University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters
Welcome to the UNC-CH Center for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters web site. For more information about some of the projects conducted through the UNC Hazards Center, please visit the DHS Center of Excellence -- Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management (DIEM) web site at http://hazardscenter.unc.edu/diem
PRESS RELEASE
UNC HAZARDS CENTER DIRECTOR RICK LUETTICH TO COORDINATE NOAA GRANT FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NOAA Announces Funding to Support Ocean Observing in the Southeast
Rick Luettich of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will coordinate a $371,950 grant to develop a prototype operational modeling system for waves, coastal currents, inundation and hydrologic flooding for eastern North Carolina.
Speaker Event
Long-Term Recovery in New Orleans Following Hurricane Katrina
Dr. Bruce Glavovic, Massey University, New Zealand
July 27, 2009
Dr. Bruce Glavovic of Massey University, New Zealand, gave a presentation entitled "Hazards, Climate Change and Vulnerable Communities: Lessons for New Zealand from Post-Katrina Recovery Planning in New Orleans" (view presentation) at the Center for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on July 27th, 2009. Free and open to the public, the talk was followed by an informal discussion with interested faculty and practitioners. Click here to read an article discussing Dr. Glavovic's findings based on his recent work in the Gulf Coast region.
Researchers at Massey University and the UNC-CH Hazards Center are developing a joint research agenda focusing on climate change and hazards to provide a global perspective on this emerging issue. Stay tuned for more developments in this area.
UNC-CH Hazards Center staff includes:
Director: Rick Luettich, Sc.D
Executive Director: Gavin Smith, Ph.D., AICP
Program Manager: Anna Schwab, JD, MRP
Business Manager: Barb Call
For more information about the center, please contact Anna Schwab at akschwab@email.unc.edu or 919-962-0344
Financial and accounting inquiries may be directed to Barb Call at bcall@email.unc.edu or 919-962-0319.
Upcoming
Events:
CWE2010: MAY 2010
COMPUTATIONAL WIND ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM
The UNC Center for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters will co-host the Fifth International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering in Chapel Hill, NC in May, 2010. The theme for CWE2010 is "CWE Applications for Homeland and Societal Security." Theme topics include natural and human-caused hazards and disasters; linking human health effects and property damage with CWE; simulation of meteorological phenomena; fires in buildings, cities and forests; use of CWE in developing wind energy systems and optimum siting; and much more.....
For more information and to register for CWE2010 click here.
Recent Events
HURRICANE FLOYD SYMPOSIUM: COMEMORATING THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE FLOYD
September 17-18, 2009
Greenville, NC
Dr. Gavin Smith of the UNC-CH Center for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters introduced former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt during the Public Forum on Day 1 of the Symposium.