Daniel Aldrich

New #article from Robson et al: Interdisciplinary perspectives on the intersections of roads, sustainable development, and disaster resilience
TL;DR: road disaster resilience emerges from the relationships between financiers, owners, and knowledge holders
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New #article from Stigler et al: Assessing Community Resilience: Validating a Universally Applicable Flood Resilience Measurement Framework + Tool
TL;DR: Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities (FRMC) as tool for community flood resilience assessment
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New #article from Rollason: Building a resilient society
TL;DR: little connection between top-down resilience building and emergent community resilience
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New #article from Eren et al: Scale, state and the city: Transformation of Diyarbakır, Suriçi region through the framework of spatial morphology and urban resilience
TL;DR: central area remains relatively stable; its morphology undergoes transformations.
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Solar and Batteries Lead US Power Plant Additions by a Lot. How Does This Square With the Trump Administration’s Agenda? - Inside Climate News The grid is becoming cleaner thanks to projects that have been in the works for years. Trump can shift this direction a bit, but the momentum is too strong for major changes, experts say.

The United States added 22,332 megawatts of power plant capacity in the first half of this year, and the vast majority of it was utility-scale solar, batteries, and onshore wind insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202...

AI isn't just helping students cheat — it's exposing how broken the education system is, prominent academic says AI tools like ChatGPT are exposing outdated teaching methods — and schools are failing to adapt, Tyler Cowen said.

As students increasingly turn to AI to write essays, generate study guides, or explain complex topics, many educators are more focused on catching cheaters than rethinking how — and what — students should be learning in the first place. www.businessinsider.com/ai-reveals-h...

New #article from Shah et al: The dynamics and underlying factors shaping rural-urban connections for rural flood hazard susceptibility in Pakistan: the case of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
TL;DR: Strong social networks and education enhance community resilience
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New #article from Gorman et al: Establishing community partnerships to maintain connection and access during an emergency
TL;DR: Leveraging partnerships expanded access to health-related resources and services, while maintaining critical social networks
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New #article from Storr Lofthouse and Martin Storr : Calling on and thanking God: the role of faith and faith communities in disaster recovery

TL;DR: faith communities foster social capital, aiding the re-establishment and rebuilding of devastated areas.

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New #article from Gruber: Integrating Relationality into Community Resilience: Enhancing Disaster Management Strategies
TL;DR: focusing not on properties of systems—as is typical - but rather relationships that constitute and drive these systems
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New #article from Ariel, Marciano, Kimchi, Eshel and Adini : Individual Resilience as a Mediator Between Demographic and Sociopolitical Factors, Community Resilience and Distress

TL;DR: religiosity's impact on individual resilience strengthened over

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New #chapter from Setrana et al: Solidarity Practices Among Informal Migrant Networks in Cities of Ghana
TL;DR: informal migrant networks instrumental in offering financial support, information, and advice about jobs
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The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.

We need to push harder: There are reasons for optimism. Costs keep falling. Innovation continues. And emerging markets are proving they can scale renewables quickly. But renewables will remain in an uphill race against ever-rising demand www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...

Want a Good Life? 3 Lessons from Harvard Grant Study Discover how the 85‑year Harvard Study of Adult Development shows that strong relationships—not wealth or IQ—predict a longer, happier life.

Why social capital matters: quality of our relationships—emotional warmth, trust, and support—is the single most important predictor of long-term happiness and health www.6seconds.org/2025/07/28/h...

China’s bullet train just outpaced planes on a 1,300 km route China’s Beijing–Shanghai high-speed rail now outpaces air travel on the 1,318 km corridor—drawing record ridership, accelerating speed, and redefining transport efficiency on one of the world’s ... Co...

Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway carried over 210 million passengers - more than 25 times the roughly 8.25 million who flew the same route. Covering 1,318 km in under four hours on its fastest non-stop services, the line has turned a profit as well glassalmanac.com/chinas-bulle...

Lower wages, aging population, but still prospering: How Japan is quietly showing the world how to grow without growth Japan has spent over thirty years with barely any economic growth, stagnant wages, and ultra-low interest rates. Yet, it remains one of the richest, safest, and most educated nations in the world. As ...

Harbinger state : Japan has spent over thirty years with barely any economic growth, stagnant wages, and ultra-low interest rates. Yet, it remains one of the richest, safest, and most educated nations in the world. Is Japan our future?
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Please join us at Directions of Polarization, Social Norms, and Trust in Societies: Perspectives from the Behavioral Sciences on the dynamics of polarization.
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Trump's attacks on CPB force it to shut down
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UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts addresses $70 million cuts as board of trustees meet The UNC Board of Trustees met for the second meeting this week and on the agenda was the spending plan for upgrades.

UNC leaders said they've identified about $70 million in cuts amid proposed research funding and budget cuts at both the state and federal levels precisely as athletics seeks to build a massive new athletic complex abc11.com/post/unc-cha...

UNC leadership falling for the "if we build it, it will break even" fallacy that has regularly destroyed the finances of large stadium building cities www.cbs17.com/news/local-n...

Alaska ignored budget crisis signs. Now, it doesn't have money to fix schools Alaska has long ignored warning signs of a budget crisis. Now, it has no money to fix something that is posing serious health and safety risks to students and staff: crumbling rural schools.

Officials have known that relying on oil to fund the budget is risky as prices and production have declined. But they have failed to agree on a solution to finance school repairs and renovations. Alaska is 1 of only two states without income or sales tax www.npr.org/2025/08/01/g...

How the U.S. lost its lead in electric vehicles and other clean energy inventions China dominates the global market for clean energy technology like electric vehicles, batteries and solar panels, which were all invented in the U.S.

China dominates the global market for clean energy technology like electric vehicles, batteries and solar panels, which were all invented in the U.S. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

New #article from Zhu et al: A mixed-methods exploration of social networks and life satisfaction in rural Chinese high schools
TL;DR: Quantitative results revealed that network centrality and density positively correlated with academic self-efficacy
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This diagram suggests that rather than simply asking someone if they're fine, to ask about five areas: work, love, play, sleep, and eat, that is, a broader way to keep track of our friends' and family wellness