All Posts With Tag environmental studies

2019

Sunday August 04, 2019

Mixing Toxic Chemicals
•  environmental studies •  hazards •  toxic waste •  train accidents • 
Wednesday June 19, 2019

I Got a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering and Science!
•  environmental science •  environmental studies •  JHU • 
Saturday June 15, 2019

Understanding Radioactive Exposure
•  Chernobyl •  disaster management •  environmental studies •  nuclear energy •  radiation • 
Tuesday April 02, 2019

Piedmont Hydrogeology
•  environmental studies •  geology •  groundwater •  hydrogeology •  Maryland • 
Tuesday March 12, 2019

Groundwater Recharge in Old Cemeteries
•  cemeteries •  environmental studies •  groundwater • 

2018

Friday December 07, 2018

Sewage Sludge Down on the Farm
•  agricultural economics •  environmental studies •  wastewater • 
Wednesday December 05, 2018

Sunspots Will Not Cause an Ice Age
•  climate change •  environmental studies •  heliophysics •  solar cycle •  SciServer • 
Sunday November 18, 2018

Howard County, and Everyone Else, Needs the Plastic Bag Tax
•  environmental studies •  solid waste management •  taxes • 
Sunday November 11, 2018

Parallelized Implementation of bootCI for DCchoice
•  economics •  environmental studies •  HPC •  parallel computing •  R •  rstats •  willingness to pay •  SciServer • 
Sunday November 04, 2018

What is Covered Under Flood Insurance
•  disaster management •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  news • 
Monday October 29, 2018

Freshwater Risks from Algae Blooms
•  ecology •  environmental studies •  eutrophication •  Lake Erie •  Toledo • 
Friday October 26, 2018

Landfills Should Not Pollute the Air and Water
•  air pollution •  environmental studies •  landfills •  solid waste management •  wastewater • 
Wednesday October 03, 2018

Rainfall Stationarity
•  environmental studies •  meteorology •  rainfall •  statistics • 
Monday July 09, 2018

Interview in the Extra Mile
•  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  NFIP •  press clippings • 
Tuesday February 13, 2018

Flood Insurance Renewed...Again
•  budget •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  NFIP • 
Wednesday February 07, 2018

Three Reasons to Buy Flood Insurance
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  news •  press • 
Monday February 05, 2018

Climate Change and Business
•  climate change •  environmental economics •  environmental studies •  public affairs • 

2017

Tuesday December 12, 2017

The Return of the GEDI
•  climate change •  Earth science •  environmental studies •  GEDI •  NASA •  space science • 
Friday November 24, 2017

ICESat and ICEsat-2
•  cryosphere •  Earth science •  environmental studies •  ICESat •  NASA •  northern studies • 
Saturday October 28, 2017

Bald Eagles and Bioaccumulation
•  American studies •  Earth science •  environmental protection •  environmental studies •  EPA • 
Wednesday October 18, 2017

Compost Tea on Clay Soils
•  agricultural economics •  Earth science •  environmental studies •  Maryland •  soil science • 
Saturday October 07, 2017

Won't Someone Please Think of the Sushi?
•  Earth science •  environmental studies •  food security •  public affairs •  public health •  zoology • 
Thursday October 05, 2017

Climate Change Will Make Chemical Spills Worse
•  climate change •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  industrial pollution • 
Monday September 25, 2017

Music Festival Pollution Prevention
•  Earth science •  environmental studies •  industrial pollution •  music festivals • 
Monday September 11, 2017

The Implementation of the Clean Water Act
•  Earth science •  environmental engineering •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  industrial pollution • 
Saturday September 09, 2017

Some Hurricane Science
•  Earth science •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  hurricanes •  meteorology •  thermodynamics • 
Wednesday September 06, 2017

Maryland Watershed Stewards
•  Earth science •  environmental engineering •  environmental studies •  Howard County •  University of Maryland •  Watershed Stewards Academy • 
Monday September 04, 2017

Making the Things You Buy Better
•  environmental science •  environmental studies •  neurology •  occupational health • 
Monday September 04, 2017

Editorial on Texas Flooding in the News and Record
•  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  Hurricane Harvey •  NFIP • 
Thursday August 31, 2017

Audio from The Attitude Interview
•  environmental justice •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flooding •  Houston •  NFIP • 
Tuesday August 29, 2017

Listen Live on Thursday, 8/31
•  environmental justice •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  Hurricane Harvey •  interviews •  NFIP •  press •  radio • 
Wednesday August 16, 2017

Notes on Solid Waste Reduction
•  Earth science •  environmental engineering •  environmental studies •  recycling •  solid waste management • 
Friday July 28, 2017

Precedent for Cap-and-Trade Success
•  carbon markets •  environmental economics •  environmental studies •  global climate change • 
Thursday July 27, 2017

The Problem with Offering Flood Insurance Subsidies
•  disaster management •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood mitigation •  letters • 
Wednesday July 26, 2017

The Flush Tax Pays Off
•  Chesapeake Bay •  Earth science •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  Maryland •  stormwater management •  wastewater • 
Monday July 24, 2017

India Adds Solar to its Trains
•  ChaseKBH •  Earth science •  energy policy •  environmental engineering •  environmental studies •  rail •  solar power •  transportation policy • 
Friday July 21, 2017

Ensuring Water Security
•  Earth science •  environmental engineering •  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  global climate change •  water resources policy • 
Wednesday July 19, 2017

Risks from Fracking
•  Earth science •  energy policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  fracking •  petroleum engineering •  water resources policy • 
Monday July 10, 2017

Eutrophication Reduction Through Local Limits
•  Baltic Sea •  Belarus •  Chesapeake Bay •  Earth science •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  European Union •  northern studies •  Russia •  stormwater management •  water resources policy • 
Monday July 03, 2017

Notes on Wastewater Treatment
•  ChaseKBH •  Earth science •  environmental engineering •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  family •  James Patrick Howard •  water resources policy • 
Wednesday June 28, 2017

Population Dynamics for a Better Future
•  demographics •  Earth science •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  futures studies •  population dynamics •  sustainable development • 
Monday June 26, 2017

The Fish Bowl
•  agricultural economics •  demographics •  Earth science •  energy policy •  environmental engineering •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  futures studies •  population dynamics • 
Wednesday June 21, 2017

Power Generation and Decentralization
•  cybersecurity •  Earth science •  electrical engineering •  energy •  energy policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies • 
Monday June 19, 2017

Geothermal Power in the United States
•  Earth science •  electrical engineering •  energy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  geology •  geothermal power •  Iceland •  northern studies • 
Friday May 26, 2017

The Flood Insurance Purchase Requirement
•  banking •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  financial regulation •  financial services •  public affairs •  public finance • 
Friday May 05, 2017

New Court Decision on Flood Insurance
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  Fourth Circuit •  insurance •  legal decisions •  NFIP • 
Tuesday April 25, 2017

Implications of Coarse Data Allocation Methods for Flood Mitigation Analysis
•  data science •  demography •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  mathematics •  NFIP •  working papers • 

2016

Saturday September 24, 2016

Learn How to Manage a Basement Flood
•  disaster •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood response • 
Saturday September 03, 2016

The Severity of Severe Events is Increasing
•  Earth science •  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  global climate change •  Howard County •  mathematics •  statistics •  weather • 
Wednesday August 10, 2016

Statistical Likelihood of Extreme Events and the Ellicott City Floods
•  Earth science •  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  Howard County •  mathematics •  risk management •  statistics • 
Monday August 01, 2016

Retrospective Social Discount Rates
•  conferences •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  Joint Statistical Meetings •  presentations •  public affairs •  public economics • 
Friday June 03, 2016

Hazard, Risk, and Expected Losses
•  behavioral economics •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  evolutionary psychology •  hazards •  insurance •  risk • 
Friday June 03, 2016

FEMA's Flood Maps Are Not a Scam
•  environmental justice •  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  FEMA •  flood insurance •  flood studies •  NFIP • 
Wednesday June 01, 2016

Cell Phones Still Don't Cause Cancer
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  futures studies •  physics •  public affairs •  public health •  public policy •  research •  science •  technology •  technology policy •  theoretical physics • 
Sunday May 29, 2016

Flood Insurance Profits? Maybe Not
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  finance •  flood insurance •  flood studies •  insurance •  news •  NFIP • 
Wednesday May 11, 2016

The Private Flood Insurance Bill
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  insurance •  NFIP •  risk management • 
Friday May 06, 2016

My Dissertation
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  NFIP •  UMBC • 
Tuesday May 03, 2016

Socioeconomic Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program is now available
•  books •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood mitigation •  NFIP •  research •  UMBC • 
Monday April 25, 2016

Chernobyl's Liquidators
•  Chernobyl •  Cold War studies •  disaster management •  Earth science •  energy policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  history •  nuclear energy • 
Sunday April 24, 2016

Watch my Ignite Talk on Stormwater Management
•  Earth science •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  Ignite •  Ignite Baltimore •  marine transportation •  stormwater management •  talks •  transportation policy •  water resources policy • 
Thursday April 21, 2016

Coping with Disaster at Springer
•  disaster management •  Earth science •  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  free stuff •  Fukushima • 
Wednesday April 06, 2016

Come see my talk on Maryland's stormwater problem at Ignite Baltimore #18
•  Earth science •  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  Ignite •  Ignite Baltimore •  stormwater management •  talks •  water resources policy • 
Friday April 01, 2016

JSM 2016
•  Earth science •  economics •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  mathematics •  public affairs •  public economics •  public finance •  public financial management •  research •  social discount rates •  statistics •  talks • 
Thursday March 31, 2016

Flooding and Cost-Benefit Analysis in Manville, New Jersey
•  benefit-cost analysis •  environmental economics •  environmental justice •  environmental studies •  flood mitigation • 
Tuesday March 29, 2016

Learn About Flood Insurance When Renting
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  insurance •  interviews •  NFIP •  press •  risk management • 
Friday March 25, 2016

Chernobyl as Brownfield
•  Chernobyl •  Earth science •  environmental justice •  environmental studies •  land development •  land use • 
Tuesday March 08, 2016

Now is the Time for Stormwater Reform
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  Howard County •  Maryland •  public affairs •  public economics •  public finance •  stormwater management •  water resources policy • 
Thursday February 18, 2016

Tyler's Paper on the Advantages of Sustainable Mitigation
•  disaster management •  emergency management •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  hazard mitigation •  land use •  sustainability studies •  sustainable development • 
Thursday February 11, 2016

Pennsylvania's Flood Insurance Exchange
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  NFIP • 
Tuesday February 09, 2016

Solar-Powered Trains
•  ChaseKBH •  Earth science •  energy policy •  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  mass transit •  rail •  transport economics •  transportation policy • 
Tuesday February 02, 2016

EPA Course for Local Governments on Climate Change
•  climate change •  Earth science •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  land use •  local government •  public affairs • 
Friday January 29, 2016

RFFs Parametric Flood Insurance Proposal
•  bonds •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  financial management •  flood insurance •  flood studies •  insurance •  markets •  NFIP • 
Friday January 29, 2016

Flood Preparation Tips for Renters via Roomi Connect
•  disaster management •  emergency management •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood studies • 
Friday January 22, 2016

Circling the Drain
•  Chesapeake Bay •  Earth science •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  Howard County •  land use •  stormwater management •  water resources policy • 
Wednesday January 20, 2016

An Inconvenient Poop!
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  food policy •  land use •  North Carolina • 
Tuesday January 12, 2016

Notes on Radon Mitigation
•  Earth science •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  radiation •  radon •  risk management •  TIL • 
Friday January 01, 2016

Flood Mitigation Mistakes in Tucson
•  disaster management •  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  insurance •  NFIP •  risk management • 

2015

Tuesday December 29, 2015

Review on Government-Run Disaster Risk Pools
•  disaster management •  disaster risk •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  natural disasters •  NFIP •  risk management • 
Friday December 11, 2015

Health Effects of Climate Change
•  climate change •  environmental justice •  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  public affairs •  public health • 
Thursday December 10, 2015

Don't Cancel Flood Insurance due to Mitigation
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood mitigation •  flood studies •  NFIP • 
Thursday November 19, 2015

Whistling tunes we hide in the dunes by the seaside
•  beach replenishment •  environmental justice •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood mitigation •  NFIP • 
Tuesday November 10, 2015

Social Benefits of Voluntary Buyouts Following Flooding
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood mitigation •  NFIP •  risk management • 
Tuesday October 27, 2015

Probability at Scale and KIC 8462852
•  arcology •  astrobiology •  astronomy •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  futures studies •  probability •  risk management •  SETI •  space studies •  stellar engineering • 
Sunday October 25, 2015

Insuring against disaster
•  economics •  environmental economics •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  natural disasters • 
Thursday October 15, 2015

Someone will draw the short straw on climate change
•  environmental justice •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  global climate change • 
Wednesday October 14, 2015

Illinois Discovers Land Cover Increases Flooding
•  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  land development •  land use •  water resources policy • 
Monday October 12, 2015

1000-year storms in South Carolina
•  Earth science •  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  mathematics •  risk •  South Carolina •  statistics • 
Saturday September 26, 2015

Flooding Risk and Environmental Justice
•  environmental justice •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  NFIP •  social justice • 
Friday September 11, 2015

Vasquez on the NFIP
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood studies •  water resources policy • 
Friday August 28, 2015

Benefits and Costs
•  benefit-cost analysis •  economics •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  public affairs •  public economics •  public finance •  UMBC • 
Thursday August 27, 2015

The Cost of Hazard Mitigation
•  benefit-cost analysis •  disaster mitigation •  Earth science •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  homeland security •  public affairs •  public economics • 
Tuesday August 25, 2015

Flood Control at the Ground Level
•  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  flood mitigation •  Howard County •  water resources policy • 
Saturday August 22, 2015

Thesis on Flood Resistance in Urban Areas
•  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  flood mitigation •  urban planning • 
Wednesday August 19, 2015

Old Michigan Steams Like a Young Man's Dreams
•  economics •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  water resources policy • 
Tuesday July 21, 2015

Flood Insurance and Climate Change
•  climate •  climate change •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood studies •  public affairs •  public policy • 
Wednesday July 01, 2015

Valacer's Article on the NFIP
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  NFIP •  recent research • 
Wednesday June 10, 2015

Bitcoin and Money
•  bad math •  bitcoin •  energy policy •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  macroeconomics •  money • 
Friday June 05, 2015

Wealthier Communities Pay Less for Flood Insurance
•  CRS •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  FEMA •  flood insurance •  flood studies •  NFIP • 
Tuesday June 02, 2015

Reforming the NFIP
•  disaster management •  economics •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood studies •  NFIP • 
Tuesday May 26, 2015

Schumer Wants to Abolish WYO
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood studies •  policy windows • 
Friday April 03, 2015

Management Controls and the Pump
•  accountability •  energy policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  ethics •  public affairs •  public affairs education •  public economics •  public financial management • 
Wednesday March 04, 2015

An Individual Mandate for Flood Insurance
•  behavioral economics •  economics •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood studies •  NFIP •  public affairs •  public policy • 

2014

Saturday November 15, 2014

Flood Insurance Pricing
•  behavioral economics •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood studies •  NFIP •  pricing • 
Wednesday November 12, 2014

Water for Life, Water for Business
•  business •  Earth science •  economics •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  existential risk •  global climate change •  resources •  water resources policy • 
Friday October 31, 2014

The NFIP and Florida
•  climate change •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  Florida •  insurance •  NFIP • 
Wednesday October 29, 2014

Insurers React to Climate Change
•  business •  climate change •  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  insurance • 
Monday October 27, 2014

The Water Century
•  climate change •  Earth science •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  global health •  international affairs •  public affairs •  water resources policy • 
Monday June 16, 2014

Introducing Flood Studies
•  environmental policy •  environmental science •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood studies •  NFIP •  research • 
Thursday April 03, 2014

A Theorem on the Consumer Surplus
•  demand •  economic analysis •  economics •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood studies •  mathematics •  statistics • 
Monday March 31, 2014

Slides for my Dissertation Defense
•  dissertation •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  NFIP •  UMBC • 

2013

Friday February 22, 2013

Slides from SBCA
•  conferences •  dissertation •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  NFIP • 
Tuesday January 01, 2013

Presenting "Estimating the Net Social Benefits of the NFIP" at the Benefit-Cost Society Conference in Februrary
•  benefit-cost analysis •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood mitigation •  flood studies •  NFIP •  research •  UMBC • 

2012

Wednesday September 19, 2012

Flood Insurance Claims
•  disaster management •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  FEMA •  flood studies •  NFIP • 
Saturday March 24, 2012

Measuring the Impacts of the National Flood Insurance Program
•  benefit-cost analysis •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood mitigation •  flood studies •  NFIP •  UMBC •  wmgrs • 
Sunday January 22, 2012

Dissertation Proposal Defended
•  benefit-cost analysis •  dissertation •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  flood mitigation •  flood studies •  NFIP •  UMBC • 
Saturday January 21, 2012

Dissertation Proposal Defense Slides
•  dissertation •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  flood insurance •  NFIP •  UMBC • 
Tuesday January 10, 2012

Talk on the NFIP at the Graduate Research Symposium
•  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  FEMA •  flood insurance •  flood mitigation •  flood studies •  NFIP •  UMBC •  wmgrs • 
Wednesday January 04, 2012

Recoding County-Level Data
•  counties •  data •  data science •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  FEMA •  flood mitigation •  flood studies •  mathematics •  scientific computing • 

2009

Friday April 17, 2009

Greening the Columbia Association
•  Columbia Association •  election 2009 •  environmental policy •  environmental studies •  green design •  Long Reach •