Belmont Forum Collaborative Research: Management of Disaster Risk and Societal Resilience (MADIS)

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Papers and Proceedings

  • Shrimpton, E.A.,  Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan, Tanaya Sarmah, Da Huo, Lochner Marais, Re-evaluating drought indicators: Learning from small-scale farmers in South Africa,
    International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Volume 113, 2024, 104820, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104820.
  • Sass, KS and Konak, A., Batalini de Macedo, M., Benso, M. R., Nardocci, A.C., Shrimpton, E. , Balta-Ozkan, N., Sarmah, T., Mendiondo, E.M., Jesus da Silva, G., Câmara da Silva, P., and Jacobson, M.G, (2024). “Enhancing Drought Resilience and Vulnerability Assessment in Small Farms: A Global Expert Survey on Multidimensional Indicators,” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 110 (August 2024), 104616, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104616.
  • Macedo, M.B., Konak A., Rodriguez, et al., Evaluating Drought Resilience Indicators Through a Global Survey, Water and Development Congress & Exhibition, Kigali, Rwanda, (1-14 December 2023).
  • Sarmah, T., Shrimpton, E., Balta-Ozkan, N., Huo, D., Konak, A., Sass, K., de Macedo, M. R., Nardocci, A.C., Mendiondo, & Jacobson, M. (2023). Relevance of drought resilience indicators in planning strategies: A principal component approach. To be presented at the 5th Urban Economy Forum + 59th ISOCARP World Planning Congress, Toronto, Canada. (10-13 October 2023).
  • Sass, Karina Simone and Konak, Abdullah and Batalini de Macedo, Marina and Benso, Marcos Roberto and C. Nardocci, Adelaide and Shrimpton, Elisabeth and Balta-Ozkan, Nazmiye and Sarmah, Tanaya and Mendiondo, Eduardo Mario and Jesus da Silva, Greicelene and Câmara da Silva, Pedro Gustavo and Jacobson, Michael G, Enhancing Drought Resilience and Vulnerability Assessment in Small Farms: A Global Expert Survey on Multidimensional Indicators. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4547491 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4547491
  • de Macedo, M. B., Benso, M. R., Sass, K. S., Nardocci, A. C., Mendiondo, E. M., da Silva, G. J., da Silva, P. G. C., Konak, A., Balta-Ozkan, N., and Jacobson, M.: Brief communication: lessons learned and experienced gained from building up a global survey on societal resilience to droughts, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2042, 2023.

Conference Presentations & Seminars & Other Talks: 

  • A Decision Support System for Improving Drought Resilience under Climate Change, INFORMS Annual Meeting 2024, Seattle, WA, US, (August 20, 2024).
  • Data Envelopment Analysis to Develop Composite Resilience Indexes for Sustainable Future, Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications 2023, Bethlehem, PA, US. (August 16, 2023). (Abdullah Konak, Michael Gregory Jacobson, Adelaide Cassia Nardocci, Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan, Tanaya Sarmah, Karina Sass, Marcos Roberto Benso, Elisabeth Shrimpton, Marina Batalini De Macedo, E Mario Mendiondo, Pedro Gustavo, Alina Rodriguez, and Greicelene J. da Silva. )
  •  A Decision Support Tool for Building Societal Resilience to Drought under Climate Change, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management Seminar Series, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR. (July 14, 2023) (Abdullah Konak)
  • Building a Drought Resilience Decision Support System Based on Expert Opinion, 24th Berks County Undergraduate Research & Creativity Conference, Kutztown, PA, US, (April 22, 2023) (Alina Rodriguez)
  • Drought Resilience in Africa, Sustainability Research + Innovation Conference 2023,  Nelson Mandela University, Online (June 22, 2023)  by Tanaya Sarmah and Elisabeth Shrimpton
  • Preliminary Data Analysis of Relevancy & Usability of Drought Resilience Indicators Survey, Workshop with policymakers in Rabat, Morocco: Management of Disaster Risk and Societal Resilience (MADIS) Project, Online. (March 2, 2023)  (Abdullah Konak)

Workshops

  • Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping within MADIS Project, Workshop for Early Career Researchers, Management of Disaster Risk and Societal Resilience (MADIS) Conference, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK, (March 19, 2024).
  • Analytical Methods to Develop Composite Indexes for Sustainable Future, Early Career Faculty Development, Workshop for Early Career Researchers, Management of Disaster Risk and Societal Resilience (MADIS) Conference, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK, (March 19, 2024).
  • A Review of Analytical Methods to Develop Composite Drought Resilience Indexes, Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2022, Pretoria, South Africa(June 20-24, 2022).  (Abdullah Konak, Adelaide Cassia Nardocci, Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan)
  • Review of Risk and Resilience Concepts, Workshop on Societal resilience to Droughts and the role of energy systems and policy, Laayoune City, Morocco. (June 21, 2022). (Abdullah Konak)
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