Natural disasters, aging infrastructure, and other events impact the quality of life throughout the world. The policy and political impacts are both immediate and long term. These projects seek to examine these complex social and natural issues and to inform policy and decision makers.
Current Projects
- 301 Resilient Cities Policies and Programs Project Online. A collaborative project of the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy, School of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, and School of Health at Texas A&M University; Local Governance Research Lab, Aksew School of Public Administration at Florida State University; National League of Cities; and Center for Sustainable Cities at University of Southern California. Funder: Texas A&M University
- Assessment of Risks and Vulnerability in Coupled Human-Physical Networks of Houston’s Flood Protection, Emergency Response, and Transportation Infrastructure in Harvey. Funder National Science Foundation.
- Anatomy of Coupled Human-Infrastructure Systems Resilience to Urban Flooding: Integrated Assessment of Social, Institutional, and Physical Networks. Funder: National Science Foundation
- Evaluating the Potential for Urban Resilience Planning to Mitigate Long-term Flood Risks. Funder: National Science Foundation.
Completed Projects
- Climate Change/Variability Science and Adaptive Strategies for State and Regional Transportation Decision Making
- Funders: Southwest Region University Transportation Center
- Exploring the Interface of Urban Decision Dynamics and Infrastructure Knowledge
- Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF)
- SGER: An Integrated Study of Post-Flood Hydrology, Ecology, Politics and Policy Change: A Cross-National, Urban Perspective
- Funders: National Science Foundation (NSF), Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER)
- Potential Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Infrastructure and Systems in the Central U.S. Gulf Coast: Phase I
- Funder: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)
- Transportation Planning, Policy, and Climate Change: Making the Long-Term Connection
- Funders: University Transportation Center for Mobility (UTCM)
- Mileage-Based User-Free Pilot Project: Rural/Small Urban Area Application in Northwest Texas
- Funders: University Transportation Center for Mobility (UTCM)
- Graduate Course Development: Transportation Policy and Politics
- Funders: Southwest Region University Transportation Center (SWUTC)
