Coastal regions contain dense population centers, vital assets/infrastructure, and are ecologically invaluable. Yet, they are routinely threatened by extreme winds, storm surges, and intense rainfall from landfalling storm systems, frequently occurring simultaneously or sequentially and causing compounding or cascading impacts to the built environment. Climate change will exacerbate coastal hazards, and landscape changes as well as risky urban development practices may worsen hazard impacts. With the goal of improving the resilience of coastal communities, the Gori research group focuses on multi-hazard risk assessment under non-stationary climate and environment conditions. Our research falls into three main categories: 1) climate change impacts on storm climatology and hydrometeorological extremes, 2) probabilistic methods for high-resolution delineation of compound flood hazard, and 3) the interaction of coastal hazards, climate change, and the built environment.
News
Feb. 2024 – Dr. Gori gives a webinar on compound coastal risk for the Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events.
Jan. 2024 – Dr. Gori joins the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University as an Assistant Professor.