What is “DRCit”?
This educational initiative works to make academic research more accessible. DRC researchers consolidate numerous studies around a topic into four easy to access products.
How We Develop Our Products
Topics selected are based on inquiries made to the Disaster Research Center. Once a topic is selected, DRC researchers search extensively for resources and review each source. Findings are consolidated into themes for easy, quick understanding. From these themes, two summaries are developed: a theme summary and a topic summary. Finally, videos are commissioned to articulate the findings in a creative way.
Hurricane Evacuation Decision Making
Why people do or do not evacuate during a hurricane response?
Understanding the reasons why individuals choose to evacuate or not is a complex issue that researchers have been studying for years. Our products highlight the most important and consistent findings within the hurricane evacuation decision making literature.
HURRICANE EVACUATION SUMMARIES
- Hurricane Evacuation Decision Making Topic Summary PDF
- Hurricane Evacuation Decision Making Theme Summary PDF
- Hurricane Evacuation Decision Making Bibliography PDF
Video animation by Ninja Tropic.
Business Recovery
What affects post-disaster business recovery?
Understanding the factors that influence why some businesses recover after a disaster and some do not is a complex issue that researchers have been studying for years. Our products highlight the most important and consistent findings within the business recovery after disaster literature.
BUSINESS RECOVERY SUMMARIES
- Business Recovery After Disaster Topic Summary PDF
- Business Recovery After Disaster Theme Summary PDF
- Business Recovery After Disaster Bibliography PDF
Video animation by Ninja Tropic.
Disclaimer: These documents were produced before COVID-19. The information here is the current state-of-the-art in understanding disaster, but has not been tested at the scale of a global pandemic.
Risk Communication
How to improve risk communication during a public health crisis:
How does risk perception influence the way people respond to risk communication messages during a public health crisis and what factors should communicators take into account when crafting messages? Our products highlight important findings in the disaster literature.
RISK COMMUNICATION SUMMARIES
- Risk Communication Topic Summary PDF
- Risk Communication Theme Summary PDF
- Risk Communication Bibliography PDF
Video animation by Ninja Tropic.
Disclaimer: These documents were produced before much of the ongoing COVID-19 research was still underway and not yet published. Those using this information would benefit from valuable research that is published in the years after the pandemic’s emergence.
What unique challenges do renters face when disaster strikes?
Renters face unique disaster-related challenges—whether in preparing for and mitigating impacts, or in responding to and recovering from disasters. Our products highlight important findings from the literature.
RENTER CHALLENGES SUMMARIES
- Renter Challenges Topic Summary PDF (Coming Soon)
- Renter Challenges Theme Summary PDF (Coming Soon)
- Renter Challenges Bibliography PDF
Video animation by Ninja Tropic.
