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Recent publications

I2SR Executive Director Scalingi, in Creating Wildfire Resilient Communities, examines factors associated with climate change and other evolving technological and societal changes behind the upward trend in the number, scope, and severity, and human health and safety, economic, and environmental impacts of large-scale wildfire events, and provides a comprehensive model and collaborative approach communities and supporting infrastructure can use to build resilience.

Dr. Scalingi examines challenges and provides recommendations in How to Secure Smart Cities in an Era of Change in the July/August 2019 issue of Security Technology Executive magazine. The article looks at technological, climate, and societal changes over the past two decades that are exacerbating and creating new threats and vulnerabilities affecting smart technology initiatives, and how industry and government can mobilize regional stakeholders to lessen risk .