Interdisciplinary Computation and Analysis of Resilience (ICAR)
Project Description
My research in the ICAR project includes three parts:
1. Develop a set of common indices from Twitter data for emergency management and resilience analysis across phases and regions.
2. Analyzing the geographical and social disparities of Twitter responses to Hurricanes Sandy, Isaac, and Harvey through the three main phases of emergency management (preparedness, response, and recovery).
3. Explore the potential applications of social media data in damage estimation, resilience prediction, and resilience improvement.
Work Summary
Figure 1. Twitter activities in the United States during Hurricane Sandy.
Outcomes
Coming soon. The manuscript is in press.
References
Zou, L. , Lam, N.S.N., Shams, S., Cai, H., Meyer, M.A., Yang, S., Lee, K., Park, S.J. and Reams, M.A. 2018. Mining Twitter use disparities in emergency management during Hurricane Harvey. International Journal of Digital Earth. (Under Review)
Zou, L., Lam, N.S.N., Cai, H., and Qiang, Y. 2018. Mining social media for improved understanding of disaster resilience. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 108(5):1422-1441.
Zou, L.. 2017. Mining social media for improved understanding of disaster resilience. Dissertation. Louisiana State University