Abstracts
The Natural Hazards Center will accept abstracts relating to Workshop topics for inclusion here and in our printed program until June 3. To learn more about how to submit an abstract, look at our abstract guidelines. (Please note that abstracts submissions are not the same as session proposals. Sessions have already been selected.)
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Poster Session Abstracts
Adams, Beverley, Charles Huyck, Ron Eguchi, Paul Amyx, Zhengui Hu, and Shubharoop Ghosh
Virtual Disaster Viewer: Advancing Earthquake Reconnaissance in MS Virtual Earth
Berke, Philip, Gavin Smith, and Ward Lyles
State Hazard Mitigation Plan Evaluation
Berke, Philip, Yan Song, and Mark Stevens
Natural Hazard Mitigation in Compact New Urban versus Conventional Low-density Developments
Borden, Kevin A.
The Death Map: What it Is and What it Is Not
Cash, Brianna
Disasters Roundtable of the National Academies Wants to Hear from You
Cutter,Susan L. and Christopher T. Emrich
Research and Development at the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute
Esnard, Ann-Margaret, Alka Sapat, Christopher Chagdes, Martin Fitts,
Christine Mitchell, and Donald Johnson
Toward a Displacement Index: Conceptual and Technical Considerations
Finch, Christina
Pacific Disaster Center Brings Applied Science to Asia Pacific Emergency Management
Ge, Yue "Gurt," Walter G. Peacock, and Michael K. Lindell
Florida Single-Family Resident Response to Hurricane Mitigation Incentives
Grant, Nancy and Julia Beckett
Tracing Policy to Action: The Standard and Practice of Hand Hygiene for the Ohio Division of the American Red Cross
Guibert, Greg and Corey Reynolds
International Hazards and Disasters Network: A New Online Community
Henry, Dustin, Gabriel R. Burns, and Shannon Van Zandt
Community Resilience and Recovery: Questions from Galveston
Hirschfeld, Daniella
StormSmart Coasts in Action: Two Case Studies of Local Level Climate Change Adaptation
Horney, Jennifer
Factors Associated with Risk of Evacuation Failure from Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina, 2003
Jang, Li-ju
The 921 Earthquake: A Study of Factors Influencing Disaster Resilience
Kang, Jung Eun, Rahmawati Husein, and Gabriel R. Burns
An Assessment of Coastal Zone Hazard Mitigation Plans in Texas
Kulemeka, Owen
Chronic Illness and Disaster: Assessing Preparedness Efforts in North American Cities
League, Cedar
What Were They Thinking? Using YouTube to Observe Driver Behavior While Crossing Flooded Roads
League, Cedar and Walter Díaz
The Effect of Radar and Weather Information Products on Emergency Manager Decision Making
Martinez-Kilgore, Jo Anne
Cockled, not Cuckolded: Moving Towards a Common Vocabulary to Describe Activities, Stakeholders, Collections, and Objects as Varied Fields Collaborate for Disaster Management
McNeil, Sue
Disaster Focused Graduate Programs at the University of Delaware
Mielbrecht, Sharon
The Pacific Disaster Center’s DisasterAWARE Improves Decision Support for Emergency Managers
Mills, Jacqueline, Andrew Curtis, Susan Tubbesing, Marjorie Greene, Gabe Mulford, and Boykin Witherspoon, III
Field Data Collection in a Post-Disaster Environment:
Using the EERI Field Tool to Create a Clearinghouse Resource for Researchers and Practitioners
Nicholson, William C.
Course Offerings from the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium
Osland, Anna
Improving Knowledge of Factors Which Contribute to Mitigation of Transmission Pipeline Hazards in NC: The Role of Natural Hazard Mitigation and Land Use Planning Tools
Pardede, Togu Santoso, Tetsuo Kidokoro, and Takashi Onishi
Action Planning After Disaster: Learning from Village/Gampoong Planning in Aceh Reconstruction
Parker, Stephan A. and Michael C. Smith
Hazards & Security Guides from the Cooperative Research Programs
Peterson, Kris, Bill Lovekamp, Elaine Enarson, Nicole Dash, and Sudha Arlikatti
Gender and Disaster Network
Petrovic, Nada and Jean Carlson
Wildfire Resource Allocations in Conditions Involving Multiple Threats
Pincha, Chaman
Home Gone …Work Gone….
Pincha, Chaman
Are Women Vulnerable to Disasters or Are They Made Vulnerable?
Pokorny, David Ryan
Identifying Special Needs Populations in Rural New York
Reiss, Claire
Public Entity Risk Institute
Rovins, Jane, Ed Thomas, Kristina Peterson, and Richard Krajeski
The Natural Hazard Mitigation Association: Bringing Hazard
Mitigation Practitioners Together Across Disciplines
Santos-Hernández, Jenniffer M., Havidan Rodríguez, Walter Díaz, William Donner, Joseph Trainor
Developing Informed Radar Technology: The Social Dimensions of Risk Communication
Scott, Brittany and Kathleen Shea
The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program: Training the Next Generation of Disaster Researchers
Siebeneck, Laura and Tom Cova
Research at the Center for Natural and Technological Hazards
Skinner, Pat, Beth Tomlinson, and Maurice Wolcott
Building a Disaster Mitigation Program in Extension
Tang, Zhenghong
Geographic Clusters of Local Climate Change Mitigation Efforts In California
Tulumello, Patricia Marie
Expecting the Unexpected: The Ontario Provincial Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
Xu, Fuhai, and Zhenghong Tang
Environmental Capacity Assessment and Ecological Restoration in Post-Earthquake Recovery
Yoachim, Ann
“How Safe, How Soon?”
Zuzak, Casey G.
Mortality Databases: How Do We Collect and Count Deaths from Natural Hazards?
Workshop Abstracts
Alvarez, Ricardo
Characterization of Impact: A Tool for Hazard Mitigation and Risk Assessment
Arlikatti, Sudha, Sarah Gregory, and Laurie Long
Building Back Better a Myth or Reality? Longitudinal Study of Post-Tsunami Housing Recovery in Nagapattinam, India
Boyd, Allison
Providing Guidance for Developing Long-Term Postdisaster Redevelopment Plans Before a Disaster Occurs
Boyd, Allison
A County Sea Level Rise Response Strategy
Chen, Liang-Chun
Introduction of Taiwan Session: 10-year Lessons from the Chi-Chi Earthquake
Chen, Liang-Chun and Mei-Ho Shih
Improvement of Capability and Capacity on Disaster Management at Local Governments by Empowerment
Chou, Hsueh-Cheng, Wen-Ray Su, Shang-Yu Wu, and Feng-Tyan Lin
The Experience of Developing Safe Taiwan Information System (SATIS) in Taiwan
Chowdhury, Parnali Dhar and C. Emdad Haque
Knowledge and Perception of Climate Change-Induced Extreme Environmental Events: Communicating Risk with Communities in the Canadian Prairies
Dunaway, W. Michael and Marvine Hamner
Motivation for Preparedness and Continuity Planning in the Private Sector
Dunn, Jennifer K.
Many Agencies, One Solution, Reducing Risk: The Silver Jackets Program
Enarson, Elaine
Gendering the Agenda in the US?
Erickson, Somer A., Harold E. Brooks, James G. LaDue, and Mark Shafer
Emergency Managers and Weather Information: Communication and Training
Evans-Holland, Myrtle
Perceived Preparedness and Preparedness Behavior for Terrorism and Natural Disasters Among Low-income African Americans in Maryland
García, Cecilia Castro
Some Reflections on the Normative Framework of Disaster Risk Management, Civil Protection and Gender Equality in Mexico
Griffin, Christina
Gender and Social Capital: Examining Social Networks Postdisaster
Havice-Cover, P.J.
The Politics and Natural Hazards of Disaster Response
Horney, Jennifer A.
Did the Type of Evacuation Order Issued Predict Evacuation from Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina, 2003?
King, David and Alison Cottrell
How Do We Identify Climate Change Impacts Within Community Hazard Mitigation?
King, Susan B.
Integrating Hazard Notification on a Geographic and Affinity Group Basis
Krimgold, Frederick
International Climate Change Network (ICCN)
Mirza, M. Monirul Q., Grace Koshida, and Daria T. Smeh
Developing and Testing Adaptation Baselines for Flood Hazards: Case Studies from Red River, Canada, and Bangladesh
Morath, Daniel P.
SoVI lite: Reducing the Complexity of the Social Vulnerability Index
Olonilua, Oluponmile
Do Existing State Planning Mandates Matter in FEMA-approved Plans Under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000? A Comparison of Cities in States with Existing Planning Mandates Versus Cities in States Without Mandates
Pincha, Chaman
Gender Mainstreaming for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Insights from Tsunami Disaster Response in the Tamil Nadu State of India
Rovins, Jane
Stand-Alone Mitigation Plans and Recovery Costs: A Study of the Florida Local Mitigation Strategies
Shaw, Wesley
The StormSmart Coasts Network: Connecting Coastal Decision Makers to Resources and Each Other
Stevenson, Joanne R.
Assessing Spatial and Temporal Clusters of Recovery: The Rebuilding of Coastal Mississippi Following Hurricane Katrina
Tatsuki, Shigeo
Evacuation and Sheltering Assistance Planning for Special Needs Population: Kobe Disadvantaged Population Mapping Project
Tsai, Keh-Chyuan
Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Research and Practice in Taiwan: 10 Years after the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake
Wei, Louise Liang-Jung
National Science & Technology Program for Hazards Mitigation in Taiwan
Wein, Anne, Laurie Johnson, Adam Rose, and Richard Bernknopf
Months and Years after a Magnitude 7.8 Southern California ShakeOut Earthquake: Developing the Recovery and Reconstruction Scenario
Emily Wilkinson
An Enabling Environment for Local Level Disaster Risk Reduction in Mexico?
Wu, Jie-Ying and Yi-Chun Liu
Fostering Community Resilience—Taiwan’s Community-Based Strategy for Disaster Reduction
IRCD Researchers Meeting Abstracts
Adams-Fuller, Terri and Mila Turner
An Examination of Coping Strategies Used by First Responders in the Face of a Disaster
Altshuler, Alex
Emergency Preparedness of Local Authorities for War-Caused Disaster: General Theoretical Foundations and the Israeli Case
Arlikatti, Sudha, Simon A. Andrew, James M. Kendra, and Carla S. Prater
Role of Government Interventions in Disaster-Related Mental Health Recovery: Longitudinal Study in Tsunami-Affected Communities in Southern India
Baker, Justin, W. Douglass Shaw, Mary Riddel, Richard Woodward, and William Neilson
Models of Location Choice and Willingness to Pay to Avoid Hurricane Risks for Hurricane Katrina Evacuees
Berke, Philip, John Cooper, David Salvesen, Danielle Spurlock, and Christina Rausch
Building Resiliency in Six Disadvantaged Communities Vulnerable to Natural Disasters
Bevc, Christine A.
Tasks over Time: Exploring the Evolution of an Emergency Response
Cottrell, Alison
A Systems View of the Social Aspects of Wildfire in Peri-Urban Areas
Czajkowski, Jeffrey
Handling Hurricane Fatality Data with Care—How Much Does Accuracy Matter?
Deegan, Michael
Developing Codebooks to Analyze Floodplain Management Recommendations
Fang, Zheng and Philip B. Bedient
Radar-based Flood Alert System for Coastal Area and Collaborated Efforts for Disaster Prevention and Risk Management
Ganapati, N. Emel
A Gendered Analysis to Social Capital during Disaster Recovery: Its Benefits and Downsides
Gin, June
Sustaining Organizational Disaster Resilience for Community-Based Non-Profits: Developing Standard Curricula and Common Routines
Jang, Li-ju
The 921 Earthquake: A Study of Post-Traumatic Growth After Extreme Suffering
Lazo, Jeffrey K., Emily K. Laidlaw, and Nathaniel F. Bushek
Results from an Assessment of the National Weather Service’s Storm Data Loss Estimation Methodology
Lim, Wee Kiat
Desperately Seeking Antecedents: An Exploratory Study Using the Resource Dependency View on Disaster Preparedness of Nonprofit Organizations
Lin, Yi-Sz and Walter Gillis Peacock
Development of Algorithms to Estimate Post-Disaster Population Dislocation—A Research-Based Approach
Liu, Sophia B.
Informing Design of Next Generation Social Media to Support Crisis-Related Grassroots Heritage
Menches, Cindy L. and Greg Pekar
Mitigation Project Technical Assistance Program
Mitchell, Christine, Ann-Margaret Esnard, and Alka Sapat
Hurricane Events and the Displacement Process in the United States
Mozumder, Pallab, Hugh Gladwin, and Fang Zhao
Context, Bayesian Updating, and Cry Wolf Phenomenon in Hurricane Evacuation Behavior: A Panel Study
Pincha, Chaman
Approaches to Integrate Gender in the Tsunami Disaster Response: Experiences from India
Rabinovici, Sharyl J.M.
Mandatory Information, Voluntary Action: An Evaluation of Berkeley’s Approach to Soft-Story Seismic Vulnerabilities in Multifamily Residential Housing
Santos-Hernández, Jenniffer M., Havidan Rodríguez, Walter Díaz, William Donner, and Joseph Trainor
Developing Informed Radar Technology: The Social Dimensions of Risk Communication
Sapat, Alka, Yanmei Li, Christine Mitchell, and Ann-Margaret Esnard
Policy Learning: Katrina, Ike and Post-Disaster Housing
Scanlon, Joe
Forensics if necessary...The professionalization of Canadian mass death incidents
Shafran, Aric P.
The Effect of Experience on Demand for Self-Protection
Simmons, Kevin M. and Daniel Sutter
A Closer Examination of Tornado Vulnerabilities: Manufactured Homes, Nocturnal and Off-Season Tornadoes
Smith, Gavin
The Disaster Recovery Assistance Framework: Planning for Recovery
Sterett, Susan M.
Social Welfare and Katrina: Accessing Individual Assistance
Trainor, Joseph E.
Designed for Disaster: An Analysis of FEMA’s Organizational Design during the Response to Katrina
Wachtendorf, Tricia and James M. Kendra
Diffuse Sensemaking in Large-Scale Crisis Environments
Wilkinson, Emily
Local-level Disaster Prevention in Mexico: Interpreting Changes in the Commitment and Capacity of Municipal Government
Xiao, Yu
Economic Impact of Hurricanes: a Comparative Study of Katrina/Rita and Ike
Zahran, Sammy, Jeffrey G. Snodgrass, Lori Peek, and Stephan Weiler
Maternal Exposure to Hurricane Andrew and Fetal Distress