Understanding Community-level House Adaptation Decision Diffusion in Response to Climate Hazards

This project supports research on housing infrastructure adaptation in coastal communities exposed to natural hazards in a changing climate. This project develops a novel mathematical framework to analyze interactions between collective human behavior, built environments, and natural hazards that can speed up retrofit and repair of homes or lead to more out-migration after disasters. It helps at-risk communities identify pathways to become more resilient. In addition, the project offers opportunities for student training in interdisciplinary methods in engineering and social science and aims for broad dissemination of results to engineers, scientists, and policymakers.