"Post-disaster recovery process in the era of human-induced climate change"

This event is sponsored by FAMU-FSU Engineering Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.

Abstract: Frequent and intensive disasters necessitate the fast and timely post-disaster recovery process in the era of human-induced climate change. Developing human mobility patterns, household return decision-making models, and multi-agent systems in disaster management has opened a new door towards dynamic recovery frameworks. Despite these opportunities, the importance of a unified framework is underestimated to identify the underlying mechanisms hindering the post-disaster recovery process. In this talk, I will introduce and explain the essential elements and data-driven techniques across different spatial and temporal scales for the post-disaster recovery process and the critical transition conditions within the recovery process. After that, I will discuss the potential applications to mitigate, adapt to, and recover the natural disaster impacts.

Sangung Park

Postdoctoral Associate, Civil and Coastal Engineering

University of Florida

Speaker Bio: Dr. Sangung Park is a postdoctoral associate in Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida. He earned his Ph.D. in Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Purdue University. His research focuses on developing and modeling disaster evacuation and recovery processes to mitigate regional disparities and recovery failures. He currently aims to develop adaptive, resilient, and sustainable transportation systems and infrastructure responding to frequent and intensive natural disasters in the era of human-induced climate change.