Resilience Roundtable Podcast Series
About this Series
In the APA Podcast series Resilience Roundtable, we hear from planners and allied professionals who make resilience their mission, even in the face of devastating natural hazards.
Episodes
2021
December 2021
Cascading Hazards with Dr. Michael Greenberg
They discuss the concept of cascading hazards — what they are, where they are more prevalent, and how they are prepared for and mitigated through plans at local, state, and federal levels.
May 2021
We Need to Outthink Wildfire, Not Try to Eliminate It
With an unprecedented wildfire season barely behind us, a National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) expert joins the Resilience Roundtable podcast to discuss wildfire mitigation and prevention.
March 2021
Planning for Volcanic Activity in Hawaii
Eruptions from the Kīlauea caused widespread devastation on Hawaii's Big Island. The Resilience Roundtable podcast explores the event and the recovery efforts currently underway.
2020
July 2020
A Medical Anthropologist Says Planners Are Vital to COVID-19 Recovery
A medical anthropologist joins the host of the Resilience Roundtable podcast to discuss the critical skills planners bring to COVID-19 recovery efforts, how the pandemic disproportionately affects communities of color, and related topics.
February 2020
Long-Term Disaster Recovery Planning in Florida
On this episode of Resilience Roundtable, a guest from OVID Solutions discusses their experience working across Florida in disaster recovery planning and community development.
2019
December 2019
An Interview with Ivis Garcia Zambrana, AICP, PhD
Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in September 2017. A planning professor joins the host of Resilience Roundtable to discuss the aftermath, post-disaster planning updates, and the ongoing recovery process.
In this first of a two-part episode, a planning expert and county staff discuss recovery efforts following a major 2018 California wildfire and its widespread impacts.
In the second of a two-part episode, a planning expert speaks with county planning staff about the aftermath of a major 2018 wildfire in California that caused significant casualties and mass evacuations.
March 2019
An Interview with Pete Parkinson, AICP
A planning professional discusses a career working through multiple hazards, including earthquakes, floods, landslides, and wildfires, and shares a personal experience of losing a home in a major California wildfire.
2018
December 2018
An Interview with Lt. Emily Ussery and Jack Heide, AICP
A community planner and a public health expert discuss the impact of two back-to-back Category 5 hurricanes on the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2017.
November 2018
An Interview with Kim Michelson, AICP
A city planning attorney from Houston joins a planning professional to discuss Hurricane Harvey from a legal and planning perspective.
October 2018
An Interview with John Henneberger
An expert on low-income housing and disaster recovery discusses equitable recovery policy and practices through the lens of nonprofit advocacy work focused on Texas communities.