The Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (HRRC) was established at Texas A&M University in 1988 as an interdisciplinary collaborative effort to contribute to our understanding of the nature and impact of hazards upon humans and the environment in which they live, and to increase our knowledge regarding hazard mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. In its past 30 years, HRRC faculty, staff and students have generated basic and applied research at that forefront of disaster planning. The HRRC was the first and is still one of the only center dedicated to researching vulnerability reduction and long-term recovery. We hold a unique place in urban planning and landscape architecture fields.
To celebrate our 30th anniversary, starting Oct 15th, 2019. We will begin to share with you some of our highlighted publications throughout the years, including classics in the field, some hidden gems, and scholars and papers leading the future of the field.
1987
Planning for Uncertainty: The Case of Local Disaster Planning
Jack Kartez & Michael K. Lindell
1991
Diffusion of Emergency Warning: Comparing Empirical and Simulation Results
George O. Rogers, John H. Soresen
1993
Recovery after Disaster: Achieving Sustainable Development, Mitigation & Equity
Philip R. Berke, Jack Kartez, & Dennis Wenger
1994
A Smart Instrument to Evaluate Roofing System Performance in Hurricanes
Norris Stubbs, Dwayne M. Perry, & Frédéric Lombard
1997
The Dynamics of Risk Perception: How does Perceived Risk Respond to Risk Events
George O. Rogers
1998
Sitting Potentially Hazardous Facilities: What Factors Impact Perceived & Acceptable Risk?
George O. Rogers
1999
Unleashing the Power of Planning to Create Disaster-resistant Communities
Raymond J. Burby, Timothy Beatley, Philip R. Berke, Robert E. Dayle, Steven P. French, David R. Godschalk, Edward J. Kaiser, Jack D. Kartez, Peter J. May, Robert Olshansky, Robert G. Paterson & Rutherford H. Platt
2000
Household Adjustment to Earthquake Hazard: A Review of Research
Michael K. Lindell & Ronald W. Perry
Politics of Hazard Mitigation
Carla S. Prater & Michael K. Lindell
2003
Preparedness for Emergency Response: Guidelines for the Emergency Planning Process
Ronald W. Perry, Michael K. Lindell
Assessing Community Impacts of Natural Disasters
Michael K. Lindell & Carla S. Prater
2005
Hurricane Risk Perceptions among Florida's Single Family Homeowners
Walter Gillis Peacock, Samuel David Brody, Wesley E. Highfield
2006
Risk Area Accuracy & Hurricane Evacuation Expections of Coastal Residents
Sudha Arlikatti, Michael K. Lindell, Carla S. Prater
2007
Sheltering and Housing Recovery Following Disaster
Walter Gillis Peacock, Nicole Dash, Yang Zhang
2008
Identifying the Impact of the Built Environment on Flood Damage in Texas
Samuel D. Brody, S. Zahran, Wesley E. Highfield, Himanshu Grover, Arnold Vedlitz
2011
Building Capacity for Disaster Resiliency in Six Disadvantaged Communities
Philip Berke, John Cooper, David Salvesen, Danielle Spurlock & Christina Rausch
2012
Building Community Resiliency: Spatial Links between Household & Business Post-disaster Return
Yu Xiao & Shannon Van Zandt
The Protective Action Decision Model: Theoretical Modifications & Additional Evidence
Michael Lindell & Ronals W. Perry
Mapping Social Vulnerability to Enhance Housing & Neighborhood Resilience
Shannon Van Zandt, Walter Peacock, Dustin W. Henry, Himanshu Grover, Wesley E. Highfield & Samuel D. Brody
2014
Adaptive Planning for Disaster Recovery & Resiliency
Phil Berke, John Cooper, Meghan Aminto, Shannon Grabich & Jennifer Horney
Inequities in Long-Term Housing Recovery after Disasters
Walter Gillis Peacock, Shannon Van Zandt, Yang Zhang & Wesley E. Highfield
2015
Geographic Situational Awareness: Mining Tweets for Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Response, Impact, & Recovery
Qunying Huang & Yu Xiao
Evaluation of Networks of Plans & Vulnerability to Hazards & Climate Change: A Resilience Scorecard.
Phil Berke, Galen Newman, Jaekyung Lee, Tabitha Combs, Carl Kolosna, & David Salvesen
A Spatial & Longitudinal Analysis of Unmet Transportation Needs During Hurricanes Katrina & Rita
Kenneth Joh, Alexandria Norman & Sherry I. Bame
2016
Who Leaves & Who Stays? A Review & Statistical Meta-analysis of Hurricane Evacuation Studies
Shih-Kai Huang, Michael Lindel, Carla S. Prater
2017
Integration of Detailed Household Characteristic Data with Critical Infrastructure and Its Implementation to Post-hazard Resilience Modelling
Nathanael Rosenheim, Roberto Guidotti, & Paolo Gardoni
2018
Adaptation to Resilience Planning: Alternative Pathways to Prepare for Climate Change
Sierra C. Woodruff, Sara Meerow, Missy Stults, Chandler Wilkins.
Using Photography to Assess Housing Damage & Rebuilding Progress for Disaster Recovery Planning
Michelle Meyer, & Marccus Hendricks
2019
Integration of Detailed Household and Housing Unit Characteristic Data with Critical infrastructure for Post-Hazard Modelling
Nathanael Rosenheim, Roberto Guidotti, Paolo Gardoni, & Walter Gillis Peacock
