- Identify, explain, and quantify the interactions and tradeoffs among the coastal community goals of equity, economic prosperity, and resilience to hazards.
- Develop methods to model long-term hurricane hazards in a way that accounts for climate change and integrates wind, rain, storm surge, and wave hazards.
- Develop a computational tool to help design policies that can achieve sustainable equity, economic prosperity, and coastal resilience in the context of climate change.
Break the Cycle of Repeated Hurricane Disasters
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Denton Record-Chronicle: Local Media Profiles CHEER Student’s Fieldwork, Future Teaching at UNT
This article in the Denton Record-Chronicle profiles Julie Elliott and her return to her native Texas to conduct fieldwork in the wake of the devastating Kerrville floods. Elliott, an incoming lecturer in emergency management and disaster science at the University of North Texas, is set to begin teaching at her alma mater in September.
CHEER Celebrates 50 Years of Progress and Promise at 2025 Natural Hazards Workshop
The theme of the 50th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, which ran from July 14 to 17, was “The Next 50 Years: Charting a Course for the Hazards and Disaster Field.”
UDaily: CHEER PhD Student Deploys to Texas Hill Country, Shadows Local Disaster Response
This interview from UDaily spotlights Julie Elliott, a PhD candidate studying disaster science and management at the University of Delaware, and her deployment to Kerr County, just days after the devastating flash flood that swept through Texas Hill Country.
Washington Post: CHEER PI Discusses Evacuation Orders and Decision-Making During Helene
In this Washington Post investigation, CHEER PI Rachel Davidson reflects on why so few North Carolina residents, especially those living inland, evacuated during Hurricane Helene and the influence of mandatory evacuation orders during disasters.
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