International Research Committee on Disasters Researchers Meeting
Saturday, July 18 through Sunday, July 19, 2009
Omni Interlocken Resort
Broomfield, Colorado
The IRCD Researchers Meeting will take the place of the Hazards and Disasters Researchers Meeting (HDRM) following the main Hazards Workshop. The IRCD Researchers Meeting is a new partnership between the International Sociological Association's International Research Committee on Disasters and the Natural Hazards Center. For more information on the IRCD, please visit their RC-39 Web site.
Register for the IRCD Researchers meeting using the Natural Hazards Workshop online registration.
Abstracts
Schedule
Abstracts
The call for IRCD Researchers Meeting abstracts is closed. Accepted abstracts will be included in the Natural Hazards Workshop print program and are available online.
Schedule
The IRCD Researchers Meeting kicks off with a welcoming reception at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 18. The presentation of the E.L. Quarantelli Award for Social Science Disaster Theory and an honorary lecture by the recipient, Dr. Walt Peacock, will follow the reception at 6:30 p.m.
Abstracts will be presented in concurrent sessions throughout Sunday, July 19, with the Meeting concluding at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 18
Interlocken D
5:00-7:00 p.m
Registration
Interlocken Foyer and Interlocken B
5:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Interlocken A
6:30 p.m.
Presentation of the E.L. Quarantelli Award to Walter Gillis Peacock
6:40 p.m.
Honorary Lecture by Walter Gillis Peacock
Sunday, July 19
Interlocken Foyer
8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Registration
8:30-10:00 a.m.
Interlocken A
Disasters and Displacement
Development of Algorithms to Estimate Post-Disaster Population Dislocation—A Research-Based Approach
Yi-Sz Lin, Texas A&M University
Walter Gillis Peacock, Texas A&M University
Hurricane Events and the Displacement Process in the United States
Christine Mitchell, Florida Atlantic University
Ann-Margaret Esnard, Florida Atlantic University
Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University
Social Welfare and Katrina: Accessing Individual Assistance
Susan M. Sterett, University of Denver
Interlocken D
Response Systems
Tasks over Time: Exploring the Evolution of an Emergency Response
Christine A. Bevc, University of Colorado at Boulder
A Systems View of the Social Aspects of Wildfire in Peri-Urban Areas
Alison Cottrell, James Cook University
Forensics if necessary.... The professionalization of Canadian mass death incidents
Joe Scanlon, Carleton University
Designed for Disaster: An Analysis of FEMA’s Organizational Design during the Response to Katrina
Joseph E. Trainor, University of Delaware
Diffuse Sensemaking in Large-Scale Crisis Environments
Tricia Wachtendorf, University of Delaware
James M. Kendra, University of North Texas
Interlocken B
Mental Health and Resilience
An Examination of Coping Strategies Used by First Responders in the Face of a Disaster
Terri Adams-Fuller, Howard University,
Mila Turner, Howard University
Role of Government Interventions in Disaster Related Mental Health Recovery: Longitudinal Study in Tsunami Affected Communities in Southern India
Sudha Arlikatti, University of North Texas
Simon A. Andrew, University of north Texas
James M. Kendra, University of North Texas
Carla S. Prater, Texas A&M University
Building Resiliency in Six Disadvantaged Communities Vulnerable to Natural Disasters
Philip Berke, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
John Cooper, MDC, Inc.
David Salvesen, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Danielle Spurlock, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Christina Rausch, MDC, Inc.
Sustaining Organizational Disaster Resilience for Community-Based Non-Profits: Developing Standard Curricula and Common Routines
June Gin, Fritz Institute
The 921 Earthquake: A Study of Post-Traumatic Growth After Extreme Suffering
Li-ju Jang, Chung Shan Medical University
10:30 a.m to 12:00 p.m
Interlocken D
Evacuation and Protective Action Workshop
This working session is open to all attendees interested in evacuation and protective action. Session moderators will facilitate an exchange of ideas among scholars working in this area of research.
Facilitators
Hugh Gladwin
Nicole Dash
Interlocken B
Mitigation
Developing Codebooks to Analyze Floodplain Management Recommendations
Michael Deegan, National Academies of Science/ Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources (IWR)
Mitigation Project Technical Assistance Program
Cindy L. Menches, The University of Texas at Austin
Greg Pekar, Texas Governor’s Division of Emergency Management
Mandatory Information, Voluntary Action: An Evaluation of Berkeley’s Approach to Soft-Story Seismic Vulnerabilities in Multifamily Residential Housing
Sharyl J.M. Rabinovici, University of California, Berkeley
The Effect of Experience on Demand for Self-Protection
Aric P. Shafran, California Polytechnic State University
Local-level Disaster Prevention in Mexico: Interpreting Changes in the Commitment and Capacity of Municipal Government
Emily Wilkinson, University College London
Interlocken A
Gender and Disaster
A Gendered Analysis to Social Capital during Disaster Recovery: Its Benefits and Downsides
N. Emel Ganapati, Florida International University
Approaches to Integrating Gender in the Tsunami Disaster Response: Experiences from India
Chaman Pincha, Independent Researcher
Maternal Exposure to Hurricane Andrew and Fetal Distress
Sammy Zahran, Colorado State University
Jeffrey G. Snodgrass, Colorado State University
Lori Peek, Colorado State University
Stephan Weiler, Colorado State University
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Private Dining Room and Atrium
Lunch and RAVON Presentation
In June of 2008, with the support of the National Science Foundation and the United States Geological Survey, a workshop was held to explore and address the creation of a new National Science Foundation observatory focused on resiliency and vulnerability. The consensus of researchers at that workshop was that a new observatory network, called RAVON, should be created.
The vision proposed for RAVON is “a future in which exemplary research builds the capacity of people and communities to withstand and rapidly recover from environmental extremes.” In light of this vision, the mission for RAVON is "to provide the research community, policy makers, and society with the knowledge and predictive understanding necessary to reduce the vulnerability associated with natural hazards and enhance the resiliency of individuals and communities."
A number of researchers involved in the initial development of this effort will present the vision for this system and discuss its planned development.
Walter Gillis Peacock,Texas A&M University
William H. Hooke, American Meteorological Society
Phillip R. Berke, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Jamie Kruse, East Carolina University
1:00-2:30 p.m.
Interlocken B
Preparedness and Recovery
Policy Learning: Katrina, Ike and Post-Disaster Housing
Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University
Yanmei Li, Florida Atlantic University
Christine Mitchell, Florida Atlantic University
Ann-Margaret Esnard, Florida Atlantic University
The Disaster Recovery Assistance Framework: Planning for Recovery”
Gavin Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Desperately Seeking Antecedents: An Exploratory Study Using the Resource Dependency on Disaster Preparedness of Nonprofit Organizations
Wee Kiat Lim, University of Colorado at Boulder
Emergency Preparedness of Local Authorities for War-Caused Disaster: General Theoretical Foundations and the Israeli Case
Alex Altshuler, Israel Crisis Management Center
Interlocken D
Risk Communication and Public Warning
Radar-Based Flood Alert System for Coastal Area and Collaborated Efforts for Disaster Prevention and Risk Management
Zheng Fang, Rice University
Informing Design of Next Generation Social Media to Support Crisis-Related Grassroots Heritage
Sophia B. Liu,University of Colorado at Boulder
Context, Bayesian Updating and Cry Wolf Phenomenon in Hurricane Evacuation Behavior: A Panel Study
Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University
Hugh Gladwin, Florida International University
Fang Zhao, Florida International University
Developing Informed Radar Technology: The Social Dimensions of Risk Communication
Jenniffer M. Santos-Hernández, University of Delaware
Havidan Rodríguez, University of Delaware
Walter Díaz, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
William Donner, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Trainor, University of Delaware
Interlocken A
Loss Estimation
Results from an Assessment of the National Weather Service’s Storm Data Loss Estimation Methodology
Jeffrey K. Lazo, NCAR
Emily K. Laidlaw, NCAR
Nathaniel F. Bushek, NCAR
A Closer Examination of Tornado Vulnerabilities: Manufactured Homes, Nocturnal and Off-Season Tornadoes
Kevin M. Simmons, Austin College
Daniel Sutter, UT–Pan American
Economic Impact of Hurricanes: A Comparative Study of Katrina/Rita and Ike
Yu Xiao,Texas A&M University
Handling Hurricane Fatality Data with Care – How Much Does Accuracy Matter?
Jeffrey Czajkowski, Austin College
Sarah Campion, Austin College