community resilience michael r. edelstein, ph.d. november 1, 2013 ramapo college of nj
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Creeping Environmental Disaster (Glantz, 1999) * Slow invisible onslaught * Low grade * Delayed recognition * Scientific Uncertainty and Disagreement * Thresholds of irreversibility * Long Term and cumulative * Inaction for 50 yearsTRANSCRIPT
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Community Resilience
Michael R. Edelstein, Ph.D.November 1, 2013
Ramapo College of NJ
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Aral Sea Disaster 50 years
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Creeping Environmental Disaster
(Glantz, 1999)
* Slow invisible onslaught * Low grade* Delayed recognition* Scientific Uncertainty and Disagreement* Thresholds of irreversibility* Long Term and cumulative* Inaction for 50 years
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Ian McHarg Design with Nature
Vulnerability of New Jersey shore due to unsustainable planning
Sea and Survival study of Great Hurricane of 1962. Blamed inappropriate development for the damage doneBut then predicted repeat:What can the most unprepared people of New Jersey
expect? We hope for the best, but it would be sanguine to expect anything less than disaster.
50 years later---Hurricane Sandy
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The Lesson:
Vulnerabilities cannot be addressed when we respond too late
To create
Resilient CommunitiesWe need
Sustainable Communities