Divya Chandrasekhar
Biographic Data
| ID | 6505129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Divya Chandrasekhar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Divya |
| FAMILY NAME | Chandrasekhar |
| SIGNATURE | CHANDRASEKHAR D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Utah |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2591-6923 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Land use planning across the wildfire disaster cycle
Despite the growing integration of land use planning in wildfire risk reduction, limited research has systematically examined how specific strategies are classified across the phases of the disaster management cycle. This study addresses that gap by evaluating the classification of wildfire-related land use strategies across preparedness, response, mitigation, adaptation, and recovery within both academic and policy domains. This study focuses sp…
The Role of Community-Based Organizations in Recovery of Public Housing Residents Following Compounding Disasters
Community-based organizations (CBOs) and nonprofits are essential to disaster recovery, particularly for marginalized populations like public housing residents. They provide direct services and advocacy, filling gaps when governmental assistance is delayed. However, their capacity is often stretched, especially during compounding disasters. This paper examines the role of CBOs in public housing recovery following the 2020 Southwest earthquakes an…
The impact of social networks of historically underrepresented group operators (Hugos) business recovery
Effect of near-miss events on pre-disaster recovery planning for public housing
Community health promotion and disaster recovery
The project, which has already shown impacts on local policy decisions, demonstrates the possibilities of using PhotoVoice to foster community-driven crisis responses and policy dialogue that can shape health promotion and disaster recovery responses in PR and elsewhere
Harnessing Social Capital for Post-Covid-19 Resilience
Prior studies have explored how Asian businesses leverage social capital for success, but little attention has been given to its role in disaster recovery. This study addresses this gap by highlighting social capital’s impact on recovery strategies. Twenty-three business interviews were conducted in Chinatown, Manhattan, NYC, and the research unveils that ethnic social capital, including co-ethnic labor, secured market access, in-kind support, an…
Health-related nonprofit response to concurrent disaster events
Recovery Capacity of Small Nonprofits in Post-2017 Hurricane Puerto Rico
Problem, research strategy, and findings Although planners today generally agree that nonprofits should be involved in postdisaster recovery planning, they lack insight into the capacity of nonprofits to be engaged in recovery and whether this capacity differs by organization type. This could lead to the marginalization of small nonprofits in planning, affecting social capital formation and the sustainability of recovery plans. Using data from fi…
A Region Recovers
2012’s Superstorm Sandy had a devastating impact on the New York City metropolitan region, including the suburban Long Island coast and the New Jersey shore. Given the size, density, complexity, and diversity of the region, many approaches have been used to address poststorm recovery. Planning has been central to these efforts. Using in-depth interviews with recovery stakeholders, this analysis of the planning responses to Sandy illustrates what …
Community Businesses as Social Units in Post-Disaster Recovery
With global climate change and rapid development in environmentally vulnerable areas, communities are increasingly looking for ways to manage, adapt to, and mitigate adverse impacts from disaster events. To help communities achieve this goal, planners must first understand how various stakeholders behave in post-disaster situations. In this paper, we use household and business surveys conducted in New York City after the 2012 Hurricane Sandy to e…
Digging deeper
Stakeholder participation is widely acknowledged as being critical to post-disaster recovery, but little is known about the dynamics and decision processes that lead to this participation or to non-participation. More in-depth knowledge of these dynamics can lead to more targeted and timely intervention by development practitioners managing the process. This paper presents key conclusions of a study which analyzed stakeholder participation using …
Vocal Hygiene Awareness Program for Professional Voice Users (Teachers)
Vocal hygiene awareness programs aim at educating vocal professionals regarding prevalent voice use, abuse, and misuse and address ways to prevent voice problems. This study investigated the efficacy of one such program on vocal hygiene education (lecture demonstration) designed for school teachers in Chennai. A questionnaire addressing various issues/aspects of vocal hygiene was developed. The teachers (65) had to complete the same twice (pre- a…
A Region Recovers
2012’s Superstorm Sandy had a devastating impact on the New York City metropolitan region, including the suburban Long Island coast and the New Jersey shore. Given the size, density, complexity, and diversity of the region, many approaches have been used to address poststorm recovery. Planning has been central to these efforts. Using in-depth interviews with recovery stakeholders, this analysis of the planning responses to Sandy illustrates what …
Digging deeper
Stakeholder participation is widely acknowledged as being critical to post-disaster recovery, but little is known about the dynamics and decision processes that lead to this participation or to non-participation. More in-depth knowledge of these dynamics can lead to more targeted and timely intervention by development practitioners managing the process. This paper presents key conclusions of a study which analyzed stakeholder participation using …
Community Businesses as Social Units in Post-Disaster Recovery
With global climate change and rapid development in environmentally vulnerable areas, communities are increasingly looking for ways to manage, adapt to, and mitigate adverse impacts from disaster events. To help communities achieve this goal, planners must first understand how various stakeholders behave in post-disaster situations. In this paper, we use household and business surveys conducted in New York City after the 2012 Hurricane Sandy to e…
Community health promotion and disaster recovery
The project, which has already shown impacts on local policy decisions, demonstrates the possibilities of using PhotoVoice to foster community-driven crisis responses and policy dialogue that can shape health promotion and disaster recovery responses in PR and elsewhere
Vocal Hygiene Awareness Program for Professional Voice Users (Teachers)
Vocal hygiene awareness programs aim at educating vocal professionals regarding prevalent voice use, abuse, and misuse and address ways to prevent voice problems. This study investigated the efficacy of one such program on vocal hygiene education (lecture demonstration) designed for school teachers in Chennai. A questionnaire addressing various issues/aspects of vocal hygiene was developed. The teachers (65) had to complete the same twice (pre- a…
Digging deeper
Stakeholder participation is widely acknowledged as being critical to post-disaster recovery, but little is known about the dynamics and decision processes that lead to this participation or to non-participation. More in-depth knowledge of these dynamics can lead to more targeted and timely intervention by development practitioners managing the process. This paper presents key conclusions of a study which analyzed stakeholder participation using …
Community Businesses as Social Units in Post-Disaster Recovery
With global climate change and rapid development in environmentally vulnerable areas, communities are increasingly looking for ways to manage, adapt to, and mitigate adverse impacts from disaster events. To help communities achieve this goal, planners must first understand how various stakeholders behave in post-disaster situations. In this paper, we use household and business surveys conducted in New York City after the 2012 Hurricane Sandy to e…
A Region Recovers
2012’s Superstorm Sandy had a devastating impact on the New York City metropolitan region, including the suburban Long Island coast and the New Jersey shore. Given the size, density, complexity, and diversity of the region, many approaches have been used to address poststorm recovery. Planning has been central to these efforts. Using in-depth interviews with recovery stakeholders, this analysis of the planning responses to Sandy illustrates what …
Health-related nonprofit response to concurrent disaster events
Recovery Capacity of Small Nonprofits in Post-2017 Hurricane Puerto Rico
Problem, research strategy, and findings Although planners today generally agree that nonprofits should be involved in postdisaster recovery planning, they lack insight into the capacity of nonprofits to be engaged in recovery and whether this capacity differs by organization type. This could lead to the marginalization of small nonprofits in planning, affecting social capital formation and the sustainability of recovery plans. Using data from fi…
The impact of social networks of historically underrepresented group operators (Hugos) business recovery
Effect of near-miss events on pre-disaster recovery planning for public housing
Community health promotion and disaster recovery
The project, which has already shown impacts on local policy decisions, demonstrates the possibilities of using PhotoVoice to foster community-driven crisis responses and policy dialogue that can shape health promotion and disaster recovery responses in PR and elsewhere
Harnessing Social Capital for Post-Covid-19 Resilience
Prior studies have explored how Asian businesses leverage social capital for success, but little attention has been given to its role in disaster recovery. This study addresses this gap by highlighting social capital’s impact on recovery strategies. Twenty-three business interviews were conducted in Chinatown, Manhattan, NYC, and the research unveils that ethnic social capital, including co-ethnic labor, secured market access, in-kind support, an…
Land use planning across the wildfire disaster cycle
Despite the growing integration of land use planning in wildfire risk reduction, limited research has systematically examined how specific strategies are classified across the phases of the disaster management cycle. This study addresses that gap by evaluating the classification of wildfire-related land use strategies across preparedness, response, mitigation, adaptation, and recovery within both academic and policy domains. This study focuses sp…
The Role of Community-Based Organizations in Recovery of Public Housing Residents Following Compounding Disasters
Community-based organizations (CBOs) and nonprofits are essential to disaster recovery, particularly for marginalized populations like public housing residents. They provide direct services and advocacy, filling gaps when governmental assistance is delayed. However, their capacity is often stretched, especially during compounding disasters. This paper examines the role of CBOs in public housing recovery following the 2020 Southwest earthquakes an…
Disaster Management and Resilience (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Disaster Response and Management (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Disaster recovery (3 works) · Emergency management (3 works)