Publications

• Gavin Smith and Mai T. Nguyen. University-Public Partnerships for Disaster Recovery: Promoting Community Resilience Through Research, Teaching, and Engagement. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship 2021. https://bit.ly/3Dl3xjG
• Gavin Smith, Allison Anderson and David Perkes. New Urbanism and the Hazard Transect Overlay District: Improving the Integration of Disaster Resilience and Design in Coastal Areas. Landscape Journal 2021. DOI: 10.3368/wplj.40.1.35.
• Gavin Smith, Wendy Saunders, Olivia Vila, Samata Gyawali, Samiksha Bhattarai & Eliza Lawdley. A comparative analysis of hazard-prone housing acquisition programs in US and New Zealand communities. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 2021. DOI: 10.1007/s13412-021-00689-7.
• Smith, Gavin and Vilá, Olivia. 2020. A National Evaluation of State and Territory Roles in Hazard Mitigation: Building Local Capacity to Implement FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants.  Sustainability 2020, 12(23), 10013; DOI: 10.3390/su122310013
• Smith, Gavin. April, 2020. Best Practices and Lessons (Learned and Not Learned) in the United States Regarding the Role of States in Fostering Disaster Resilience at the Local Level through Program Design and Implementation. Report for the Queensland Reconstruction Authority and the Regional Resilience Strategies (Statewide Rollout) Project. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Reconstruction Authority.
• Saunders, W.S.A, and G. Smith. 2020. Spend to Save: reducing natural hazard risks through property acquisition in Aotearoa New Zealand. Lower Hutt (NZ): GNS Science.
• Horney, Jennifer, Carolina Dwyer, Bhagath Chirra, Kerry McCarthy, Jennifer Shafer and Gavin Smith.  2018. Measuring Successful Disaster Recovery. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 36(1): 1-22.
• Gavin Smith, Lea Sabbag and Ashton Rohmer. A Comparative Analysis of the Roles Governors Play in Disaster Recovery. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy. 9(2): 205-243. DOI: 10.1002/rhc3.12133.
• Horney, J., Dwyer, C., Aminto, M., Berke, P., & Smith, G. (2017). Developing indicators to measure post-disaster community recovery in the United States. Disasters, 41, 124-149. DOI: 1111/disa.12190.
• Smith, Gavin. The Role of States in Disaster Recovery: An Analysis of Engagement, Collaboration, and Capacity Building. 2019.  In Building Community Resilience to Disasters: The Handbook of Planning for Disaster Resilience, Routledge Press.
• Smith, Gavin. Pre- and Post-Disaster Conditions, their Implications, and the Role of Planning for Housing Recovery. 2017. Chapter 18, pp. 277-292.  In Coming Home After Disaster: Multiple Dimensions of Housing Recovery, Eds. Ann-Margaret Esnard and Alka Sapat.  Boca Raton, Florida” CRC Press.
• Smith, Gavin, Mai Thi Nguyen, Colleen Durfee, Darien Williams, Ashton Rohmer. September, 2018. Resilient Design Education in the United States.  Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Department of Homeland Security Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence.
• Smith, Gavin, Barry Hokanson, Link Walther, Jessica Southwell. 2017. Hurricane Matthew Disaster Recovery and Resilience Initiative. A Project of the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Hurricane Matthew Recovery and Resilience Initiative.
• Smith, Gavin, Lea Sabbag, Ashton Rohmer. Role of States in Recovery Video Training Guide. March, 2016. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Department of Homeland Security, Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence.
• Smith, Gavin, Sabbag, Lea, and Rohmer, Ashton. A Comparative Analysis of the Roles Governors Play in Disaster Recovery. 2018. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy.
• Smith, Gavin. The Role of States in Disaster Recovery: An Analysis of Engagement, Collaboration, Leadership, and Capacity Building. 2017.  In Building Community Resilience to Disasters: The Handbook of Planning for Disaster Resilience, Routledge Press.
• Smith, Gavin. Pre- and Post-Disaster Conditions, their Implications, and the Role of Planning for Housing Recovery.  2017.  In Coming Home After Disaster: Multiple Dimensions of Housing Recovery, Eds. Ann-Margaret Esnard and Alka Sapat.  Boca Raton, Florida” CRC Press.
• Smith, Gavin.  2016.  Remembrances of the Past, Concerns for the Future, and the Potential Resilience of a Small Coastal Town. Southern Cultures. Summer: 64-87. DOI: 10.1353/scu.2016.0022

Select Media Appearances

• Idea from Oklahoma can help NC plan for future of increased flooding
• FEMA officials in the hot seat over disaster preparedness
• What happens when a family loses everything?
• As storms keep coming, FEMA spends billions in ‘cycle’ of damage and repair
• The Carolinas survey Florence damages
• Hurricane raises questions about rebuilding along North Carolina’s coast
• The life-or-death science of evacuation psychology 
• Hurricane Florence drives some residents to give up on this disaster-prone town
• Facing Florence, some North Carolinians still recovering from previous storms
• Charlotte Talks: ‘Near-Normal’ hurricane season forecast 
• Responding to community needs: Hurricane Matthew recovery efforts in eastern North Carolina
• Seeking refuge in Houston by BBC World Service
• In the wake of Harvey and Irma, how money moves through government and into disaster aid relief
• After shelters, some Harvey victims will move to vacant Houston apartments
• A Storm Forces Houston, the Limitless City, to Consider Its Limits
• Experts say it could take Houston years to fully recover from Harvey
• Carolina Planning Journal, Volume 42: Re:(Anything)
• Hurricanes’ impact on health
• Some N.C. towns struggle to survive a year after Matthew
• After two floods, historic African-American town could move to higher ground
• Saving Princeville
• Hurricane Matthew Infographic
• Building resilience capacity during hurricane season
• City planning should meet community needs, expert says
• FEMA administrator: Government agencies don’t always plan for worst-case scenarios