Walter Gillis Peacock
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 104952 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Walter Gillis Peacock |
| PRENOMES | Walter Gillis |
| SOBRENOME | Peacock |
| ASSINATURA | PEACOCK W G |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Texas A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8726-4505 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 162 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1988 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Racial and Ethnic Change in Floodplain Buyout Neighborhoods
This paper examines how floodplain buyouts funded through FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) have altered the racial and ethnic composition in Harris County, Texas, from 1990 to 2015. A quasi-experimental research design permits the attribution of observed changes to the buyout program, and interviews with households provide context to our findings. We find that buyouts have triggered white flight, shifting neighborhoods from predomina…
Food Access After Disasters
Problem, research strategy, and findings Access after disasters to resources such as food poses planning problems that affect millions of people each year. Understanding how disasters disrupt and alter food access during the initial steps of the recovery process provides new evidence to inform both food system and disaster planning. Our research took a supply-side focus and explored the results from a survey of food retailers after Hurricane Harv…
Housing type matters for pace of recovery
Rapid and broad-based housing recovery is key to successful, resilient community recovery, due to the significant share of housing in disaster losses, population retention, and its importance for household and business recovery. In the literature, there is relative consensus on how housing damage is shaped by pre-impact conditions at household and neighborhood levels. However, systematic longitudinal studies that compare the recovery trajectories…
Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Coupled Natural-Physical-Social Systems
The combined effect of storm surge and wave action during severe storms in coastal regions can cause significant damage to civil infrastructures with cascading consequences to coastal communities and their residents with respect to emergency response, repair, and recovery. This coupling of natural, physical, and social systems presents an important yet relatively underexplored problem in the probabilistic risk assessment of coastal systems. Not o…
Community Resilience-Focused Technical Investigation of the 2016 Lumberton, North Carolina, Flood
In early October 2016, Hurricane Matthew crossed North Carolina as a Category 1 storm, with some areas receiving 0.38–0.46 m (15–18 in.) of rainfall on already saturated soil. The NIST-funded Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning teamed with researchers from NIST’s Engineering Laboratory (Disaster and Failure Studies Program, Community Resilience Group, and the Applied Economics Office) to conduct a field study focused on the impact…
Planning for Community Resilience
How can we plan and design stronger communities? From New Orleans to Galveston to the Jersey Shore, communities struck by natural disasters struggle to recover long after the first responders have lef
Inequities in Long-Term Housing Recovery After Disasters
Problem, research strategy, and findings: Disaster impacts result from interactions between hazard exposure, physical vulnerability, and social vulnerability. We report empirical work from 1992′s Hurricane Andrew in Miami-Dade (FL) and 2008′s Hurricane Ike in Galveston (TX) to assess long-term trends in housing recovery. Longitudinal, parcel-level data on housing units along with neighborhood sociodemographic data permit analysis of the pace of r…
Mitigation Planning
Increasing interest in fostering resilient communities requires a more comprehensive approach to hazard mitigation planning that overcomes the limitations of traditional hazard assessments, notably the failure to explicitly incorporate an analysis of social vulnerability. We statistically analyzed a random sample of 1500 damage assessments of single-family homes collected following Hurricane Ike to assess the contributions of hazard exposure, str…
Social Systems, Ecological Networks and Disasters
For residents of southern sections of the Miami metropolitan area, the morning\nof 24 August 1992 represented a dramatic discontinuity in the world as they\nknew it. At least temporarily, there were no daily routines or normal lives.\nEveryday activities, such as getting a drink of water, fixing a meal, or taking\na bath, became daunting tasks. The information upon which the routines of\ndaily life had been structured was virtually useless becaus…
Mapping social vulnerability to enhance housing and neighborhood resilience
Social factors influence the ability of coastal communities and their populations to anticipate, respond, resist, and recover from disasters. Galveston, TX, offers aunique opportunity to test the efficacy of social vulnerability mapping to identify inequalities in the ways that different parts of the community may react to a disaster. We describe spatial patterns of social vulnerability prior to 2008's Hurricane Ike and compare them to outcomes r…
Hurricane Andrew
This book explores how social, economic and political factors set the stage for Hurricane Andrew by influencing who was prepared, who was hit the hardest, and who was most likely to recover. Employing unique research data the authors analyze the consequences of conflict and competition on disaster preparation, response and recovery, especially where associated with race, ethnicity and gender
Examining the Influence of Development Patterns on Flood Damages along the Gulf of Mexico
The rising cost of floods is increasingly attributed to the pattern and form of the built environment. Our study empirically tests this notion by examining the relationship between development intensity and property damage caused by floods. We examine five years of insured flood loss claims across 144 counties and parishes fringing the Gulf of Mexico. Results indicate that clustered, high-intensity development patterns significantly reduce amount…
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 …
Planning for Housing Recovery? Lessons Learned From Hurricane Andrew
Problem: Housing recovery is key to revitalizing communities following major natural disasters, and yet there is little empirical research on how housing recovery differs across neighborhoods with different sociodemographic characteristics, what happens to housing markets, or property abandonment after disasters. Purpose: We address these gaps by examining single-family housing recovery, housing sales, and property abandonment following Hurricane…
Social vulnerability and the natural and built environment
Studies on the impacts of hurricanes, tropical storms, and tornados indicate that poor communities of colour suffer disproportionately in human death and injury.2 Few quantitative studies have been conducted on the degree to which flood events affect socially vulnerable populations. We address this research void by analysing 832 countywide flood events in Texas from 1997-2001. Specifically, we examine whether geographic localities characterised b…
Hurricanes and Society in British Greater Caribbean, 1624 - 1783
In 2004 and 2005, the Gulf region experienced unprecedented hurricane frequencies, casualties, and material losses. Some hurricane researchers suggest that this reflects a normal period of increasing storm frequency, while others feel that these trends portend heightened activity due to global warming. In this light, Mulcahy’s focus on the period beginning in 1624, as Britain established permanent colonial settlements and exposed its subjects to …
Hurricane risk perceptions among Florida's single family homeowners
Reframing disaster policy
Living Conditions, Disasters, and Development
Because most environmental problems result from human intervention in the ecosystem, ecological research in the social sciences is now joining research in the biological and physical sciences as a means of addressing long-range problems. Within this type of social science research, this book claims, no problem is more important than the investigation of disaster. To assess the impact of sudden cataclysms on the living conditions of families or co…
In Search of Social Structure
Frederick L. Bates' career has been characterized by a single quest, the creation of an internally consistent theoretical model through which sociologists can conceptualize and analyze social structure from the simplest group structures to complex networks of groups and organizations. The basic elements of this model of social structure are examined and the model's theoretical foundations, assumptions and applications are discussed. Included are …
Conceptualizing Social Structure
forms that reduced structural patterns to almost geometric sets of relationships (Wolff 1950). Similar procedures are utilized by modem network theorists when conceptualizing connections between nodes in a social network. These uses are compatible with ours but at a more abstract level where virtually all behavioral content is removed and focus is on the formal or mathematical properties of the network. This content downloaded from 207.46.13.169 …
Beyond Aztlan
Divergence and Convergence in International Development
The hypothesis of conventional modernization theory suggests that the nations of the world are becoming more similar. Critics have argued that nations are diverging and becoming dissimilar over time. This paper brings unique data, analytic procedures, and a world-system perspective to bear on this debate. We suggest that world-system theory provides a framework for explaining the simultaneous occurrence of both convergence and divergence. Specifi…
Reframing disaster policy
Social vulnerability and the natural and built environment
Studies on the impacts of hurricanes, tropical storms, and tornados indicate that poor communities of colour suffer disproportionately in human death and injury.2 Few quantitative studies have been conducted on the degree to which flood events affect socially vulnerable populations. We address this research void by analysing 832 countywide flood events in Texas from 1997-2001. Specifically, we examine whether geographic localities characterised b…
Divergence and Convergence in International Development
The hypothesis of conventional modernization theory suggests that the nations of the world are becoming more similar. Critics have argued that nations are diverging and becoming dissimilar over time. This paper brings unique data, analytic procedures, and a world-system perspective to bear on this debate. We suggest that world-system theory provides a framework for explaining the simultaneous occurrence of both convergence and divergence. Specifi…
Mitigation Planning
Increasing interest in fostering resilient communities requires a more comprehensive approach to hazard mitigation planning that overcomes the limitations of traditional hazard assessments, notably the failure to explicitly incorporate an analysis of social vulnerability. We statistically analyzed a random sample of 1500 damage assessments of single-family homes collected following Hurricane Ike to assess the contributions of hazard exposure, str…
Conceptualizing Social Structure
forms that reduced structural patterns to almost geometric sets of relationships (Wolff 1950). Similar procedures are utilized by modem network theorists when conceptualizing connections between nodes in a social network. These uses are compatible with ours but at a more abstract level where virtually all behavioral content is removed and focus is on the formal or mathematical properties of the network. This content downloaded from 207.46.13.169 …
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 …
Examining the Influence of Development Patterns on Flood Damages along the Gulf of Mexico
The rising cost of floods is increasingly attributed to the pattern and form of the built environment. Our study empirically tests this notion by examining the relationship between development intensity and property damage caused by floods. We examine five years of insured flood loss claims across 144 counties and parishes fringing the Gulf of Mexico. Results indicate that clustered, high-intensity development patterns significantly reduce amount…
Divergence and Convergence in International Development
The hypothesis of conventional modernization theory suggests that the nations of the world are becoming more similar. Critics have argued that nations are diverging and becoming dissimilar over time. This paper brings unique data, analytic procedures, and a world-system perspective to bear on this debate. We suggest that world-system theory provides a framework for explaining the simultaneous occurrence of both convergence and divergence. Specifi…
Conceptualizing Social Structure
forms that reduced structural patterns to almost geometric sets of relationships (Wolff 1950). Similar procedures are utilized by modem network theorists when conceptualizing connections between nodes in a social network. These uses are compatible with ours but at a more abstract level where virtually all behavioral content is removed and focus is on the formal or mathematical properties of the network. This content downloaded from 207.46.13.169 …
Beyond Aztlan
In Search of Social Structure
Frederick L. Bates' career has been characterized by a single quest, the creation of an internally consistent theoretical model through which sociologists can conceptualize and analyze social structure from the simplest group structures to complex networks of groups and organizations. The basic elements of this model of social structure are examined and the model's theoretical foundations, assumptions and applications are discussed. Included are …
Living Conditions, Disasters, and Development
Because most environmental problems result from human intervention in the ecosystem, ecological research in the social sciences is now joining research in the biological and physical sciences as a means of addressing long-range problems. Within this type of social science research, this book claims, no problem is more important than the investigation of disaster. To assess the impact of sudden cataclysms on the living conditions of families or co…
Reframing disaster policy
Hurricane risk perceptions among Florida's single family homeowners
Hurricanes and Society in British Greater Caribbean, 1624 - 1783
In 2004 and 2005, the Gulf region experienced unprecedented hurricane frequencies, casualties, and material losses. Some hurricane researchers suggest that this reflects a normal period of increasing storm frequency, while others feel that these trends portend heightened activity due to global warming. In this light, Mulcahy’s focus on the period beginning in 1624, as Britain established permanent colonial settlements and exposed its subjects to …
Social vulnerability and the natural and built environment
Studies on the impacts of hurricanes, tropical storms, and tornados indicate that poor communities of colour suffer disproportionately in human death and injury.2 Few quantitative studies have been conducted on the degree to which flood events affect socially vulnerable populations. We address this research void by analysing 832 countywide flood events in Texas from 1997-2001. Specifically, we examine whether geographic localities characterised b…
Planning for Housing Recovery? Lessons Learned From Hurricane Andrew
Problem: Housing recovery is key to revitalizing communities following major natural disasters, and yet there is little empirical research on how housing recovery differs across neighborhoods with different sociodemographic characteristics, what happens to housing markets, or property abandonment after disasters. Purpose: We address these gaps by examining single-family housing recovery, housing sales, and property abandonment following Hurricane…
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 …
Examining the Influence of Development Patterns on Flood Damages along the Gulf of Mexico
The rising cost of floods is increasingly attributed to the pattern and form of the built environment. Our study empirically tests this notion by examining the relationship between development intensity and property damage caused by floods. We examine five years of insured flood loss claims across 144 counties and parishes fringing the Gulf of Mexico. Results indicate that clustered, high-intensity development patterns significantly reduce amount…
Social Systems, Ecological Networks and Disasters
For residents of southern sections of the Miami metropolitan area, the morning\nof 24 August 1992 represented a dramatic discontinuity in the world as they\nknew it. At least temporarily, there were no daily routines or normal lives.\nEveryday activities, such as getting a drink of water, fixing a meal, or taking\na bath, became daunting tasks. The information upon which the routines of\ndaily life had been structured was virtually useless becaus…
Mapping social vulnerability to enhance housing and neighborhood resilience
Social factors influence the ability of coastal communities and their populations to anticipate, respond, resist, and recover from disasters. Galveston, TX, offers aunique opportunity to test the efficacy of social vulnerability mapping to identify inequalities in the ways that different parts of the community may react to a disaster. We describe spatial patterns of social vulnerability prior to 2008's Hurricane Ike and compare them to outcomes r…
Hurricane Andrew
This book explores how social, economic and political factors set the stage for Hurricane Andrew by influencing who was prepared, who was hit the hardest, and who was most likely to recover. Employing unique research data the authors analyze the consequences of conflict and competition on disaster preparation, response and recovery, especially where associated with race, ethnicity and gender
Planning for Community Resilience
How can we plan and design stronger communities? From New Orleans to Galveston to the Jersey Shore, communities struck by natural disasters struggle to recover long after the first responders have lef
Inequities in Long-Term Housing Recovery After Disasters
Problem, research strategy, and findings: Disaster impacts result from interactions between hazard exposure, physical vulnerability, and social vulnerability. We report empirical work from 1992′s Hurricane Andrew in Miami-Dade (FL) and 2008′s Hurricane Ike in Galveston (TX) to assess long-term trends in housing recovery. Longitudinal, parcel-level data on housing units along with neighborhood sociodemographic data permit analysis of the pace of r…
Mitigation Planning
Increasing interest in fostering resilient communities requires a more comprehensive approach to hazard mitigation planning that overcomes the limitations of traditional hazard assessments, notably the failure to explicitly incorporate an analysis of social vulnerability. We statistically analyzed a random sample of 1500 damage assessments of single-family homes collected following Hurricane Ike to assess the contributions of hazard exposure, str…
Community Resilience-Focused Technical Investigation of the 2016 Lumberton, North Carolina, Flood
In early October 2016, Hurricane Matthew crossed North Carolina as a Category 1 storm, with some areas receiving 0.38–0.46 m (15–18 in.) of rainfall on already saturated soil. The NIST-funded Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning teamed with researchers from NIST’s Engineering Laboratory (Disaster and Failure Studies Program, Community Resilience Group, and the Applied Economics Office) to conduct a field study focused on the impact…
Housing type matters for pace of recovery
Rapid and broad-based housing recovery is key to successful, resilient community recovery, due to the significant share of housing in disaster losses, population retention, and its importance for household and business recovery. In the literature, there is relative consensus on how housing damage is shaped by pre-impact conditions at household and neighborhood levels. However, systematic longitudinal studies that compare the recovery trajectories…
Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Coupled Natural-Physical-Social Systems
The combined effect of storm surge and wave action during severe storms in coastal regions can cause significant damage to civil infrastructures with cascading consequences to coastal communities and their residents with respect to emergency response, repair, and recovery. This coupling of natural, physical, and social systems presents an important yet relatively underexplored problem in the probabilistic risk assessment of coastal systems. Not o…
Food Access After Disasters
Problem, research strategy, and findings Access after disasters to resources such as food poses planning problems that affect millions of people each year. Understanding how disasters disrupt and alter food access during the initial steps of the recovery process provides new evidence to inform both food system and disaster planning. Our research took a supply-side focus and explored the results from a survey of food retailers after Hurricane Harv…
Racial and Ethnic Change in Floodplain Buyout Neighborhoods
This paper examines how floodplain buyouts funded through FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) have altered the racial and ethnic composition in Harris County, Texas, from 1990 to 2015. A quasi-experimental research design permits the attribution of observed changes to the buyout program, and interviews with households provide context to our findings. We find that buyouts have triggered white flight, shifting neighborhoods from predomina…
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