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2020 USGS Risk Research Projects

By Office of Risk and Resilience

The 2020 USGS Risk Research Projects highlight innovative, interdisciplinary research focused on improving risk communication, advancing hazard modeling, evaluating decision-support tools, and helping decision-makers use science to reduce risks to lives, property, and natural and cultural resources.

  • User perspectives on volcanic risk: Evaluating the effectiveness of co-produced risk communication products intended for public outreach
    Joseph Bard, Volcano Science Center
     
  • Developing community-scale earthquake hazards and risk modeling in Westport, WA
    Alex Grant, Earthquake Science Center
     
  • Science translation: Bridging user engagement with product communication and design
    Emily Himmelstoss, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
     
  • Open innovation playbook for risk
    Sophia Liu, Science and Decisions Center
     
  • Integrating decision analysis and risk analysis: Using utility theory to help DOI decision makers understand their context-specific risk tolerance
    Michael Runge, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
     
  • Evaluation criteria to measure the impact of USGS real-time web applications for flood decision support and risk communication
    Sachin Shah, Texas Water Science Center
     
  • Answering to stakeholders: Sensitivity of liquefaction hazard to groundwater change from sea-level rise
    Anne Wein, Western Geographic Science Center

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