Sudha Arlikatti
Biographic Data
| ID | 1405748 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sudha Arlikatti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sudha |
| FAMILY NAME | Arlikatti |
| SIGNATURE | ARLIKATTI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Texas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1214-1500 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Participatory engagement and lived experiences of early warning and preparedness in two rural communities in Kerala, South India
People-centered, inclusive Early Warning Systems (EWS) that inspire the adoption of early, preemptive protective actions are essential components for protecting lives, assets, and livelihoods against impending hazards. However, warnings often fail to reach rural populations or prompt preparedness. This study examines how co-production through Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques can strengthen people-centered EWS at the community level.…
The effect of evacuation decisions on flash flood preparedness in Fujairah, UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), known for its dry desert climate, receives only 140 - 200 mm (5.5 – 8.0 in) of rainfall per year. Over the past decade there has been a notable increase in the intensity of rain and occurrences of flash flooding in the Emirates of Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah. Although these events have caused fatalities and large-scale economic losses, there has been very little research about the increasing vulnera…
Climate-smart innovation practices and sustainable rural livelihoods
Teaching critical infrastructure protection and resilience using exercises and WebEOC
Resilience for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was part of His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the nation's founder, vision for the UAE when it was formed in 1971. Consequently, national, and local (Emirate) level governments adopt established standards and regulations and work with institutions that integrate robust training, testing, and exercises, to enhance their response capabilities in protecting Critical Infrastructure and Key R…
Faceless heroes
Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMDs) provide life-critical telephone-based medical advice 24 h a day, 365 days a year. EMDs are the first point of contact but rarely, if ever, meet the public whom they serve. They are detached from the scene and less visible than their first responder colleagues, but subject to comparable levels of stress and secondary trauma: they are our faceless heroes. In recent years, recruitment and retention levels are fal…
Health information, attitudes and actions at religious venues
Mass gatherings for sporting events, music shows, and religious needs continue to grow in our urban areas, requiring local authorities to develop safety procedures to mitigate the challenges of keeping the attendees safe. These challenges are even more pronounced at pilgrimage venues where social distancing and contact avoidance are difficult as pilgrims are required to perform various rituals in close proximity with others, in a sequential manne…
Risk communication for religious crowds
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe empirical research intended to gauge the channels of risk information and their perceived effectiveness expressed by Hajj pilgrims in 2013 to better inform risk-reduction strategies at crowded religious events. Design/methodology/approach To do so, a research team partially funded by the Transportation and Crowd Management Center of Research Excellence from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia conducted fac…
Sources of organisational resiliency during the Thailand floods of 2011
Based on the Institutional Collective Action framework, this research tests the impact of two competing hypotheses-bonding and bridging-on enhancing organisational resiliency. The bonding hypothesis posits that organisational resiliency can be achieved if an organisation works closely with others, whereas the bridging hypothesis argues that such a structure places considerable stress on an organisation and advocates for an organisation to positio…
Intergovernmental Cooperation in the Provision of Public Safety
This article examines how monitoring mechanisms embedded in interlocal agreements ( ILAs ) are associated with vertical and horizontal intergovernmental relations. The authors hypothesize that ILAs established by local governments with higher‐level governments are likely to rely on a clearly specified set of rules to establish an administrative structure, whereas ILAs established by local governments with other local governments rely on associati…
How do you warn them if they speak only Spanish? Challenges for organizations in communicating risk to Colonias residents in Texas, USA
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the information channels used by public and nonprofit organizations to communicate disaster risk information to Colonias residents in Hidalgo County, Texas. It seeks to find creative and proactive solutions for organizations to improve risk education to these constituents. Design/methodology/approach – Initially a snowball sampling technique was used to conduct six face-to-face interviews. This wa…
The effect of housing assistance arrangements on household recovery
Assessing the impact of the Indian Ocean tsunami on households
This paper offers a potential measurement solution for assessing disaster impacts and subsequent recovery at the household level by using a modified domestic assets index (MDAI) approach. Assessment of the utility of the domestic assets index first proposed by Bates, Killian and Peacock (1984) has been confined to earthquake areas in the Americas and southern Europe. This paper modifies and extends the approach to the Indian sub‐continent and to …
Why People Do What They Do to Protect Against Earthquake Risk
This study examined respondents' self‐reported adoption of 16 hazard adjustments (preimpact actions to reduce danger to persons and property), their perceptions of those adjustments' attributes, and the correlations of those perceived attributes with respondents' demographic characteristics. The sample comprised 561 randomly selected residents from three cities in Southern California prone to high seismic risk and three cities from Western Washin…
Sources of organisational resiliency during the Thailand floods of 2011
Based on the Institutional Collective Action framework, this research tests the impact of two competing hypotheses-bonding and bridging-on enhancing organisational resiliency. The bonding hypothesis posits that organisational resiliency can be achieved if an organisation works closely with others, whereas the bridging hypothesis argues that such a structure places considerable stress on an organisation and advocates for an organisation to positio…
Intergovernmental Cooperation in the Provision of Public Safety
This article examines how monitoring mechanisms embedded in interlocal agreements ( ILAs ) are associated with vertical and horizontal intergovernmental relations. The authors hypothesize that ILAs established by local governments with higher‐level governments are likely to rely on a clearly specified set of rules to establish an administrative structure, whereas ILAs established by local governments with other local governments rely on associati…
Assessing the impact of the Indian Ocean tsunami on households
This paper offers a potential measurement solution for assessing disaster impacts and subsequent recovery at the household level by using a modified domestic assets index (MDAI) approach. Assessment of the utility of the domestic assets index first proposed by Bates, Killian and Peacock (1984) has been confined to earthquake areas in the Americas and southern Europe. This paper modifies and extends the approach to the Indian sub‐continent and to …
The effect of housing assistance arrangements on household recovery
Climate-smart innovation practices and sustainable rural livelihoods
Why People Do What They Do to Protect Against Earthquake Risk
This study examined respondents' self‐reported adoption of 16 hazard adjustments (preimpact actions to reduce danger to persons and property), their perceptions of those adjustments' attributes, and the correlations of those perceived attributes with respondents' demographic characteristics. The sample comprised 561 randomly selected residents from three cities in Southern California prone to high seismic risk and three cities from Western Washin…
Assessing the impact of the Indian Ocean tsunami on households
This paper offers a potential measurement solution for assessing disaster impacts and subsequent recovery at the household level by using a modified domestic assets index (MDAI) approach. Assessment of the utility of the domestic assets index first proposed by Bates, Killian and Peacock (1984) has been confined to earthquake areas in the Americas and southern Europe. This paper modifies and extends the approach to the Indian sub‐continent and to …
The effect of housing assistance arrangements on household recovery
How do you warn them if they speak only Spanish? Challenges for organizations in communicating risk to Colonias residents in Texas, USA
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the information channels used by public and nonprofit organizations to communicate disaster risk information to Colonias residents in Hidalgo County, Texas. It seeks to find creative and proactive solutions for organizations to improve risk education to these constituents. Design/methodology/approach – Initially a snowball sampling technique was used to conduct six face-to-face interviews. This wa…
Intergovernmental Cooperation in the Provision of Public Safety
This article examines how monitoring mechanisms embedded in interlocal agreements ( ILAs ) are associated with vertical and horizontal intergovernmental relations. The authors hypothesize that ILAs established by local governments with higher‐level governments are likely to rely on a clearly specified set of rules to establish an administrative structure, whereas ILAs established by local governments with other local governments rely on associati…
Sources of organisational resiliency during the Thailand floods of 2011
Based on the Institutional Collective Action framework, this research tests the impact of two competing hypotheses-bonding and bridging-on enhancing organisational resiliency. The bonding hypothesis posits that organisational resiliency can be achieved if an organisation works closely with others, whereas the bridging hypothesis argues that such a structure places considerable stress on an organisation and advocates for an organisation to positio…
Risk communication for religious crowds
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe empirical research intended to gauge the channels of risk information and their perceived effectiveness expressed by Hajj pilgrims in 2013 to better inform risk-reduction strategies at crowded religious events. Design/methodology/approach To do so, a research team partially funded by the Transportation and Crowd Management Center of Research Excellence from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia conducted fac…
Health information, attitudes and actions at religious venues
Mass gatherings for sporting events, music shows, and religious needs continue to grow in our urban areas, requiring local authorities to develop safety procedures to mitigate the challenges of keeping the attendees safe. These challenges are even more pronounced at pilgrimage venues where social distancing and contact avoidance are difficult as pilgrims are required to perform various rituals in close proximity with others, in a sequential manne…
Faceless heroes
Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMDs) provide life-critical telephone-based medical advice 24 h a day, 365 days a year. EMDs are the first point of contact but rarely, if ever, meet the public whom they serve. They are detached from the scene and less visible than their first responder colleagues, but subject to comparable levels of stress and secondary trauma: they are our faceless heroes. In recent years, recruitment and retention levels are fal…
Teaching critical infrastructure protection and resilience using exercises and WebEOC
Resilience for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was part of His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the nation's founder, vision for the UAE when it was formed in 1971. Consequently, national, and local (Emirate) level governments adopt established standards and regulations and work with institutions that integrate robust training, testing, and exercises, to enhance their response capabilities in protecting Critical Infrastructure and Key R…
Climate-smart innovation practices and sustainable rural livelihoods
Participatory engagement and lived experiences of early warning and preparedness in two rural communities in Kerala, South India
People-centered, inclusive Early Warning Systems (EWS) that inspire the adoption of early, preemptive protective actions are essential components for protecting lives, assets, and livelihoods against impending hazards. However, warnings often fail to reach rural populations or prompt preparedness. This study examines how co-production through Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques can strengthen people-centered EWS at the community level.…
The effect of evacuation decisions on flash flood preparedness in Fujairah, UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), known for its dry desert climate, receives only 140 - 200 mm (5.5 – 8.0 in) of rainfall per year. Over the past decade there has been a notable increase in the intensity of rain and occurrences of flash flooding in the Emirates of Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah. Although these events have caused fatalities and large-scale economic losses, there has been very little research about the increasing vulnera…
Disaster Management and Resilience (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Disaster Response and Management (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works)