Joint risk assessment from hurricane-induced flood, surge, wind, and power outage hazards
Funding: Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security of the City of Houston
Collaborators: Robert Stein, Rice University; Devika Subramanian, Rice University; Birnur Guven, HARC;
Students: Akwasi F. Mensah
This project will develop an online tool that City of Houston citizens can use to determine the magnitude of the risks they could face when exposed to hurricane events. The “Storm Risk Calculator” provides estimates at the neighborhood level of the consequences of being exposed to wind, flood, surge, as well as the likelihood of power outages. Citizens empowered with this information, in particular those who live outside evacuation zones, can plan for intra-city evacuation or time their evacuation to not conflict with evacuees from mandatory evacuation zones.
Visit the "Storm Risk Calculator ".
Publications:
- Stein, R., L. Dueñas-Osorio, and D. Subramanian, (2010). "Who evacuates when hurricanes approach? The role of risk, information, and location." Social Science Quarterly, 91(3): 816-834.
- Winkler, J., Dueñas-Osorio, L., R. Stein, and D. Subramanian, (2010). "Performance assessment of topologically diverse power systems subjected to hurricane events." Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 95(4): 323-336.