Topic
Natural disasters
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Targeted, crowdsourced aid for Mexican earthquake victims
MIT team’s online platform links those who need aid with those who can help. (Este artículo está disponible en español.)
September 24, 2017 -
MIT map offers real-time, crowd-sourced flood reporting during Hurricane Irma
Via social media, residents can contribute to public map that increases safety and helps response planning.
September 8, 2017 -
3 Questions: Brent Ryan on Hurricane Harvey’s implications for U.S. cities
Stranded in Houston by hurricane floodwaters, an MIT associate professor sees firsthand how design and policy decisions affected the storm’s impact.
September 1, 2017 -
Building to better weather the storm
New dashboard developed by the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub helps builders calculate the breakeven cost of hazard mitigation in hurricane-prone areas.
June 13, 2017 -
2014 Napa earthquake continued to creep, weeks after main shock
Continuing seismic activity could pose additional hazards to infrastructure.
August 19, 2016 -
Assessing crop damage after extreme weather
New method to track the impact of typhoons and other natural disasters could enable more precise, timely delivery of food aid.
August 10, 2016 -
MIT community galvanizes support for earthquake relief efforts
Community members are working on fundraising efforts in the wake of recent quakes in Ecuador and Japan.
April 25, 2016 -
Technology confronts disasters
Research and development at MIT Lincoln Laboratory will help agencies better respond to disasters and humanitarian crises.
October 20, 2015 -
MIT’s response to earthquake in Nepal
MIT supports recovery and learning following earthquake in Nepal.
October 8, 2015 -
Help rebuild an MIT-inspired school destroyed by Nepal’s earthquakes
The Bloom Nepal School, founded on MIT's "mens-et-manus" ethos, was destroyed by the Nepal earthquakes. Learn how you can help the school rebuild.
June 12, 2015 -
Students raise donations and awareness after Nepal earthquake
The Nepali Students Association at MIT has raised more than $26,000 to support relief for last month's earthquake in Nepal.
May 6, 2015 -
Preemptive design saving cities
Miho Mazereeuw, founder of the Urban Risk Lab, has roots in two countries that have dealt with floods, earthquakes, and typhoons.
March 6, 2015 -
Neither here nor there
MIT's Balakrishnan Rajagopal is helping to map the crisis of displaced peoples.
November 14, 2014 -
Resilient places
New MIT initiative will respond to the deeply human challenge of rebuilding after blight or catastrophe
June 3, 2014 -
MIT responds to Typhoon Haiyan
Community springs to action after the Philippines’ deadliest natural disaster.
April 14, 2014 -
Before the wreckage comes ashore
MIT paves the way towards smarter environmental disaster response
May 30, 2013 -
Building the new New Orleans, block by block
MIT urbanist’s new book shows how active neighborhood communities helped revitalize the city after Hurricane Katrina.
April 16, 2013 -
3 Questions: Engineering hurricane barriers of the future
Oceans at MIT interviews MIT's Chiang C. Mei about the possibility of protecting East Coast cities from future storms.
December 4, 2012 -
Photo finish: Sloanies team up to create Bounce Imaging
Low-cost camera targeted for first responders, military
November 21, 2012 -
New method could help communities plan for climate risk
MIT researchers develop tool to assess regional risks of climate change, potential impacts on local infrastructure and planning.
November 7, 2012