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Introduction
Natural disasters pose a significant threat to human life and property in urban environments. Population densities and the concomitant concentration of buildings, infrastructure, transportation, and information networks in urban areas pose particular problems in response and mitigation planning for natural disasters. In addition, these areas frequently are home to industries which use, store, or produce hazardous materials. The potential for explosions or toxic emissions from industrial facilities as a result of natural disasters further complicates emergency management and mitigation planning for natural disasters, and significantly increases the risk to human health and safety in urbanized hazard-prone areas. This work assesses the risk of such conjoint technological and natural hazards, studies the risk perceptions of urban residents, evaluates current practice in the emergency management field, and provides recommendations on mitigating and managing conjoint disasters. This work is supported by grants from the US National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Principal Researcher
PI: Laura J. Steinberg, PhD
Research Collaborators:
Victoria Basolo, PhD
University of California at Irvine,
Irvine, California
Raymond Burby, PhD
University. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Ronaldo Luna, PhD
University of Missouri at Rolla
Rolla, Missouri
Fazilet Vardar-Sukan, PhD
EGE University, Izmir, Turkey
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Dilek Sanin, PhD
Middle East Technical University,
Ankara, Turkey
Joyce Levine, PhD.
Post-doctoral Researcher
Ana Maria Cruz, Tulane University
Research Students:
Hatice Sengul, Tulane University
Chih-yen Chuang, Univ. of New Orleans
Wei Zheng, Univ. of Missouri at Rolla
Pat Ibert, Tulane University
Yasin Ersoz, EGE University
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