Mickey Fearn Professor of the Practice (2013–2020), College of Natural Resources Deputy Director for Communications and Community Assistance (2008–2013), National Park Service Presentation Title The importance of your eco-system Watch a closed-captioned video of the presentation on YouTube. Bio Mickey Fearn has been a public servant and parks, recreation and conservation professional for over 50…
Bethany Cutts Faculty Fellow, Center for Geospatial Analytics; Associate Professor, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management Presentation Title Just technological enough: planning for transformative disaster resilience through community-university research and action partnerships Watch a closed-captioned video of the presentation on YouTube. Summary Together with teams comprised of community partners, students, and myriad interdisciplinary collaborators,…
Social media posts are generated both in space and time, and in the context of disaster situations, they can provide minute-by-minute and location-by-location awareness of an event and users' concerns and feelings about crises. In this forum, we investigate the relationship between natural disasters, social media, user actions and traditional media coverage. We will examine…