Primary Convener:
Benjamin Felzer, Lehigh University

Convener:
James Doss-Gollin, Rice University
Yi-Chen Yang, Lehigh University
Avantika Gori, Rice University

Chair:
Benjamin Felzer, Lehigh University
James Doss-Gollin, Rice University

Climate change and growing exposure drive increases in the frequency and impact of natural hazards, emphasizing the need for accurate, ethical, and actionable catastrophe models. This session seeks to foster a deeper understanding of how catastrophe models can inform decision-making and enhance resilience at multiple scales, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches that integrate geophysical, hydrological, and socio-technical systems. We invite contributions that develop or apply rigorous modeling or data analysis techniques to assess hazard frequency, exposure, vulnerability, and cascading impacts. Relevant methodologies include probabilistic hazard and risk modeling, multi-hazard frameworks, stochastic simulations, high-resolution numerical models, hazard assessments at multiple spatial scales, and machine learning applications grounded in physical process understanding. Submissions that explore ethical, equity, and policy-relevant dimensions of catastrophe modeling, especially when grounded in robust and open scientific methods, are particularly encouraged. This includes work on insurance equity, infrastructure resilience, risk communication, and community-based approaches to resilience metrics.

Index Terms
4306 Multihazards
4312 Catastrophe and catastrophe theory
4313 Extreme events

Cross-Listed:
SY - Science and Society
GC - Global Environmental Change

Neighborhoods:
1. Science Nexus