Recovery

The Rapid Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) Survey for Media Institutions provides a structured framework for assessing the impact of a disaster on a given media outlet.

The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again.

Rebuilding after a disaster is about restoring a sense of security for families, especially children. Much is needed to respond consequences of the wildfires for children and discussion of the unique challenges they face surrounding disasters.

About 10% of Latinos lack a checking or savings account and rely instead on alternative, often costly, financial services that make it harder to build financial stability and rebound after a crisis.

A new methodology based on optical interferometry to monitor, in real time, the structural damage to buildings hit by earthquakes.

This study analyzes changes in tsunami evacuation risk in Banda Aceh post-2004. While TEBs improved safety, population shifts and infrastructure limits leave 29% at risk.

Over 40 years, FEMA has declared 52 disasters in Greater Houston, over a third since 2015. In 2024, severe storms, including a May derecho and Hurricane Beryl, hit within months. The Kinder Institute surveyed 5,000+ residents to assess the overall impact.

This report is a review of GRADEs conducted since 2015, and GRADE's efficiency, comparative advantage through detailed analysis, and future.