Organized by National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Natural disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes, flooding, and earthquakes disrupt transportation systems, communication systems, energy systems, economic systems, and populations and communities. Disasters result in the loss of infrastructure that forces people and activities to relocate, either temporarily or permanently. Some people and activities inevitably remain in the affected location. Support from government agencies and NGOs often contributes to shaping these changed landscapes. The problems are multi-dimensional, including both providing resources needed for people to continue their lives and cleaning up or reducing the environmental impacts of disaster damages. This meeting of the Geographical and Geospatial Sciences Committee will explore the long-term geospatial changes local landscapes experience after natural disasters.