Around the world, cities are significantly warmer than neighboring rural and suburban areas. The main driver for these higher temperatures is the built environment. Learn more about how our building and developmental choices impact our city temperatures and contribute to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect.

100-year and 500-year floods have become more prevalent over the past few decades. Learn what these terms mean and find out how to keep your loved ones safe during a major flooding event.

How do other countries approach emergency management? Learn about the disaster recovery and risk management strategies employed by Switzerland, Japan, Ecuador, and Indonesia and how they can inform the evolution of emergency management in the US.

If the federal government follows through with its promise to significantly reduce the scope of FEMA or eliminate it altogether, state emergency management agencies will need to come up with a new playbook to handle largescale disasters. Who will pay for it and how?

Evacuating large numbers of people is not easy. A lot can go wrong, from poorly timed evacuation orders to congested roads to gas shortages. And residents who are elderly, disabled, or without access to their own vehicle may find it difficult to evacuate at all. A new study investigates how autonomous vehicle technology might be used to improve emergency evacuations.

In rural areas, vast distances and lack of resources can make disaster response and recovery more challenging. Learn how geography, population, and resources impact emergency management in rural places.

Managing a disaster is difficult and complicated but having access to social scientists can take some of the burden off the emergency manager. Learn how social scientists fit into emergency management and why they may be the most important tool an emergency manager can have in their toolbox.