CV

EDUCATION

    Ph.D. (1994) Cornell University, Regional Science

    M.Sc. (1993) Cornell University, Regional Science

    B.S.E. (1989) Princeton University, Civil Engineering and Operations Research

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

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• Righter, D.A. and S.E. Chang. 2023. "Implementing coastal adaptation: Assessing and explaining success by local governments in Nova Scotia, Canada," J. Environmental Planning and Management. DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2023.2167195

• Chang, S.E., C. Brown, J. Handmer, J. Helgeson, Y. Kajitani, A. Keating, I. Noy, M. Watson, S. Derakhshan, J. Kim, and A. Roa-Henriquez. 2022. “Business recovery from disasters: Lessons from natural hazards and the COVID-19 pandemic,” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 103191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103191

• Chang, S.E. and A. Tanner. 2022. “A community impact scale for regional disaster planning with transportation disruption,” Natural Hazards Review 23(3): 04022019. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000563

• Chang, S.E., J.Z.K. Yip, T. Conger, G. Oulahen, E. Gray, and M. Marteleira. 2020. “Explaining communities’ adaptation strategies for coastal flood risk: Vulnerability and institutional factors,” J. Flood Risk Management, e12646. DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12646

• Chang, S.E. and H. Dowlatabadi. 2019. "Transportation Disruptions and Regional Supply Chains: A Modeling Framework with Application to Coastal Shipping," ch. 10 in Y. Okuyama and A. Rose, eds. Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters, 2nd ed. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Pp.243-264.

• Chang, S.E., T.L. McDaniels, L. Yumagulova, and M. Stevens. 2019. "Dynamics and Governance of Risk in Metro Vancouver," ch.8 in T. Hutton and P. Gurstein, eds., Planning on the Edge: Vancouver and the Challenges of Reconciliation, Social Justice, and Sustainable Development. Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press. Pp.144-169.

• Chang, S.E., J.Z.K. Yip, and W. Tse. 2018. "Effects of Urban Development on Future Multi-Hazard Risk: The Case of Vancouver, Canada," Natural Hazards. Published online October 11, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s11069-018-3510-x.

• Chang, S.E., J.Z.K. Yip, T. Conger, G. Oulahen, and M. Marteleira. 2018. "Community Vulnerability to Coastal Hazards: Developing a Typology for Disaster Risk Reduction," Applied Geography 91: 81-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.12.017

• Chang, S.E., A. Brown, R. Costa, B. Dobson, H. Dowlatabadi, and T. Haukaas. 2017. "A Community Resilience Approach to Assessing Transportation Risk in Disasters," Proc. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Santiago, Chile. Paper no. 3431, 12pp.

• Mochizuki, J. and S.E. Chang. 2017. "Disasters as Opportunity for Change: Tsunami Recovery and Energy Transition in Japan," Int'l J. of Disaster Risk Reduction 21: 331-339.

• Chang, S.E. 2016. "Socioeconomic Impacts of Infrastructure Disruptions," Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science, 31pp. Online at naturalhazardscience.oxfordre.com. DOI:10.1093/acrefore/9780199389407.013.66

• Chang, S.E., J.Z.K. Yip, S.L. van Zijll de Jong, R. Chaster, and A. Lowcock. 2015. “Using Vulnerability Indicators to Develop Resilience Networks: A Similarity Approach,” Natural Hazards 78(3): 1827-1841.

• McDaniels, T., S.E. Chang, D. Hawkins, G. Chew, and H. Longstaff. 2015. “Towards Disaster-Resilient Cities: An Approach for Setting Priorities in Infrastructure Mitigation Efforts,” Environment, Systems and Decisions 35(2): 252-263.

• Chang, S.E., J. Stone, K. Demes, and M. Piscitelli. 2014. “Consequences of Oil Spills: A Framework for Scenario Planning,” Ecology and Society 19(2): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-06406-190226.

• Chang, S.E., J.E. Taylor, K. Elwood, E. Seville, D. Brunsdon, and M. Gartner. 2014. “Urban Disaster Recovery in Christchurch: The Central Business District Cordon and Other Critical Decisions,” Earthquake Spectra, Canterbury (NZ) Earthquakes Special Issue 30(1): 513-532.

• Chang, S.E., T. McDaniels, J. Fox, R. Dhariwal, and H. Longstaff. 2014. “Toward Disaster-Resilient Cities: Characterizing Resilience of Infrastructure Systems with Expert Judgments,” Risk Analysis 34(3): 416-434.

• Fujimi, T. and S.E. Chang. 2014. “Adaptation to Electricity Crisis: Businesses in the 2011 Great East Japan Triple Disaster,” Energy Policy 68: 447-457.

• Chang, S.E. and A. Lotze 2014. “Infrastructure Contribution to Business Disruption in Earthquakes: Model and Application to North Vancouver, Canada,” Proc. 10th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Anchorage, AK.

• Kajitani, Y., S.E. Chang, and H. Tatano. 2013. “Economic Impacts of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake and Tsunami,” Earthquake Spectra, 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake and Tsunami Special Issue 29(S1): S457-478.

• Chang, S.E. and A.Z. Rose. 2012. “Towards a Theory of Economic Recovery from Disasters,” International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 30(2): 171-181.

• Chang, S.E., M. Gregorian, K. Pathman, L. Yumagulova, and W. Tse. 2012. “Urban Growth and Long-Term Changes in Natural Hazard Risk.” Environment and Planning A 44: 989-1008.

• Hill, A., J. Bevington, R. Davidson, S. Chang, R. Eguchi, B. Adams, S. Brink, D. Panjwani, R. Mills, S. Pyatt, M. Honey, and P. Amyx. 2011. “Community-Scale Damage, Disruption, and Early Recovery in the 2010 Haiti Earthquake,” Earthquake Spectra 27(S1): S431-S446.

• Miles, S.B. and S.E. Chang. 2011. “ResilUS – A Community Disaster Resilience Model”, Journal of Cartography and GIS (CAGIS), 38(1), pp. 36 - 51.

• Chang, S.E. 2010. "Urban disaster recovery: a measurement framework with application to the 1995 Kobe earthquake," Disasters 34(2): 303-327.

• Olshansky, R. and S. Chang. 2009. "Planning for Disaster Recovery: Emerging Research Needs and Challenges," Journal of Progress in Planning, special issue on Emerging Research Agendas in Urban Planning. 72: 200-209.

• Chang, S.E., C. Pasion, S. Yavari, and K. Elwood. 2009. "Social Impacts of Lifeline Losses: Modeling Displaced Populations and Health Care Functionality," Proc. of 2009 Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE) Conference, Oakland, California (June 2009), pp.563-572.

• Chang, S.E., T. McDaniels, and C. Beaubien. 2009. "Societal Impacts of Infrastructure Failure Interdependencies: Building an Empirical Knowledge Base," Proc. 2009 TCLEE Conference, pp.693-702.

• Chang, S.E. 2009. “Infrastructure Resilience to Disasters,” The Bridge: Linking Engineering and Society, National Academy of Engineering, Winter: 36-41.

• Berke, P.R., R. Chuenpagdee, K. Juntarashote, S.E. Chang. 2008. "Human-Ecological Dimension of Disaster Resiliency in Thailand: Social capital and aid delivery," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 51(2): 303-317.

• McDaniels, T., S. Chang, D. Cole, J. Mikawoz, and H. Longstaff. 2008. "Fostering Resilience to Extreme Events Within Infrastructure Systems: Characterizing Decision Contexts for Mitigation and Adaptation," Global Environmental Change 18(2): 310-318.

• Chang, S., C. Pasion, K. Tatebe, and R. Ahmad. 2008. Linking Lifeline Infrastructure Performance and Community Disaster Resilience: Models and Multi-Stakeholder Processes, MCEER Technical Report No. MCEER-08-0004. 127pp.

• Chang, S.E., T.L. McDaniels, J. Mikawoz, and K. Peterson. 2007. "Infrastructure failure interactions in extreme events: the 1998 Ice Storm," Natural Hazards, 41(2): 337-358.

• McDaniels, T., S. Chang, K. Peterson, J. Mikawoz, and D. Reed. 2007. "Empirical Framework for Characterizing Infrastructure Failure Interdependencies," Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 13(3): 175-184.

• Chang, S.E. and E. Crawford Boettcher. 2007. "Environmental Considerations in Fostering Disaster-Resilient Communities," Proc. 2nd International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction, Taipei, Taiwan, November 27-29.

• Miles. S.B. and S.E. Chang. A Simulation Model of Urban Disaster Recovery and Resilience: Implementation for the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Buffalo, NY: MCEER, Technical Report MCEER-07-0014. 89 pp.

• Chang, S.E., B.J. Adams, J. Alder, P.R. Berke, R. Chuenpagdee, S. Ghosh, and C. Wabnitz. 2006. "Coastal Ecosystems and Tsunami Protection," Earthquake Spectra, 22(S3):S863-S887.

• Miles, S.B. and S.E. Chang. 2006. "Modeling Community Recovery from Earthquakes," Earthquake Spectra, 22(2):439-458.

• Chang, S.E., T.L. McDaniels, H. Longstaff, and S. Wilmot. 2006. "Fostering Disaster Resilience through Addressing Infrastructure Interdependencies," Plan Canada, 46(4):33-36.

• Brown, C.E., S.E. Chang, and T.L. McDaniels. 2006. "Utility Provider Liability for Electrical Failure: Implications for Interdependent Critical Infrastructure," The Electricity Journal, 19(5):69-81.

• Chang, S.E. and M. Shinozuka, 2004. “Measuring Improvements in the Disaster Resilience of Communities,” Earthquake Spectra, 20(3):739-755.

• Chang, S.E. 2003. “Evaluating Disaster Mitigations:  A Methodology for Urban Infrastructure Systems,” Natural Hazards Review, 4(4):186-196.

• Chang, S.E. 2003. “Transportation Planning for Disasters:  An Accessibility Approach,” Environment and Planning A, 35:1051-1072.

• Bruneau, M., S.E. Chang, R.T. Eguchi, G.C. Lee, T.D. O’Rourke, A.M. Reinhorn, M. Shinozuka, K. Tierney, W.A. Wallace, and D. von Winterfeldt. 2003. “A Framework to Quantitatively Assess and Enhance the Seismic Resilience of Communities,” Earthquake Spectra, 19(4):733-752.

• Chang, S.E. and A. Falit-Baiamonte. 2002. “Disaster Vulnerability of Businesses in the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake,” Environmental Hazards, 4(2/3):59-71.

• Chang, S.E., W.D. Svekla, and M.Shinozuka. 2002. “Linking Infrastructure and Urban Economy:  Simulation of Water Disruption Impacts in Earthquakes,” Environment and Planning B, 29(2):281-301.

• Chang, S.E. and N. Nojima. 2001. “Measuring Post-Disaster Transportation System Performance:  The 1995 Kobe Earthquake in Comparative Perspective,” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 35(6):475-494.

• Chang, S.E. 2000. “Disasters and Transport Systems: Loss, Recovery, and Competition at the Port of Kobe after the 1995 Earthquake,” Journal of Transport Geography, 8(1):53-65.

• Chang, S.E., M. Shinozuka, and J.E. Moore II. 2000. “Probabilistic Earthquake Scenarios:  Extending Risk Analysis Methodologies to Spatially Distributed Systems,” Earthquake Spectra, 16(3):557-572.

• Eguchi, R.T., J.D. Goltz, C.E. Taylor, S.E. Chang, P.J. Flores, L.A. Johnson, H.A. Seligson, and N.C. Blais. 1998. “Direct Economic Losses in the Northridge Earthquake:  A Three-Year Post-Event Perspective,” Earthquake Spectra, 14(2):245-264.

• Chang, S.E. 1997.  “Regional Economic Structure and Capital Investment in the Built Physical Environment,” Papers in Regional Science, 76(4):385-407.

• Brookshire, D.S., S.E. Chang, H. Cochrane, R.A. Olson, A. Rose, and J. Steenson. 1997. “Direct and Indirect Economic Losses from Earthquake Damage,” Earthquake Spectra, 13(4):683-702.

• Shinozuka, M., S.E. Chang, R.T. Eguchi, D.P. Abrams, H.H.M. Hwang, and A. Rose. 1997.  “Advances in Earthquake Loss Estimation and Application to Memphis, Tennessee,” Earthquake Spectra, 13(4):739-758.

• Rose, A., J. Benavides, S.E. Chang, P. Szczesniak, and D. Lim. 1997. “The Regional Economic Impact of an Earthquake: Direct and Indirect Effects of Electricity Lifeline Disruptions,” Journal of Regional Science, 37(3):437-458.

• Chang, S.E. and M. Shinozuka. 1996.  “Life-Cycle Cost Analysis with Natural Hazard Risk,” Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 2(3):118-126.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

• "Modeling Socio-economic Dimensions of Large Urban Earthquakes to Inform Decision-Making," keynote presentation, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Annual Technical Conference, April 2023.

• “Earthquake Risk and Resilience in a Dense Urban Neighborhood” invited presentation, EERI Annual meeting (online), March 2021.

• “How are Local Governments Planning for Coastal Flooding? A Pan-Canadian Portrait,” National Forum on Coastal Community Resilience (online), September 2020.

• "The Evolving Landscape: Importance of Risk Dynamics," invited plenary presentation, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, March 2019.

• “Developing Data-Driven Typologies of Risk for Resilience," keynote presentation, 2018 Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) Conference, Sydney, Australia, October 2018.

• “Resilience in the Tsunami Zone: Focus on Infrastructure and Economic Recovery," invited presentation, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, March 2017.

• “Modeling Societal Impacts of Earthquakes," keynote presentation, 11th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Victoria, BC, July 2015.

• “Resilience to Coastal Disasters," 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Vancouver BC, February 2012.

• “Dynamics of Urban Seismic Risk,” 2011 Distinguished Lecture, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).

• “Anticipating Cascading Consequences of Infrastructure Failures in Disasters,” keynote presentation, 4th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, August 2010.

• "Infrastructure Resilience to Disasters," invited presentation, U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Irvine, CA, September 2009.

• "Cascading Disasters: How Disasters Unfold," invited opening presentation, U.S. National Academies' Disasters Roundtable Workshop 24, Irvine, CA, February 2009.

• "Fostering Disaster Resilience through Addressing Infrastructure Interdependencies," keynote presentation, Emerald Links seminar/workshop sponsored by Public Safety Canada, 2007.

• "Developments in Earthquake Engineering and Science Since the Northridge Earthquake:  Social Sciences," invited presentation at EERI annual meeting, Los Angeles, 2004.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Distinguished Research Award, International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) (2018)

• Distinguished Lecturer, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) (2011)

• Killam Faculty Research Fellowship, University of British Columbia (2010)

• Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow, Woods Inst. for the Environment, Stanford University (2008)

• Shah Family Innovation Prize, EERI (2001)