Climate Adaptation and Resilience
We assess the vulnerability of communities and infrastructure to sea-level rise, hurricanes, extreme precipitation, and other climate hazards. We develop practical strategies for climate action, land-use planning, managed relocation, and long-term community resilience.
What We Do
We assess how communities, infrastructure, and transportation systems are affected by sea-level rise, hurricanes, flooding, extreme precipitation, and other climate hazards. Our research combines vulnerability and risk assessment with adaptation planning, land-use analysis, scenario development, and resilience strategies.
What We Are Trying to Achieve
We aim to provide research, data, and planning approaches that help communities better understand future risks and evaluate adaptation options. Our goal is to support practical, evidence-based strategies that reduce vulnerability and strengthen long-term community resilience.
Featured Research
Planning for hydrologic and ecological impacts of sea-level rise on the sustainability of coastal water resources
A Parameterized Climate Change Projection Model for Hurricane Flooding, Wave Action, Economic Damages, and Population Dynamics
Development of Sea Level Rise Adaptation Planning Procedures and Tools Using NOAA Sea Level Rise Impacts Viewer
Selected Publications
Fu, X., & Peng, Z. R. (2019). Assessing the sea-level rise vulnerability in coastal communities: A case study in the Tampa Bay Region, US. Cities, 88, 144-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2018.10.007
Han, Y., Chen, C., Peng, Z. R., & Mozumder, P. (2021). Evaluating impacts of coastal flooding on the transportation system using an activity-based travel demand model: a case study in Miami-Dade County, FL. Transportation, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-021-10172-w
Han, Y., Ash, K., Mao, L., & Peng, Z. R. (2020). An agent-based model for community flood adaptation under uncertain sea-level rise. Climatic Change, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02802-6
Song, J., Fu, X., Wang, R., Peng, Z. R., & Gu, Z. (2018). Does planned retreat matter? Investigating land use change under the impacts of flooding induced by sea level rise. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 23(5), 703-733. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-017-9756-x
Fu, X., Gomaa, M., Deng, Y., & Peng, Z. R. (2017). Adaptation planning for sea level rise: a study of US coastal cities. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 60(2), 249-265. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2016.1151771
Wang, H. W., Peng, Z. R., Wang, D., Meng, Y., Wu, T., Sun, W., & Lu, Q. C. (2020). Evaluation and prediction of transportation resilience under extreme weather events: A diffusion graph convolutional approach. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 115, 102619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2020.102619