I am currently supervising several Ph.D. and Master’s students (in SCARP and IRES) who are working in the areas of:
• Disaster resilience and recovery
• Coastal green infrastructure / nature-based solutions
• Flood risk mapping
• Multi-hazard risk perception
• Urban development and climate change adaptation
• Urban economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
**Prospective students: Please note that I am not taking on new graduate students for entry in Fall 2026.**
A. Tanner (2022) "Multi-hazard perspectives on risk perception, disaster preparedness, and emergency management"
C. King-Scobie (2019) "Urban flood management and disaster in Canada: Incidence, recovery strategy, and environmental resilience"
T. Conger (2018) "Coastal green infrastructure as a sea level rise adaptation measure: Assessing environmental, local and institutional contexts"
L. Yumagulova (2018) "Towards urban and regional resilience: A case study of Metro Vancouver, Canada"
J.Z.K. Yip (2018) "Spatially explicit robust impact patterns: A new approach to account for uncertainties of long-term sea-level rise impacts at the local level"
D. Panjwani (2013) “The Effects of Resettlement on Community Recovery: An Analysis of Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia”
S. Rawal (2022) "Overcoming path dependency to implement nature-based solutions for coastal flooding: Cases from the Global North and South"
D. Righter (2020) "From groundwork to implementation: A systematic review of coastal adaptation planning in Nova Scotia, Canada"
I. Judah (2020) "Adaptive mitigation: A framework for integrating climate adaptation and mitigation solutions in urban multi-unit residential buildings"
K. Forysinski (2019) "Nature-based flood protection: The contribution of tidal marsh vegetation to wave attenuation at Sturgeon Bank"
C. Lee (2017) “New York's industrial floodplain: Operational resiliency challenges and preparedness measures for industrial businesses”
M. Marteleira (2017) “Adapting disaster risk reduction tools to support indigenous resilience: A case study in the Strait of Georgia”
B. Dobson (2016) “Fuel Network Analysis: Describing Vulnerabilities and Resilience Opportunities for the Fuel Transportation Network of B.C.'s Southern Coastal Communities”
R. Chaster (2015) “Managing the Unavoidable: Planning for a Resilient Surrey in the Face of Sea Level Rise”
C. Carter (2015) “Mobilizing Resilience: A Disaster Resilience of Place Approach to Integrated Flood Hazard Management Planning in Squamish, British Columbia”
W.-C. Chen (2014) “Social Vulnerability and Risk Perception of Chinese-Speaking Immigrants in Metro Vancouver: A Case Study of Richmond City Residents”
A. Lowcock (2014) “Inclusive Community Gardens: Planning for Inclusive and Welcoming Spaces in Vancouver”
A. Lotze (2014) “Addressing Risk in Research and Practice: Business Earthquake Vulnerability in North Vancouver”
J. Taylor (2013) “The Christchurch Earthquake Sequence: Government Decision-Making and Confidence in the Face of Uncertainty”
D. Martin (2012) “Projecting Rental Housing Demand and Core Housing Need in British Columbia and Regional Districts to 2036”
W. Tse (2011) “Shaping a Disaster Resilient Region: The Role of Land Use Planning in Mitigating Seismic Risk in Metro Vancouver, 2041”
M. de Ruiter (2011) “Post-Disaster Community Recovery: Linking Environmental and Economic Recovery”
E. Crawford Boettcher (2010) “Institutions Contributing to System Adaptability: An Assessment of Flood Management in the Fraser Valley”
M. Gregorian (2010) “Social Disruption Following an Earthquake in Metro Vancouver: A Spatial Assessment of Social Vulnerability to Earthquakes in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia”
K. Pathman (2010) “Urban Change and Transportation Vulnerabilities to Earthquakes: The Case of Metro Vancouver”
H. Fehr (2010) “Community Disaster Planning: A Community Profile for Tsunami Vulnerability in Tofino, British Columbia”
H.-R. Dhariwal (2009) "Disaster Resilience of the Vancouver Health Care System to Pandemic Influenza"
J. Fox (2008) "Vulnerable Populations: A Spatial Assessment of Social Vulnerability to Earthquakes in Vancouver, British Columbia"
C. Pasion (2007) "Modeling Emergency Public Shelter Needs in the Event of an Earthquake"
K. Tatebe (2007) "The Los Angeles Lifelines Stakeholder Survey: Defining Utility Performance Objectives for Disaster Modeling in the Los Angeles Region"
D. Cole (2006) "Three Contexts of Planning and Decision Analysis for Disaster Mitigation in Hospitals: Taiwan, Vancouver, and Los Angeles"
M. Chung (2023) "Earthquake risk in Vancouver: Focus on low-income, senior-led renter households"
M. Johnston (2023) "Identifying actions to explore how coastal communities in British Columbia are planning for flooding hazards"
C. Power (2021) "Extreme heat risk in Vancouver: A geospatial approach to setting priorities for emergency cooling"
A. Bursey (2021) "The use of land-use planning actions to increase coastal resilience in Canada"
R. Rondolo (2020) "Community engagement strategies for marine oil spill planning and response"
H. Lam (2020) "Piloting the Citizen's Coolkit with the University Neighbourhoods Association"
W. Cho (2020) "Seniors vulnerability in City of Richmond"
L. Vespaziani (2019) "Best practices in wildfire mass evacuation planning: Findings and recommendations for Noth Shore Emergency Management"
S. Zhou (2019) "Connecting through the Arbutus Greenway: A planning analysis on social connectedness in Vancouver"
J. Lee (2018) "Landscape buffers at the urban-rural interface"
E. Gray (2017) "Making the case for coastal buyouts in Canada"
A. Dalley (2017) "Emergency potable water planning at UBC: Planning for the storage, transportation, and distribution of locally filtered water on campus"
S. Marshall (2017) "Emergency potable water planning at UBC: Increasing our resilience to earthquakes"