Matthew Malecha
Biographic Data
| ID | 6157183 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Malecha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Malecha |
| SIGNATURE | MALECHA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4200-6593 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Multi-Hazard assessment methods for planning
How well are US communities planning for resilience, climate adaptation, and sustainability—and what’s missing? Results of a national survey of local staff and officials
Community resilience, climate adaptation, and sustainability planning are increasingly used by communities in the United States to prepare for the effects of natural hazards and climate change. Existing studies have examined the theoretical intersections of these planning initiatives, but knowledge remains limited about practitioner perceptions and needs. We surveyed local community staff conducting resilience, climate adaptation, and sustainabil…
How Plans Prepare for Future Uncertainty
This study integrates Land Change Modeling with the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard TM methodology to assess coastal communities' preparedness for uncertain future urban growth and flood hazards. Findings indicate that, under static climate conditions, the network of plans in Tampa is well prepared across all urban growth scenarios, but less so in the face of a changing climate. Specifically, scenario outputs that consider climate chang…
Planning to Exacerbate Flooding
In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey inundated Houston, Texas, where flooding already was a persistent and growing challenge. Coordinated, proactive land-use planning has been shown to help mitigate flooding hazards, whereas conflicting guidance can exacerbate the problem. This study used the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard (PIRS) method to spatially evaluate a network of plans guiding land use and development in western Houston when Harvey…
Examining factors influencing plan integration for community resilience in six US coastal cities using Hierarchical Linear Modeling
The Overlap of Collaboration and Planning Networks
This paper uses social network analysis to assess the overlap of organizations involved in hazard mitigation and planning networks in Houston, TX. We compare measures of network centrality and density to highlight unique characteristics across two networks and discuss implications of connectivity within each network. Results suggest that central actors occupy important structural locations within both networks. These overlapping organizations may…
Using a resilience scorecard to improve local planning for vulnerability to hazards and climate change
Integrated infrastructure-plan analysis for resilience enhancement of post-hazards access to critical facilities
Integrating a resilience scorecard and landscape performance tools into a Geodesign process
Uncertainty about the impacts of sea level rise make the ability to forecast future spatial conditions a necessary planning/design tool. Geodesign integrates multiple fields of science with change/impact models and planning/design strategies. Proactive planning analyses such as newly developed scorecards allow for plan evaluation; design strategies can now be quantitatively assessed using landscape performance calculators. Neither have been explo…
Plans that Disrupt Development
Urban plans often ignore the uneven impacts of hazards on socially vulnerable populations. We evaluate the degree to which equity policies in local networks of plans support risk reduction for socially vulnerable populations, and examine the relationship between equity policies scores and the level of social vulnerability in six cities exposed to floods and projected sea level rise. We find high variability in equity policy support for risk reduc…
Spatially evaluating a network of plans and flood vulnerability using a Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard
Plans that Disrupt Development
Urban plans often ignore the uneven impacts of hazards on socially vulnerable populations. We evaluate the degree to which equity policies in local networks of plans support risk reduction for socially vulnerable populations, and examine the relationship between equity policies scores and the level of social vulnerability in six cities exposed to floods and projected sea level rise. We find high variability in equity policy support for risk reduc…
Using a resilience scorecard to improve local planning for vulnerability to hazards and climate change
Spatially evaluating a network of plans and flood vulnerability using a Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard
How Plans Prepare for Future Uncertainty
This study integrates Land Change Modeling with the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard TM methodology to assess coastal communities' preparedness for uncertain future urban growth and flood hazards. Findings indicate that, under static climate conditions, the network of plans in Tampa is well prepared across all urban growth scenarios, but less so in the face of a changing climate. Specifically, scenario outputs that consider climate chang…
The Overlap of Collaboration and Planning Networks
This paper uses social network analysis to assess the overlap of organizations involved in hazard mitigation and planning networks in Houston, TX. We compare measures of network centrality and density to highlight unique characteristics across two networks and discuss implications of connectivity within each network. Results suggest that central actors occupy important structural locations within both networks. These overlapping organizations may…
Integrated infrastructure-plan analysis for resilience enhancement of post-hazards access to critical facilities
Spatially evaluating a network of plans and flood vulnerability using a Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard
Plans that Disrupt Development
Urban plans often ignore the uneven impacts of hazards on socially vulnerable populations. We evaluate the degree to which equity policies in local networks of plans support risk reduction for socially vulnerable populations, and examine the relationship between equity policies scores and the level of social vulnerability in six cities exposed to floods and projected sea level rise. We find high variability in equity policy support for risk reduc…
Integrating a resilience scorecard and landscape performance tools into a Geodesign process
Uncertainty about the impacts of sea level rise make the ability to forecast future spatial conditions a necessary planning/design tool. Geodesign integrates multiple fields of science with change/impact models and planning/design strategies. Proactive planning analyses such as newly developed scorecards allow for plan evaluation; design strategies can now be quantitatively assessed using landscape performance calculators. Neither have been explo…
Planning to Exacerbate Flooding
In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey inundated Houston, Texas, where flooding already was a persistent and growing challenge. Coordinated, proactive land-use planning has been shown to help mitigate flooding hazards, whereas conflicting guidance can exacerbate the problem. This study used the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard (PIRS) method to spatially evaluate a network of plans guiding land use and development in western Houston when Harvey…
Examining factors influencing plan integration for community resilience in six US coastal cities using Hierarchical Linear Modeling
The Overlap of Collaboration and Planning Networks
This paper uses social network analysis to assess the overlap of organizations involved in hazard mitigation and planning networks in Houston, TX. We compare measures of network centrality and density to highlight unique characteristics across two networks and discuss implications of connectivity within each network. Results suggest that central actors occupy important structural locations within both networks. These overlapping organizations may…
Using a resilience scorecard to improve local planning for vulnerability to hazards and climate change
Integrated infrastructure-plan analysis for resilience enhancement of post-hazards access to critical facilities
How Plans Prepare for Future Uncertainty
This study integrates Land Change Modeling with the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard TM methodology to assess coastal communities' preparedness for uncertain future urban growth and flood hazards. Findings indicate that, under static climate conditions, the network of plans in Tampa is well prepared across all urban growth scenarios, but less so in the face of a changing climate. Specifically, scenario outputs that consider climate chang…
How well are US communities planning for resilience, climate adaptation, and sustainability—and what’s missing? Results of a national survey of local staff and officials
Community resilience, climate adaptation, and sustainability planning are increasingly used by communities in the United States to prepare for the effects of natural hazards and climate change. Existing studies have examined the theoretical intersections of these planning initiatives, but knowledge remains limited about practitioner perceptions and needs. We surveyed local community staff conducting resilience, climate adaptation, and sustainabil…
Multi-Hazard assessment methods for planning
Disaster Management and Resilience (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Environmental planning (8 works) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Computer security (6 works) · Environmental resource management (6 works) · Political science (6 works)