Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christian Weller is an economist focused on retirement inequality. People in different population groups suffer more or less from ...

A new study published in The Conversation reveals that hurricanes cost more than just the price of rebuilding. Groups who are displaced face a long road to recovery compounded by health complications.

While natural disasters and health crises may have long-lasting effects on any school system, in rural areas the lack of physical, financial and organizational resources is amplified when disaster ...

Across Australia, communities are grappling with climate disasters that are striking more frequently and with greater intensity. Bushfires, floods and cyclones are no longer one-off events. And this ...

It is recognized that many significant nonmarket effects result from natural disasters, including environmental impacts. Though our committee had a keen interest in these topics, it became clear that ...

Climate change is intensifying and increasing the frequency of natural disasters, such as hurricanes, floods, and wildfires. In their wake, communities are left with massive amounts of debris—a ...

Disasters are tragedies. Yet they can serve as laboratories for understanding the physical and social factors governing them. Valuable information gathered during the hours, days, months, and years ...

At any moment, a wall of water could blast down a mountain river, shattering bridges, ripping away houses, and sweeping away people. This is the traumatic reality facing thousands of people around the ...

A week after Hurricane Sandy flooded New York City’s streets and subways in 2012, the city’s schools were back in business. But schools in rural North Carolina did not reopen until almost a month ...