Laurie Johnson PhD FAICP
Consulting | Research
La Conchita Landslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation Study, Ventura County, CA, 2007 - 2009
Liquefaction and structural damage, fish processing facilities, Port San Vicente, Talcahuano, Chile, March 16, 2010
Keynote speaker, NIST Community Resilience Workshop, Del Mar, CA, February 18, 2015
La Conchita Landslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation Study, Ventura County, CA, 2007 - 2009
Analysis of Communities at Risk in the HayWired Scenario
Laurie A. Johnson, Jamie L. Jones, Anne M. Wein, and Jeff A. Peters authored this Chapter U of The HayWired Earthquake Scenario —Societal Consequences, in Volume 3 of the U.S. Geological Survey's multi-year, multidisciplinary analysis of the potential hazards, impacts and consequences of a magnitude 7 earthquake on the Hayward fault in the San Francisco Bay Area. Johnson is a featured presenter at the HayWired Volume 3 Rollout, October 21, 2021, and the seminar "HayWired: Where is home after a large earthquake in the Bay Area?" held on June 30, 2021. Links to the YouTube videos for both presentations can be found here.
After Great Disasters
An In-Depth Analysis of How Six Countries Managed Community Recovery
This book authored by Laurie A. Johnson and Robert B. Olshansky, and its companion Policy Focus Report, chronicles the processes and outcomes of community recovery and reconstruction following major disasters in six countries: China, New Zealand, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States. Post-disaster reconstruction offers opportunities to improve construction, renew infrastructure, create new land use arrangements, reinvent economies, and improve governance. If done well, reconstruction can help break the cycle of disaster-related impacts and losses, and improve the resilience of a city or region.
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