Daniel Aldrich All Experts

Daniel Aldrich for Northeastern

• Resilience

  

  Harvey brings out ‘hidden capacity in civil society’ to respond

  
  

  As widespread damage and the effects of Hurricane Harvey continue to mount in Houston and across Texas and Louisiana, two Northeastern professors—Stephen Flynn and Daniel…

  • by Greg St. Martin   August 29, 2017

• Society & Culture

  

  A victory and an uncertain future at Standing Rock

  
  

  Protests over laying the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota represent more than just a fight over water- and land rights; the movement represents…

  • by Molly Callahan   December 12, 2016

• Society & Culture

  

  Infrastructure, shallow earthquake contribute to Italian towns’ destruction

  
  

  Professor and post-disaster recovery expert Daniel Aldrich discusses this week’s earthquake in Italy, what the country has and hasn’t done to protect itself against seismic…

  • by Molly Callahan   August 26, 2016

• Resilience

  

  As Canada wildfires rage, faculty experts examine the ramifications

  
  

  Wildfires continue to rage for a third week in and around the city of Fort McMurray in Canada's Alberta province, the country’s oil-sands capital. Some…

  • by Thea Singer   May 18, 2016

• Society & Culture

  

  Faculty experts examine a range of issues in Brussels attacks

  
  

  The horrific bombings in Brussels on Tuesday have left another European city reeling after a terrorist attack. In the aftermath, we asked an interdisciplinary group…

  • by Joe O'Connell   March 24, 2016

• Campus & Commun­ity

  

  Narrow escape from Hurricane Katrina inspires professor to study post-disaster recovery

  
  

  Daniel Aldrich and his family narrowly escaped the wrath of the catastrophic storm, which made landfall in New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005. Since then,…

  • by Jason Kornwitz   August 26, 2015