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This socio-environmental modeling case study provides examples of the use of socio-hydrological modeling to understand the difficult problems associated with flooding.
Drawing on two papers that use different approaches to explore social dimensions associated with flooding risk and losses, this video covers four related topics:
1. A generalized process-based modeling for simulating community responses to infrequent disasters
2. Use of a machine learning modeling approach to relate disaster and loss to socio-economic conditions
3. Why significant amounts of data are needed for both of these modeling approaches.
4. A comparison of the two approaches and the types of research and planning they support.
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About the Presenters
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James Knighton
Postdoctoral FellowDr. James Knighton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Connecticut. James researches plant-soil-water interactions through field experimentation and numerical modeling. He specifically studies how plant species compete for soil water, the complex flow paths water takes between rainfall and streamflow, and the social implications of these processes. While a postdoc at SESYNC, his research focused on evaluating why forest cover change has varied impacts on flooding risks worldwide. Specifically, he is working to understand how...
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Kelly Hondula
Research AffiliateDr. Kelly Hondula served on SESYNC's data science team from 2012 to 2021, supporting the diverse computational and analytical needs of interdisciplinary research teams. Kelly helped researchers take advantage of advancements in scientific computing to accelerate their research through highly iterative consulting, troubleshooting, and teaching. She contributed to more than a dozen multi-day, hands-on training courses and developed teaching material on web applications, geospatial analysis, data processing, and visualization. Her work promoting open science has been supported by the WikiMedia...
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Margaret A. Palmer
DirectorDr. Margaret A. Palmer is Director of SESYNC and a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. With a background in hydrology and ecology, Margaret contributes to testing and extending fundamental theory and empirical findings on aquatic ecosystem dynamics. She has worked extensively on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem processes, the biogeochemistry of streams and wetlands, and organism dispersal in aquatic ecosystems. She is an international expert on the restoration of streams and rivers and co-author of the book Foundations of...