Daniel Fitzpatrick (Monash) and Caroline Compton (Yale): Seeing Like a State: Land Law and Human Mobility after Natural Disasters. These hurricanes prove that climate adaptation is not enough. We have no system to deal with escalating climate damages — it’s time to build one. America’s natural disaster response is its own disaster: After three major hurricanes, FEMA is facing its costliest challenge ever. From Vox, what every American needs to know about Puerto Rico’s hurricane disaster; here’s what Trump could actually do to help Puerto Rico; and it’s not just Puerto Rico: 6 other Caribbean island nations are in crisis after the hurricanes.
After the storms have passed: Alice C. Hill on rebuilding with climate change in mind. D.R. Tucker on hurricane havoc and the climate conversation.
