Research and Practice Highlights Index

Abramson, David, Alexis Merdjanoff, Rachael Piltch-Loeb, Donna Van Alst, Jaishree Beedasy, Patricia Findley, and Lori Peek
The Dose-Response Relationship: Hurricane Sandy Exposure and Health Outcomes

Albright, Elizabeth and Deserai Crow
Colorado’s Extreme Floods of 2013: How Communities Recover, Adapt, and Learn

Altschuler, Alex
Perceived Secureness in the Face of Large-Scale Emergencies

Becker, Julia, Anne Wein, Sally Potter, Emma Doyle, and Jamie Ratliff
Aftershock Communication During the Canterbury Earthquakes, New Zealand

Bennett, DeeDee
Maximizing Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) Message Diffusion to People with Disabilities

Berke, Phil, Galen Newman, Shannon Van Zandt, Francisco Olivera, and Steven Quiring
Resiliency Climate Change Cooperative Project

Bilec, Melissa and Louise Comfort
Collaborative Research RSB: A Sequential Decision Framework to Support Trade Space Exploration of Multi-Hazard Resilient and Sustainable Building (RSB) Designs.

Chinowsky, Paul
Research Highlights in Infrastructure Resilience Planning

Comfort, Louise
Sociotechnical Systems under Stress

Comfort, Louise, Taieb Znati, and Daniel Mossé
Hazards SEES Type 2: From Sensors to Tweeters: A Sustainable Sociotechnical Approach for Detecting, Mitigating, and Building Resilience to Hazards.

Crow, Deserai, Lydia Lawhon, Juhi Zuda, John Berggren, Elizabeth Koebele, and Adrianne Kroepsch
Risk, Failure, and Hazard Narratives in Local Media Coverage of Natural Disasters: Can We Learn from our Mistakes?

Dietrich, Alexa
Cultural Variables in Disaster Response and Preparedness

Eisenman, David
The Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience Project

Elran, Meir
Societal Resilience in Action: The Israeli Experience (2014)

Enia, Jason
Jason Enia Research Highlights

Gill, Sara and Lori Peek
Childcare Centers and Home-Based Providers: A Statewide Survey and Assessment

Gin, June L., Cheryl Levine, David Canavan, Alicia Gable, Mangwi Atia, and Aram Dobalian
Disaster Planning Toolkit for Homeless Populations and their Community Providers

Gonzales, Dan, Dulani Woods, Jan Osburg, and Lisa Miyashiro
Effectiveness of Geo-Targeted Imminent Threat Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

Goodman, Ann, Aris Papadopolous, and Debbra Johnson
Understanding and Defining Private Sector Resilience

Huang, Shih-Kai, Michael K. Lindell, Carla Prater, Hung-Lung Wei, and Charles Samuelson
Perceptions and Immediate Reactions to Tornado Warning Polygons

Hung, Chi-Tung, Wen-Yen Lin, and Chia-Han Li
High-Tech Industrial Development and the Emerging of Community Resiliency: A Case Study Of Xiao-Li Riverbank Communities, Xiu-Chu, Taiwan

Jeong, Sangman, Hayong Kim, Insang Yu, Leehyung Kim, and Youngchul Kim
Development of Insurance Rate Map Considering Natural Hazards in Korea

Kar, Bandana
Improving Economic Resilience of the U.S. Gulf Coast Communities to Coastal Hazards

Kunreuther, Howard
Enhancing Flood Resilience and Affordability of Flood Insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program

Kuo, Shih-Yun and Hsin-Chi Li
The Integration of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: the Case Study of Taiwan

Lambeth, Tara
Determining Localized Risk Perception and Impacts of Predicted Sea Level Rise to Enhance Stakeholder Mitigation Planning Through Visualization Tools

Li, Hsin-Chi
Applications of the Taiwan Disaster Management Information Platform for Decision-making

Lobby, Samuel
Fired Up: Vulnerability, Resiliency, and the Geography of Wildland Firefighter Safety Policy

Martín, Carlos
100 Resilient Cities – Phase I Monitoring

Muñoz De La Torre, Cristina
Flood Recovery, Property Acquisition, and Equity: The Geography of Federal Disaster Aid

Nejat, Ali
Perceived Neighborhood Boundaries as a Proxy to Model Households’ Social Networks in the Context of Post Disaster Housing Recovery

Nelson, Jill
Lessons Learned from the California Vital Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment Project Using FEMA 154 and HAZUS as Building Vulnerability Assessment Tools

Newsome, Jeffrey
EOC Academy

Okada, Tetsuya, Deanne Bird, Katharine Haynes, and Richard Howitt
Community Disaster Recovery and Risk Reduction – A Longitudinal Comparison Study in St. George and Grantham, Queensland, Australia And Preliminary Findings From Fieldwork Conducted In The Tohoku and Fukushima Regions, Japan

Poland, Chris
Chris Poland Applied Research Activities

Ritchie, Liesel and Nnenia Campbell
Effects of Technological Disasters on Dimensions of Social Capital: A Longitudinal Study of the 2008 TVA Kingston Fossil Plant Ash Release

Ritchie, Liesel, Jamie Vickery, and Allison Madera
Evaluation of the US Geological Survey (USGS) Science Application for Risk Reduction (SAFRR) HayWired Scenario Project

Ritchie, Liesel and Duane Gill
Mitigating Litigating: NSF RAPID Project to Study Social and Psychological Impacts of the 2012 BP Claims Settlement

Roberts, Patrick S. and Kris Wernstedt
Using Climate Forecasts Across a State’s Emergency Management Network

Saunders, Wendy
Evaluation of Natural Hazard Provisions in Land use and Emergency Management Plans

Schmidt, Deanna H., Kathleen Garland, and Liliya Quebedeau
Enhancing Resilience in the Nonprofit Sector

Schwab, James
Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery: Next Generation

Schwab, James
Subdivision Design in Flood Hazard Areas

Siembieda, William
Moving to a Safer Place: the Canterbury Residential Red Zone Process

Smiley, Kevin T.
Beliefs about Climate Change Seriousness in a Green Capital and Energy City: Evidence from Copenhagen and Houston

Smith, Gavin
The Role of the State in Disaster Recovery: A Comparative Analysis of Gubernatorial Leadership and State Agency Official Engagement, Collaboration and Capacity Building

Smith, Gavin and Bruce Glavovic
Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons from Natural Hazards Planning

Stone, Jeremy and Joshua Barnes
Integrating Resiliency into Local and Regional Economic Development: A Tool for Evaluation and Planning

Stone, Jeremy and Sandy Nguyen
Balancing Local Needs and Fraud Prevention in Economic Recovery Programming: The Case for Embedded Brokerage

Sutton, Jeannette
University of Kentucky Risk and Disaster Communication Center

Travis, William
Weather and Climate Extremes: Pacemakers of Adaptation?

Vargo, John
Organisational Resilience Research

Webb, Gary and Nicole Dash
An Exploratory Study of Disaster Preparedness among Native American Communities in the United States

Welton-Mitchell, Courtney and Leah James
Psychological, Social and Cultural Factors Influencing Engagement in Disaster Preparedness in Haiti, Nepal, and Colorado, and a Related Mental Health Intervention to Increase Preparedness