slow Disaster
It started as a series of tweets I sent out last week–I was asking (the question I always seem to be asking): how can we do a better job learning from disaster? What are the impediments, but also what are the historical cases to draw upon, some success stories even? I know the shelves of […]| Slow Disaster
Cross posted from The Conversation 17 September 2017 It’s not easy to hold the nation’s attention for long, but three solid weeks of record-smashing hurricanes directly affecting multiple states and at least 20 million people will do it. Clustered disasters hold our attention in ways that singular events cannot – they open our minds to […]| Slow Disaster
Reposted from Huffington Post, 15 September 2017 As of today the death toll from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma stands at 151 and is likely to rise. Estimates are still murky, but experts predict combined totals in property losses might run up to $200 billion, though that is a conservative guess. Harvey, Irma, Sandy, Irene, Ike, […] The post Why We Need A National Hurricane Memorial And Museum appeared first on Slow Disaster.| Slow Disaster
It’s clear now that deferred maintenance of infrastructure is going to be a contributing factor to a hefty price tag following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. There aren’t any models yet to predict exactly how far maintenance can lapse before a particular system will fail–these are dynamic systems of technologies, geographies, and climate. And, of course, […]| Slow Disaster