RAND energy and environmental analyses help contextualize the effects of existing and proposed energy policies on the environment. Building on a long history of policy research, RAND helps balance the need for environmental protections and economic development.
RESEARCH BRIEF
This fact sheet summarizes key findings of a comprehensive quantitative assessment of both the extent and nature of Hurricane Katrina damage to the housing stock in Mississippi's coastal counties and progress that has been made toward recovery.
NEWS RELEASE
Affordable housing recovery in three coastal counties in Mississippi heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina lags behind the pace of the rest of the housing market in the region.
REPORT
While construction permits have been issued for approximately 60 percent of the housing damaged by Hurricane Katrina, repair and replacement of multi-unit housing significantly lags behind repair and replacement of single-family homes in three coastal counties in Mississippi heavily damaged by the hurricane.
REPORT
Testimony presented before the House Science and Technology Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment on September 5, 2007.
COMMENTARY
Protecting our [emergency] protectors is more than just the right thing to do; it is critical to maintaining America's capability to respond to future disasters, writes Brian A. Jackson.
REPORT
The United States should focus its political, security and economic efforts in Iraq toward the single goal of reducing sectarian strife and other violence, but should also start planning now for the possibility that these efforts will not succeed.
NEWS RELEASE
RAND Study Finds Wind Insurance Costly and Scarce on Gulf of Mexico Coast.
REPORT
Many businesses along the Gulf of Mexico coast have had a difficult time obtaining wind insurance coverage since Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma hit in 2005 and have often ended up paying more than twice as much for the insurance as they did previously.
REPORT
Ideally, improved agricultural practices should continue to increase food production while reducing environmental damage and other undesirable effects of current methods. Perennial polyculture farming could be an important step toward realizing that goal.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Scenarios play a prominent role in policy debates over climate change, but questions continue about how best to use them. A new analytic method, based on robust decisionmaking, can be applied to water resource management in California and climate change policy questions.
RESEARCH BRIEF
This research brief summarizes information about perennial polyculture farming and discusses its potential for reducing worldwide hunger and malnutrition, reversing environmental degradation, and redressing the loss of biodiversity.
NEWS RELEASE
Addressing Sprawl Issues and Protecting Biodiversity Can Benefit Military Bases, RAND Study Finds.
REPORT
The Defense Department's program to provide land buffers near its bases has been effective in relieving military training and testing operations from encroachment pressures, but the program's funding and activities should be accelerated before land development hinders future buffering opportunities.
RESEARCH BRIEF
This research brief summarizes research on the effectiveness of the DoD Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative in helping military installations develop partnerships to address encroachment with buffering projects on nonmilitary lands.
REPORT
Testimony presented before the Commonwealth of Kentucky House Appropriations and Revenue Committee on June 28, 2007.
REPORT
Document submitted on June 26, 2007 as an addendum to testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on May 24, 2007.
RESEARCH BRIEF
This research brief summarizes a study that found that the private insurance industry underwrites residential flood insurance in a limited but important niche, protecting more homes, responding to lender and borrower needs, and reducing lender costs.
REPORT
Develops guidelines regarding the design and management of policies to mitigate the political and economic risks that often accompany natural resource windfalls in less-developed countries.
REPORT
The U.S. Army should change the way it plans for domestic emergencies to better support state and local first responders.
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