Abstract Purpose of Review Power outages, a common and underappreciated consequence
of natural disasters, are increasing in number and severity due to climate change and aging …

Rapid urbanization and climate change trends, intertwined with complex interactions of
various social, economic, and political factors, have resulted in an increase in the frequency …

Major disasters such as extreme weather events can magnify and exacerbate pre-existing
social disparities, with disadvantaged populations bearing disproportionate costs. Despite …

The impacts of disasters are increasing due to climate change and unplanned urbanization.
Big and open data offer considerable potential for analyzing and predicting human mobility …

Recently, wildfires have created severe challenges for fire and emergency services and
communities in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). To reduce wildfire risk and enhance the …

Hurricane evacuation modeling is challenging due to a scarcity of evacuation data and the
complexity of human decision-making and travel behavior. We build a system for rapidly …

Inequality in cities is a phenomenon arising from the complex interactions among urban
systems and population activities. Conventional statistics and mathematical models like …

While conceptual definitions have provided a foundation for measuring inequality of access
and resilience in urban facilities, the challenge for researchers and practitioners alike has …

High quality, reliable data and robust models are central to the development and appraisal
of transportation planning and policy. Although conventional data may offer good 'content', it …

Extreme wildfire events are fires that move too fast or erratically for adequate evacuation or
notification. Modeling evacuations from these wildfires is markedly different than modeling …