Rebuilding communities post-disaster in New York

2009 ◽  
pp. 164-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mindy Thompson Fullilove ◽  
Jack Saul ◽  
Beverley Raphael
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Post Disaster

scholarly journals Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Negative Emotions in New York City After a Natural Disaster as Seen in Social Media

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Gruebner ◽  
Sarah Lowe ◽  
Martin Sykora ◽  
Ketan Shankardass ◽  
SV Subramanian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Media ◽  
New York City ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
York City ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Census Tracts ◽  
Post Disaster ◽  
Over Time

Disasters have substantial consequences for population mental health. We used Twitter to (1) extract negative emotions indicating discomfort in New York City (NYC) before, during, and after Superstorm Sandy in 2012. We further aimed to (2) identify whether pre- or peri-disaster discomfort were associated with peri- or post-disaster discomfort, respectively, and to (3) assess geographic variation in discomfort across NYC census tracts over time. Our sample consisted of 1,018,140 geo-located tweets that were analyzed with an advanced sentiment analysis called ”Extracting the Meaning Of Terse Information in a Visualization of Emotion” (EMOTIVE). We calculated discomfort rates for 2137 NYC census tracts, applied spatial regimes regression to find associations of discomfort, and used Moran’s I for spatial cluster detection across NYC boroughs over time. We found increased discomfort, that is, bundled negative emotions after the storm as compared to during the storm. Furthermore, pre- and peri-disaster discomfort was positively associated with post-disaster discomfort; however, this association was different across boroughs, with significant associations only in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens. In addition, rates were most prominently spatially clustered in Staten Island lasting pre- to post-disaster. This is the first study that determined significant associations of negative emotional responses found in social media posts over space and time in the context of a natural disaster, which may guide us in identifying those areas and populations mostly in need for care.

POLLUTION RESPONSE IN POST DISASTER RECOVERY- BEST PRACTICES FROM HURRICANE SANDY

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (1) ◽  
pp. 1041-1049
Author(s):  
LT Christopher M. Kimrey ◽  
CDR Eric J. Doucette
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Hurricane Sandy ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Operational Planning ◽  
Environmental Response ◽  
Joint Agency ◽  
Post Disaster

ABSTRACT Operational Planning is the controlled process of quickly transitioning from chaos to calm; the ability to quell the unknown and create an environment of known, manageable hazards. The most notable challenge during all-hazards operations is moving emergency response operations forward in a concerted effort in somewhat nebulous and demanding environments, yet in accordance with all-hazards frameworks, laws and standing agency policies. Hurricane Sandy post-disaster response operations provided just the right test for that capability- an austere environment, an expansive geographic area, joint agency operations and latent hazards. Nevertheless, Hurricane Sandy post-disaster response operations, particularly those supporting Emergency Support Function 10 (ESF-10), proved infinitely successful, largely due to the deliberate operational planning and data processing methodologies developed to establish the clearest possible operational picture. Developed protocols, established later as a best practice, combined federal policies and regulations on pollution response operations and disaster response into a single operating standard for ESF-10 pollution response activities in support of Coast Guard Sector New York Unified Command operations in New York and New Jersey. Environmental response operations encompassed eight geographic Divisions and included thousands of potential pollution sources. This paper highlights specific methodologies for analyzing and prioritizing threats post-response, coordinating efforts across a joint-agency landscape and mounting an expeditious and efficient environmental response campaign in a concerted, unified manner.

Parent-Reported Child Reactions to the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center Attacks (New York USA) in Relation to Parent Post-Disaster Psychopathology Three Years After the Event

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 558-564
Author(s):  
Betty Pfefferbaum ◽  
Zorica Simic ◽  
Carol S. North
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
World Trade ◽  
World Trade Center ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Trade Center ◽  
Child Separation ◽  
World Trade Center Attacks ◽  
Post Disaster

AbstractIntroductionParents are a primary support for children following disasters, even though they face numerous challenges in addressing the physical and social consequences of an event. Parents who are directly exposed to a disaster and those who develop psychiatric disorders post-event are likely to be especially challenged and may be limited in their ability to support their children. This Brief Report describes a pilot study of survivors of the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center (New York USA) attacks who reported their own psychosocial consequences and the reactions of their children three years post-event.HypothesesThe primary hypothesis of the study was that children’s September 11th reactions would be associated with their parents’ psychiatric status. Secondary hypotheses were that the children’s disaster reactions would be associated with direct exposure to the disaster in children and/or their parents, parent-child separation due to the disaster, and disaster-related school absence.MethodsApproximately three years after the 2001 World Trade Center attacks, 116 parents recruited from disaster-affected or disaster-related organizations were assessed using structured diagnostic interviews and queried about their children’s (188 youths, aged three to 17 years at the time of the attacks) posttraumatic stress symptoms and behavioral changes.ResultsAlmost one-half of the parents had a post-disaster psychiatric disorder, including major depression in 27% and disaster-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in 11%. More than three-fourths of the children had at least one disaster-related posttraumatic stress symptom, and more than one-half experienced at least one post-disaster behavior change. A minority of the children were reported to have increased school behavior problems or a decline in their grades. Key correlates of children’s disaster-related posttraumatic stress symptoms and post-disaster behavior changes were parent-child separation due to the disaster and parental post-disaster psychiatric disorders.ConclusionBecause parents provide primary caretaking and support for children post-disaster, addressing the needs of parents is critical to their ability to assist their children. Reducing parents’ symptoms should increase their emotional availability and enhance their ability to address the needs of their children. Given the challenges in providing disaster interventions directly to children, especially when resources are limited, addressing parent psychopathology and distress (even in the absence of focusing on children’s symptoms) may benefit children.PfefferbaumB, SimicZ, NorthCS. Parent-reported child reactions to the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks (New York USA) in relation to parent post-disaster psychopathology three years after the event. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018;33(5):558–564.

Climate Change, Extreme Events, and Hurricane Sandy: From Non-Stationary Climate to Non-Stationary Policy

2014 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 1450008 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Solecki ◽  
Cynthia Rosenzweig
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New York ◽  
Extreme Events ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Hurricane Sandy ◽  
Generation Process ◽  
Stationary Policy ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Policy Window ◽  
Post Disaster

This paper illustrates and examines the development of a flexible climate adaptation approach and non-stationary climate policy in New York City in the post-Hurricane Sandy context. Extreme events, such as Hurricane Sandy, are presented as learning opportunities and create a policy window for outside-of-the-box solutions and experimentation. The research investigates the institutionalization of laws, standards, and codes that are required to reflect an increasingly dynamic set of local environmental stresses associated with climate change. The City of New York responded to Hurricane Sandy with a set of targeted adjustments to the existing infrastructure and building stock in a way that both makes it more resistant (i.e., strengthened) and resilient (i.e., responsive to stress) in the face of future extreme events. Post-Sandy New York experiences show that the conditions for a post-disaster flexible adaptation response exist, and evidence shows that the beginnings of a non-stationary policy generation process have been put into place. More broadly, post-disaster policy processes have been configured in New York to enable continuous co-production of knowledge by scientists and the community of decision-makers and stakeholders.

Polycentric orders and post-disaster recovery: a case study of one Orthodox Jewish community following Hurricane Sandy

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 875-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIRGIL HENRY STORR ◽  
LAURA E. GRUBE ◽  
STEFANIE HAEFFELE-BALCH
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Jewish Community ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hurricane Sandy ◽  
Orthodox Jewish ◽  
Post Disaster

AbstractHurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of the United States on 29 October 2012, flooding hundreds of thousands of homes and costing over $50 billion in property damage. After Hurricane Sandy residents and communities required food, water and clothing, and in the weeks and months following, there was demand for cleaning supplies, building materials and contracting services. Polycentric orders, because of their flexibility and access to local knowledge, are well suited to respond to the challenges of disaster. We highlight the importance of privately provided social services within polycentric orders and illustrate that the private provision of these services was important to post-disaster recovery in the Orthodox Jewish community in the Rockaway Peninsula in New York.

A Managed-Participatory Approach to Community Resilience: The Case of the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon McDonnell ◽  
Pooya Ghorbani ◽  
Courtney Wolf ◽  
Maria Jessa Cruz ◽  
David M. Burgy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Vertical Integration ◽  
New York State ◽  
State Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Government Supervision ◽  
Resilient Communities ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Post Disaster

Research shows that resilient communities are best achieved through active public participation, informed by local input. However, post-disaster strategies in the United States are typically federally led and top-down in nature. We present an exploratory case study of resilience planning in New York State in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, which is a combination of public participation and government supervision. We name this approach “managed-participation” because it emphasizes engaging the public in post-disaster planning, guided by a high degree of state-level leadership. We adapt a theoretical proposition of horizontal and vertical integration framework for an exploratory analysis of the case. We find that New York’s approach contributes to both horizontal and vertical integration of impacted communities by enhancing active participation in resilience efforts, and taking advantage of the state government’s position to connect local needs with federal funding. Furthermore, by utilizing expertise and funding support to guide and translate local knowledge, it produces potentially more viable resilience plans.

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