- 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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Latest News and Insights
CHEER Highlighted in NHERI’s DesignSafe Radio Podcast
In a series of three episodes, CHEER PI Rachel Davidson discussed CHEER and its computational framework on DesignSafe Radio. The podcast is produced by the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI), one of the Hub’s research partners.
Message from the Director: September 2024
In the first edition of the Hub’s new e-newsletter, principal investigator Rachel Davidson highlights the relevance of CHEER research as the country faces another daunting hurricane season.
Partner Perspectives – Coastal Community Action
The Hub is thrilled to feature Coastal Community Action, Inc. in the Fall 2024 issue of Partner Perspectives, a quarterly column that highlights the strategic, collaborative work done alongside one of CHEER’s 17 diverse partners.
CHEER Hosts Inaugural Practitioner Engagement Workshop
This meeting was the Hub’s first step in establishing its standing practitioners partners – a group of government, non-government, and private sector practitioners who will help identify relevant research questions and provide advice on CHEER projects.
Research
Advance knowledge at the intersection of hurricane resilience, equity, economic prosperity, and climate change
Education
Engaging research and professional development opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdocs
Thrust Areas
Research areas relate to hazards, buildings, households, government, economy, and integration of all of them
Partners
We work with university, community, practitioner, research, and education partners
Jobs
We are seeking post-docs, graduate student researchers, and undergraduate summer scholars to join this interdisciplinary, multi-university, multi-year project.