Mark Schuller
Northern Illinois University, IL·Social Science
Hurricanes, wildfires and other hazards hit frontline and coastal communities hardest, and they are hard to predict or prepare for. Communities often borrow resilience plans built somewhere else, yet these plans frequently fail to reduce vulnerability.
- Fields
Social Science
Earth & Environmental Science
- Topics
disaster resilience
disaster risk reduction
hazards
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Sep 2027
What they work on
- Test whether disaster resilience models developed in one community can be adapted to others across different scales. Compare outcomes at multiple sites.
- Identify the factors that help or hinder communities in carrying out resilience plans. Draw on hazard mapping, risk perception surveys and public conferences.
- Run workshops where scholars, students, officials and community leaders study successful disaster risk reduction models and draft resilience plans suited to local realities.
More about the research
This project asks whether a disaster-preparedness model that worked in one place can be adapted to another. It also asks how communities can write plans that fit their own local realities. The question grows more pressing as disasters become more intense.
Why it matters
Coastal and frontline communities facing hurricanes, wildfires and other increasingly intense disasters could benefit from a tested process for adapting resilience plans to local conditions. By showing which factors help or block implementation, the work may help local officials, community groups and planners choose disaster risk reduction models that actually lower vulnerability.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Richard Bixler
University of Texas at Austin, TX·Social Science
Identify at-risk Texas communities using social vulnerability data and mapping tools, then form reciprocal partnerships with 2-3 place-based communities to co-produce a resilience research agenda.
Jennifer Henderson
Texas Tech University, TX·Social Science
Understand how individuals assess their own risk and decide to take protective action as flash floods and other weather hazards develop, using a human-centered approach.
Jason Cons
University of Texas at Austin, TX·Social Science
Test which social and cultural variables shape how coastal fishing communities organize their resource management networks, using interviews and behavioral observations within these communities.
The school
Northern Illinois University: 3 labs on PI Pages, $34M a year on research, 134 research doctorates a year.
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