Nov 26, 2019
In episode 101 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons talks with Dr. Samantha Montano, a disasterologist/Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska in Emergency Management and Disaster Science. Samantha, along with her colleague Amanda Savitt, evaluated the disaster and adaptation policies of the 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates. Doug and Samantha discuss what makes for effective disaster policies and where the candidates stand on these issues. Samantha also recommends how these policies can be improved heading into the 2020 election.
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Candidates evaluated in this episode:
Joe Biden ,
Cory Booker,
Pete Buttigieg, , Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie
Sanders, Tom Steyer,
Elizabeth
Warren, Andrew
Yang
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Evaluating the Democratic
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http://www.disaster-ology.com/home/2019/10/14/14komh82s5zcx9ul08b0h69nm2nefy
https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-public-affairs-and-community-service/emergency-management-and-disaster-science/about-us/faculty-and-staff/samantha-montano.php
https://theweek.com/articles/863831/whats-missing-from-democrats-climate-conversation-far
Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco
Strategies to Address Climate
Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14,
Issue 1
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/
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