Abstracts
The Natural Hazards Center will accept abstracts relating to Workshop topics for inclusion in the printed and Web programs until May 29. To learn more about how to submit an abstract, look at our abstract guidelines. (Please note that abstract submissions are not the same as session proposals. Sessions have already been selected.)
Poster Session | Workshop | IRCD Researchers Meeting
Poster Session Abstracts
Badurek, Christopher, Ashleigh Turner, Seth Norris, and John Pine
Use of Geovisualization Methods to Enhance Emergency Response and Preparedness Exercises
Best, Eric, Benigno Aguirre, Shawn Reynolds and Sherif El-Tawil
Incorporating Social Behavior Elements in Disaster Simulation Models
Berke, Philip, Gavin Smith, Ward Lyles, and Sara Reynolds
Local Mitigation Planning: Do Plans Advance Community Resiliency?
Bowser, Gregg C., Christopher T. Emrich, Jerry T. Mitchell, and Susan L. Cutter
South Carolina Hurricane Evacuation Behavioral Survey
Cutter, Susan L., and Christopher T. Emrich, University of South Carolina
Scholarship, Research, and Development at the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute
El-Anwar, Omar, Bob Freitag, Ron Kasprisin, Jeana Wiser, Katherine Killebrew, Amanda Engstfeld, Christopher Scott, Tricia DeMarco, and
Josh Vitulli
Identifying Optimal Tsunami Vertical Evacuation Strategies Using Participatory Planning
Glenn Gavi, Kelsey McCaslin, Olufunsho Ogungbade, Amanda Thom,
Elyce Yates, and Claudia Mara Dias Wilson
Seismic Assessment of Essential Facilities in New Mexico Using the Rapid Visual Screening Method
Ge, Yue, and Michael K. Lindell
Modeling Planners’ Perceptions of Land Use Planning Tools in the U.S. Pacific States
Gregg, Chris E., Stephen Meinhold, Liesel Ritchie, Duane Gill, Jennifer Horan, Bruce F. Houghton, David M. Johnston, and Nate Wood
Incorporating Social Science into NOAA's Tsunami Program
Greene, Dana M.
Lessons for Rebuilding After Major Catastrophe: Addressing the Need for Adequate Post-Disaster Housing on the Road to Permanent Housing
Houghton, Bruce F., Rebecca J. Carey, Samantha J. Weaver, and Karl Kim
Incorporating Social Science into NOAA's Tsunami Program
Husein, Rahmawati, and Walter Gillis Peacock
Examining Local Coastal Hazard Mitigation Capacities and Commitment in Texas
Jang, Li-ju
Reasons for Wanting or Not Wanting to Prepare for an Earthquake
Koylu, Caglar, Susan Cutter, and
Chris Emrich
A Spatial Analytic Approach to Analyzing Acute Exposures from Chemical Facilities and Populations at Risk
Lin, Yi-Sz and Scott Hicks
Analyzing Social Vulnerability In Hazard-Prone Areas Using Geographic Information Systems—the Case Of Sangamon County, Illinois
Lin, Yi-Sz and Hung-Lung Wei
An Environmental Justice Analysis of Dupage County, Illinois, Using Geographic Information Systems
Lindell, Michael K., Shih-Kai Huang, Jeryl Mumpower, and Hao-Che Wu
Risk Perceptions and Protective Actions in a Water Contamination Emergency
Lovekamp, Bill and Elaine Enarson
U.S. Gender and Disaster Resilience Alliance
Lu, Jia
The Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery: Civil Society, Institutions, And Planning
Morath, Daniel
Social Vulnerability and Public Health: Developing a Metric for Medical Emergency Management in Florida
Ntasin, Edwin. B., and Samuel. N. Ayonghe
The Impact of Landslides on Public Health and Standard of Living of the Population: A Case Study of the 2003 Wabane Landslides in Cameroon, West Africa
Parker, Stephan A.
Hazards & Security Guides from the TRB Cooperative Research Programs
Pearce, Larry
Canadian Risk and Hazards Network
Priest, Sally, Joanna Pardoe, and Simon McCarthy
Increasing Flood Awareness and Improving Flood Mapping Using a Stakeholder Dialogue Process
Roberts, Patrick S., and Zack Pesavento
Perceiving Crisis: Understanding How a Network Identifies Problems and Solutions to Food Insecurity in Chad and Niger
Rosati, Antonia
Reverse Calling for Inundation Warnings
Rubin, Claire B.
Time Line Charts
Smilowitz, Ben, Daniel Rudolph, Brittany La Couture, and Danielle Levine
The New Disaster Policy Wiki and State Crisis Standards of Care Investigation
Spiro, Emma S., Carter T. Butts, Jeannette Sutton, Matt Greczek, Sean Fitzhugh, Nicole Pierski
Informal Online Communication in the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Sutton, Jeannette and Charles Benight
Disaster Resilient Rural Communities: Access to Online Information and Perceptions of Collective Efficacy
Sutton, Jeannette, Brett Hansard and Paul Hewett
Changing Channels: Communicating Tsunami Warning Information in Hawaii
Towers, Briony
Children’s Knowledge of Bushfire Risk Reduction
Trumbo, Craig, Lori Peek, Brian McNoldy, Wayne Schubert, Eve Gruntfest,
Holly Marlatt, and Michelle Lueck
Psychological Aspects of Hurricane Perception and Behavior
Trumbo, Craig, Lori Peek, Brian McNoldy, Wayne Schubert, Eve Gruntfest,
Holly Marlatt, and Michelle Lueck
Social Aspects of Hurricane Perception and Behavior
Tseng, Chih-Hsiung, Walter Gills Peacock, Carla Prater, and
Jing-Chein Lu
A Review of Housing Recovery Policy for Indigenous: The Case of the Morakot Typhoon in Taiwan
Valley, Morgan, Debra Kreisberg, Deborah Thomas, Comilla Sasson, Enessa Janes, and Mary Shannon Newell
Assessing Social Factors Impacting Hospital Disaster Preparedness and Response: A Community-Based Qualitative Study of Linguistically Vulnerable Populations
Weaver, Samantha J., Bruce F. Houghton, and Rebecca J. Carey
Volcanic Crises Awareness: A FEMA-Sponsored Natural Disaster Preparedness Course Designed for Professionals with Crisis Responsibility
Wu, Hao-Che, Michael K. Lindell and Carla S. Prater
Effects of Hurricane Track and Threat Information on Judgments of Strike Probability
Wygant, Melissa
Urban Vs. Rural Flooding: A Study of the Flood Management Practices of Fargo-Moorhead and the MN35K/ND35K Diversion Channel Proposals
Zhuang, Jun, John Coles, Peiqiu Guan, Fei He, and Xiaojun Shan
Strategic Interactions in Disaster Preparedness and Relief in the Face of Man-Made and Natural Disasters
Workshop Abstracts
Angelo, Dara
Impacts of Optimism on Evacuation Behavior
Blanchard, Lloyd A.
Toward a Comprehensive Understanding of the Economic Costs of Disasters
Chen, L.C., C.C. Chang, Y.L. Kuo, C.Z. Deng, and H.C. Li
Resident Risk Perceptions, Preparedness, and Losses from Flood: The Case of Benhe Community in Kaohsiung City during Typhoon Fanapi
Czajkowski, Jeffrey, Howard Kunreuther, and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
Flood Risk, Mitigation, and Insurance in Texas
Guven, Birnur, Robert Stein, Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio, Devika Subramanian, and David Kahle
The Severity of Perceived Risk in Predicting Evacuations from Hurricanes
Ka'aumoana, Maka'ala, Debbie Gowensmith, Cheryl Anderson, Sarah Henly-Shepard, Gabrielle Schuerger, Edward W. Glazier, and John N. Kittinger
Climate Change & Disaster Vulnerability—Building Socio-Ecological Resilience in Hawaii
Klima, Kelly, M. Granger Morgan, Iris Grossmann, and Kerry Emanuel
Does It Make Sense to Modify Tropical Cyclones? A Decision-Analytic Assessment
Klima, Kelly, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, M. Granger Morgan, and Iris Grossmann
Public Perceptions of Hurricane Modification
Knowles, Scott and James Kendra
The Emergency Managers: A Profession on the Edge
Lueck, Michelle, Lori Peek, Craig Trumbo, and Holly Marlatt
Hurricane Risk Perception and Evacuation Decision Making Among Persons with Disabilities
McEntire, David, Abdul-Akeem Sadiq, and Kailash Gupta
Unidentified Bodies and Mass Fatality Management in Haiti: A Case Study of the January 2010 Earthquake with a Cross-Cultural Comparison
Olson, Richard Stuart, Juan Pablo Sarmiento Prieto, and Gabriela Hoberman
Disaster Risk Reduction, Public Accountability, and the Role of the Media:
Concepts, Cases, and Conclusions
Pinter, Nicholas
Anthropogenic Forcing and Lack Thereof: 2011 Mississippi River Flood
Sankaran, Ramani
Didactic Simulation for Disaster Management
Sutton, Jeannette,Carter T. Butts, Emma S. Spiro, Matt Greczek, Sean Fitzhugh, and Nicole Pierski
Project HEROIC: Understanding Informal Online Communication in Disasters and Other Extreme Events
IRCD Researchers Meeting Abstracts
Adams, Terri, and Larry Stewart
Caught Between Roles in the Midst of Disaster
Ash, Kevin, Susan Cutter, and Chris Emrich
Geographic Variability of the Relative Economic Impacts of Natural Hazards in the United States
Best, Eric
Mobile Phone Carrier Location Data Tracking—A Single User's Journey
Brittingham, Rochelle and Tricia Wachtendorf
Disaster and Disability: Preliminary Findings Following the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Implications for the United States
Bush, Pamela McCauley, Mohammad Jeelani, Susan Gaines, Lewelin Curling, Philip Armbrister, Arturo Watlington, Renaldo Major, Lorneska Rolle, and Sarah Cohen
A Human-Centered Methodology for the Identification of Communication Needs and the Assessment of Hand-held Communication Devices Used to Support Communication Flow in High Consequence Emergency Management
Casteel, Mark and Joe Downing
How Individuals Process Weather Warning Related Messages (Text, or Text with Graphics) on a Mobile Phone
Cross, John A.
Disaster Devastation, Recovery, or Relocation
Czajkowski, Jeffrey, Howard Kunreuther, and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
Flood Risk, Mitigation, and Insurance in Texas
El-Anwar, Omar, and Lei Chen
Computing a Distance Equivalent to Meet Displaced Families Needs
Ganapati, N. Emel, Shaoming Cheng, and Sukumar Ganapati
Factors Enabling Housing Recovery Following Hurricane Katrina
Ganapati, N. Emel, Meredith Newman, and Christa Remington
Disaster Response and Recovery Workers: Centrality of Communicative, Leadership and Emotional Skills in Their Lives
Ge, Yue, and Michael K. Lindell
Do Better Land Use Tools Result in Less Natural Hazard Damage? An Examination of Planners' Perceptions
Greene, Dana M.
When the Media Frames Disasters as Apocalyptic Events: The Nature of African American Community Resiliency in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the Post-Hurricane Katrina Era
Greer, Alex
Earthquake Preparedness and Response: A Comparison of the United States and Japan
Han, Ziqiang, and Joanne M. Nigg
The Influence of Disaster Experience and Risk Perception on Business Disaster Preparedness: An Empirical Study from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake
Han, Ziqiang, Xiaojiang Hu, and Joanne M. Nigg
How Disaster Relief Affects the Local Government Trust in Rural China: A Study After the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake
Hewett, Paul, Bill Metz, and Lauren Barsky
Conducting and Maintaining Registries: Analysis of the Alabama Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEEP) Registry of People with Disabilities or Access and Functional Needs
Husein, Rahmawati and Walter Gillis Peacock
Assessing Coastal Hazard Mitigation Capacities and Commitment at the Local Level in Texas
Jennings, Eliot, and Sudha Arlikatti
Decision Support Technologies in Disaster Response: The Use of WebEOC and E-team Softwares by County Emergency Management Agencies
Kelly, Joshua, Sudha Arlikatti, James Kendra, Joanne Nigg, and Manuel Torres
Challenges for Unconventional Response Agencies in Serving Haitian Earthquake Survivors: The Needs in NIMS Training and Practices
Knosp, Sarah, Sudha Arlikatti, James Kendra, Joanne Nigg, and Manuel Torres
Role of NGOs in Assisting Post-Earthquake Haitian "Invacuees" to the United States: Compensating or Complementing?
Knowles, Scott, and James Kendra
The Emergency Managers: A Profession on the Edge
Liu, Sophia B.
Grassroots Heritage: Investigating the Narratives and Socially Distributed Curatorial Activities of Historic Crises in the Social Media Landscape
Lummen, Natainia
Vulnerability Analysis of Coastal Communities in Jamaica to the Hurricane Hazard: Case of Portland Cottage and its Environs
Madaha, Rasel and Barbara Wejnert
The Declining Health Status and HIV-Fueled Internal Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Dodoma, Tanzania
McLay, Laura A.
An Analysis of the Volume and Nature of Emergency Medical Calls During Severe Weather Events
Mohleji, Shalini, and Roger A. Pielke, Jr.
A New Metric for Gauging Success of the NFIP and NEHRP: Comparing Projections of Pre-Policy Losses to Actual Losses
Mozumder, Pallab, Aric Shafran, and Jamie Brown Kruse
Investigating Hurricane Risk Mitigation Behavior: A Policy Experiment
Nowell, Branda, and Toddi Steelman
The Role and Relevance of Social Networks in Disaster Management: How Pre-Incident Relationships among Responders Shape During-Incident Response
Pearce, Laurie
Simulation Training and Exercise Collaboratory (SIMTEC): Enhancing CBRNE Psychosocial Capacity and Capability Management
Priest, Sally, Joanna Pardoe, and Simon McCarthy
Valuing the Local: Exploring the Role of Public Participation in Flood Mapping
Rosati, Antonia
Tsunamis and Climate Literacy
Schneck, Debra
Evolving Networks of Federal, State, and Local Activity in the Response to Two Emergencies
Schumann, III, Ronald, Kevin Ash, and Gregg Bowser
Warning? Where?! Understanding the Roles of Color and Spatial Cognition in User Responses to Tornado Warning Graphics
Tate, Eric
Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of a Social Vulnerability Index
Trumbo, Craig, Lori Peek, Brian McNoldy, Wayne Schubert, Eve Gruntfest,
Holly Marlatt, and Michelle Lueck
Dynamics of Hurricane Risk Perception: Year Two
Trainor, Joseph E., Danielle Nagele, Brittany Scott, and Matthew Binstead
Communicating the Tornado Threat
Velez, Anne-Lise Knox, Jason Alexander Briefel, and Sarah M. McCaffrey
Where People Go, and Who Goes Where: Information Sources in Wildfire Evacuation and Road Closure Situations
Velotti, Lucia, and Joseph E. Trainor
The Administration of Safety
Velotti, Lucia, Tricia Wachtendorf, Natacha Thomas, and Jose Holguin Veras
The Impact of Security Concerns on the Distribution of Relief Following the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Wachtendorf, Tricia
PERFORM: Practice Exercises Reinforcing Flexible and Open Response Management
Wu, Hao-Che, Michael K. Lindell, and Carla S. Prater
Logistics of Hurricane Evacuation in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Yoldas, Berat
An Examination of the Factors that Influence the Type of Earthquake-related Activities of Associations in Düzce, Turkey