Those familiar with the Natural Hazards Center know our year revolves around the planning and execution of our Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, which is known for its lively exchanges about current hazards research and practice.
This, our 37th year, was no different—we examined how we need to adapt to disasters in a new age and where failure to adapt has left us. We learned about the politics of climate change and the realities of climate change-caused flood, drought, and fire. We heard about children in disasters and what keeps old hazards experts up late at night. This year, perhaps more than ever before, we tackled issues of resilience—how to build it, why we need it, and what is it, anyway?
If you weren’t one of the nearly 500 people from 22 countries that attended, this issue of DR is for you. It showcases some of the ideas and resources that rose from the three-day gathering of researchers, practitioners, government officials, and nonprofit organizers. Our regular fare of hazards news and resources will be back on August 9.