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Connect the Whole Community: Leadership Gaps Drive the Digital Divide and Fuel Disaster and Social Vulnerabilities

Topic:
infrastructure regulation; disaster; digital divide

Source:
Catherine Sandoval and Patrick Lanthier

Published:
01/16/2021

Abstract—This chapter analyzes the link between the digital divide, infrastructure regulation, and disaster planning and relief through a case study of the flood in San Jose, California triggered by the Anderson dam’s overtopping in February 2017 and examination of communications failures during the 2018 wildfire in Paradise, California.