Publications, Presentations, and Media Coverage

Publications

• Siders, A.R., J. Niemann, M. Hino, E. Shields, L. Cano Pecharroman, T. Doeffinger, L. Gerber-Chavez, J.-C. Huang, A. Lafferty, S. Tamima, C. Williams, A. Agopian, C. Samoray, and K.J. Mach (2024). How local governments avoid floodplain development through consistent implementation of routine municipal ordinances, plans, and programs. Oxford Open Climate Change.
  
  
• Agopian, A., M. Hino, A.R. Siders, C. Samoray, and K.J. Mach (2024). A nationwide analysis of community-level floodplain development outcomes and key influences. Earth’s Future.
  
  
• Samoray, C., M. Hino, A.R. Siders, A. Agopian, and K. Mach (2024). Housing amenity and affordability shape floodplain development. Land Use Policy.
  
  
• Mach, K.J., J. Niemann, R. Donald, J. Owley, N.A. Seeteram, A.R. Siders, X.I. Cortada, A. Nyburg, A. Roberti, and I.A. Wright (2023). Practitioner perspectives on climate mobilities in South Florida. Oxford Open Climate Change.
  
  
• Siders, A.R. (2022). The administrator's dilemma: Closing the gap between climate adaptation justice in theory and practice. Env Science and Policy.
  
  
• Mach, K.J., M. Hino, A.R. Siders, S.F. Koller, C.M. Kraan, J. Niemann, and B.F. Sanders (2022). From flood control to flood adaptation. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science.
  
  
• Hino, M., T.K. BenDor, J. Branham, N. Kaza, A. Sebastian, and S. Sweeney (2023). Growing safely or building risk? Floodplain management in North Carolina. Journal of the American Planning Association. 

Presentations

• New Jersey Coastal & Climate Resilience Conference
  Siders A.R. (2024). Coastal adaptation: Avoidance, retreat, and creativity.
  
• Louisiana Smart Growth Summit
  Siders A.R. (2024). Reimagining coastal land use planning.
  
• Underwater Conversation
  Mach, K.J. (2024). Climate mobilities in South Florida.
  
• Natural Hazards Workshop
  Hino, M. (2024). Floodplain management in the United States: the role of local governments.
  
• Princeton University Climate Mobilities Conference: Justice, Data, and Governance
  Mach, K.J. (2024). Commentary on power, justice, and community collaboration.
  
• American Geophysical Union
  Agopian, A., M. Hino, A.R. Siders, C. Samoray, and K.J. Mach (2023). A nationwide analysis of community-level floodplain development outcomes and key influences.
  
• Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
  2023. Samoray, C., M. Hino, A.R. Siders, A. Agopian, and K.J. Mach (2023). Housing amenity and affordability shape floodplain development.
• Underwater Conversation
  2023. Mach, K.J. [panelist] (2023). Art Week 2023 finale: an underwater conversation.
• University of Delaware Mather Lecture
  2023. Mach, K.J. (2023). Increasing preparedness for intensifying climate change.
• Columbia Climate School and Earth Institute Managed Retreat Conference
  2023 Mach, K.J. [moderator], A.R. Siders [panelist] (2023). Putting retreat into context.
  
• Association of State Floodplain Managers Conference
  2023 Hino, M. (2023). The history of hazard mitigation in North Carolina (Panel).
• Federal Housing Finance Agency
  2023 Hino, M. (2023). Advancing climate-resilient housing through strategic retreat.
• American Geophysical Union
  • Agopian, A., M. Hino, A.R. Siders, and K.J. Mach (2022). A national index of floodplain development to guide climate-smart growth.
  • Niemann, J., A.R. Siders, M. Hino, A. Agopian, T. Doeffinger, L. Gerber-Chavez, J.-C. Huang, L. Lafferty, C. Samoray, C. Williams, and K.J. Mach (2022). Where, why, and how local policies have shaped development in New Jersey floodplains.
• National Adaptation Forum
  Agopian, A., M. Hino, A.R. Siders, and K.J. Mach (2022). A national index of development and land use to guide climate-smart growth. Poster presentation.
• Council of State Community Development Agencies Annual Conference
  Hino, M. (2022). Floodplain buyouts in the US: challenges and opportunities.
• USGCRP Observations Interagency Working Group
  Agopian, A., M. Hino, A.R. Siders, and K.J. Mach (2022). A national index of floodplain development to guide climate-smart growth and land use management.

Media Coverage

• Reducing floodplain development doesn't need to be complex, say researchers (Phys.org)
• US towns limit new buildings in floodplains more than you think - and can do better (LinkedIn)
• “Routine municipal practices” are all it takes, but two problem states are defying the trend (Grist)
• Risky coastal development expanding in face of climate change (The Hill)
• Florida leads nation with half of residential floodplain development (yahoo!finance)
• Over two-million acres of floodplain development occurred in U.S. in last two decades, study finds (Rosenstiel School News and Events; ScienceDaily)
• 3 cities face a climate dilemma: to build or not to build homes in risky places (NPR)