Rebuilding the Smart Way after Natural Disasters

Guest: Mark Abkowitz, PhD, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering Management, Director, Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies, Vanderbilt University America has been pummeled: Hurricane Harvey in Texas, Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Florida and Puerto Rico, and the horrific fires in Napa Valley, California. But as people return to what’s left of their homes and consider the prospect of rebuilding, now is the perfect time to ask whether we should rebuild in areas prone to natural disaster.