“We Have to Shift Our Thinking” in Hurricane Disaster Recovery: UMass-Dartmouth’s McGuire
Saturday, September 15, 2018
UMass-Dartmouth Professor of Public Policy Chad McGuire joined GoLocal News Editor Kate Nagle on LIVE to talk about what happens after Hurricane Florence hits -- and all natural disasters in general.
McGuire, who said his research focuses on what government does "before, during, and after these events" spoke to the implications to consider.
"It'll be interesting to see the political response -- one of the most difficult things we have to overcome as a nation,-we culturally think of land as static, inert. We have to shift our thinking, from land that's static to active," said McGuire.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST"It will be interesting to see how the government chooses to respond. The political incentives are clear. When the government comes in and distributes money directly to people -- they win votes by doing that."
"Are they going to dole out a lot of after the fact benefits, and not think about what we talked about earlier? We've done a lot of things to incentivize people to live in risky areas. At the federal level, there are difficult choices about stopping to incentivize the building of infrastructure."
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