Much attention on the spread and impact of the ongoing pandemic has focused on institutional
factors such as government capacity along with population-level characteristics such as …

Over the past thirty years, disaster scholars have highlighted that communities with stronger
social infrastructure—including social ties that enable trust, mutual aid, and collective action…

Anthropogenic climate change increasingly disrupts livelihoods, floods coastal urban cities
and island nations, and exacerbates extreme weather events. There is near-universal …

Social media is changing the narrative during crisis events. It has facilitated citizen-led
emergency dispatch and rescue, information sharing and communication between loved ones in …

Public cooperation with health experts and authorities plays a critical role in curbing the
spread of disease during outbreaks such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Through data collected …

The impact of disasters continues to grow in the early 21st century, as extreme weather
events become more frequent and population density in vulnerable coastal and inland cities …

Protective policies have been unequally and inconsistently applied in the United States
throughout the Covid‐19 pandemic. This study investigates the relationship between state and …

Scholars and policymakers increasingly recognize the value of social capital - the connections
that generate and enable trust among people - in responding to and recovering from …

Hurricane Harvey was social media's first real stress test. Despite headlines that praise
platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Nextdoor for their role in disasters, we still know little about …

Hurricane Harvey was social media's first real stress test as a disaster response and recovery
mechanism. A confluence of conditions makes it an ideal case study of social media's role …