Communication and Coordination Networks in the 2023 Kahramanmaras Earthquakes
SSEER Virtual Forum – 2023 Kahmaranmaras Earthquakes
This Virtual Forum opened with an update regarding the number of SSEER members who expressed interest in joining a social science-led or multi-disciplinary research team in response to the earthquakes. That update was followed by a 15-minute briefing from Louise Comfort (University of Pittsburgh; University of California, Berkeley), Burçak Erkan (Middle East Technical University, Ankara, […]
Social Science Extreme Events Research (SSEER) Virtual Forum: Puerto Rico Earthquakes
View the Recording: https://youtu.be/LVM5LW-EAqI See other information on locally-affected social scientists and scholars on the mainland with ongoing social science projects in Puerto Rico: https://converge.colorado.edu/communications/virtual-forum/sseer-puerto-rico-earthquakes
Map action – Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami 2018
Situation and Damage Orientation and Reference Affected Population Health and Hygiene Water Sanitation Logistics Environmental Aspects Who-What-Where To visit the site: https://maps.mapaction.org/event/indonesia2018.
The March 11, 2011, Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake and Tsunami: Societal Dimensions
Read the Report: The March 11, 2011, Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake and Tsunami: Societal Dimensions (7.3 MB PDF)
UNISDR PreventionWeb
https://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/tags/index.php/pw:nepalearthquake2015/Nepal%20Earthquake%202015/:nepalearthquake2015/Nepal%20Earthquake%202015/
Earthquake Preparedness and Disaster Relief in Nepal: A Position Paper
Overview of Social, Economical and Policy Impacts – August 24, 2016 Amatrice, Italy Earthquake
“According to Italian Red Cross, as of 30 August, 292 people were killed in the towns of Amatrice, Accumoli and Arquata del Tronto. 2,925 people have been displaced: 970 in the region of Lazio, 1,200 in the region of Marche and 755 in the region of Umbria. The Civil Protection reported 3,554 people have been […]
Eye-witness Account from Boat
The most interesting piece of information I’ve gotten in the past day is an account from a family who were in a boat in Pago Pago harbor during the tsunami – courtesy of HSU alum Orion George. The most jarring part of this account to me is the failure to adequately educate people about what to […]
Photos of societal impacts
Fig. 1. Herb seller displaced from Iron Market, Port- au-Prince. Fig. 2. Crowd of displaced persons at Presidential Palace. Fig. 3. Tent camp adjacent to Presidential Palace. Fig. 4. School papers, St. Vincent’s School for Handicapped Children. Fig. 5. […]