Reports and Publications

Journal Articles

Mitsova, D., Esnard, A-M, Sapat, A., Lamadrid, A., Escaleras, M., and Velardez-Perez, C. 2020. Effects of Infrastructure Service Disruptions Following Hurricane Irma: A Multi-Level Analysis of Post-Disaster Recovery Outcomes. Natural Hazards Review (in press).

Mitsova, D., Sapat, A., Esnard, A-M, Lamadrid, A. 2020. Evaluating the Impact of Infrastructure Interdependencies on the Emergency Services Sector and Critical Support Functions Using an Expert Opinion Survey, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 26(2): 04020015, doi: https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000548

Mitsova, D., Escaleras, M., Sapat, A., Esnard, A-M, Lamadrid, A.J. 2019. The Effects of Infrastructure Service Disruptions and Socioeconomic Vulnerability on Hurricane Recovery. Sustainability, 1 1(2), 516-532; doi:3390/su11020516 (Special issue on Natural Disasters and Economics).

Mitsova, D. (2019). Supporting Natural Hazards Management with Geospatial Technologies. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science, Oxford University Press. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389407.013.283

Davis, J., Mitsova, D., Briggs, T.C., & Roberts-Briggs, T. 2019. Post-Hurricane Michael Damage Assessment Using ADCIRC Storm Surge Hindcast, Image Classification, and LiDAR, Shore & Beach, 87(4), 3-14.

Mitsova, D., Esnard, A.-M., Sapat, A., & Lai, B.S. 2018. Socioeconomic vulnerability and electric power restoration timelines in Florida: The case of Hurricane Irma. Natural Hazards, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-018-3413-x. Also available at https://par.nsf.gov/biblio/10066853

Mitsova, D. 2018. Integrative Interdisciplinary Frameworks for Critical Infrastructure Interdependency Analysis, Risk Analysis, DOI: 10.1111/risa.13129. ahead of print .

Sapat, A. 2018. Lost in Translation? Crossing Boundaries in Interdisciplinary Disaster Research and Integrating Policy Praxis, Risk Analysis, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13198.

Lamadrid, A. Mitsova, D., Esnard, A-M, Sapat, A., & Escaleras, M. Evidence from Hurricane Michael on the Short-term Decisions to Evacuate and its Relations to Infrastructure, Journal of Operations Management (revision in progress).

Sapat, A., D. Mitsova, and A-M Esnard. 2020. Policy mandates and organizational compliance: Internal, External, and Spatial Determinants of the Adoption of Emergency Power Plans by Nursing Homes. Journal of Public Administration, Research, and Theory (in preparation).

Books and Book Chapters


Book Cover

Mitsova, Diana and Ann-Margaret Esnard. 2019.  GIS Applications for Climate Adaptation Planning , New York, NY & Abingdon, UK: Routledge /Taylor & Francis.

Mitsova, D., C. Polsky, F. Bloetscher, J. Huntington. 2016. Climate Change and Extreme Events: How Health Disparities and Climate Governance Shape the Geography of Public Health Emergencies. In: Routledge Handbook of Environmental Governance (A. Sapat, ed.)

Conference papers and presentations (*denotes student)

Mitsova, D., Sapat, A., Esnard, A-M, Li, Y. and R. Einsteder. 2020. Big data applications to address disparities in power restoration after Hurricane Michael in the Florida Panhandle, presented at the Researchers’ Meeting following the 45th Annual Natural Hazards Workshop, July 12-16, 2020, Online.

Mitsova, D., Sapat, A., Esnard, A-M, Lamadrid, A.J. 2019. Disruption of infrastructure services and post-disaster household recovery following Hurricane Irma, presented at the Researchers’ Meeting following the 44th Annual Natural Hazards Workshop, July 14-18, 2019, Broomfield, Colorado.

Sapat, A., D. Mitsova, and A-M Esnard. 2019. Policy mandates and organizational compliance: Determinants of the Adoption of Emergency Power Plans by Nursing Homes, presented at the 4th International Conference on Public Policy, Montreal, Canada, June 25-28, 2019.

Sapat, A., D. Mitsova, and A-M Esnard. 2019. Policy mandates and organizational compliance: Internal, External, and Spatial Determinants of the Adoption of Emergency Power Plans by Nursing Homes, presented at the 77th Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 4-8, 2019.

*Elney, S., D. Mitsova, and M. Escaleras. 2019. The effects of infrastructure service disruptions and socio-demographic factors on household hurricane recovery. Poster presentation at the FAU Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 8, 2019, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. Awarded first place in category Business, Finance, and Public Administration.

*Elney, Sydney. 2019. The effects of infrastructure service disruptions and socio-demographic factors on household hurricane recovery. Poster presentation at the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference, Feb. 22-23, 2019, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL.

Bocchini, P., B. Davison, A-M Esnard, A. Lamadrid, D. Mitsova, A. Sapat, R. Sause, L. Snyder, W. Sun. 2018. Probabilistic Resilience Assessment of Interdependent Systems: the PRAISys Platform. Presentation and poster at the Resilience of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems: A CRISP/RIPS Grantees Workshop, December 5-6, 2018, Arlington, VA.

Sapat, A., A-M Esnard and D. Mitsova. Policy mandates and organizational compliance: Internal, External, and Spatial Determinants of the Adoption and Implementation of Emergency Power Plans by Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities. 77th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 4-7, 2019 (abstract accepted).

Mitsova, D., Sapat, A., Esnard, A-M, Bocchini, P., Lamadrid, A., Davison, B., Snyder, L., Sun, W., Sause, R., McDaniel, R., & Cuadra, J. 2018. I-Cube (i3): The Interdependent Infrastructure Incident. A tabletop exercise held as a session (May 17, 8:30 am to 11:45 am) at the 32nd Governor's Hurricane Conference, May 13-17, 2018, Palm Beach County Convention Center, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Mitsova, D. 2018. Integrative Interdisciplinary Approaches to Critical Infrastructure Interdependency Analysis, presentation at the NSF Interdisciplinary Approaches Workshop, February 8-9, 2018, Boulder, CO.

Sapat, A. 2018. Lost in Translation? Crossing Boundaries in Interdisciplinary Disaster Research and Integrating Policy Praxis, presentation at the NSF Interdisciplinary Approaches Workshop, February 8-9, 2018, Boulder, CO.

Mitsova, D., Sapat, A., Esnard, A-M, Lamadrid, A.J. 2018 Socioeconomic vulnerability and electric power restoration timelines in Florida: The case of Hurricane Irma, presented at the 43rd Annual Natural Hazards Workshop, July 9–12, 2018, Broomfield, Colorado.

Sapat, A., D. Mitsova, and A-M Esnard. 2018. Policy Innovation and Diffusion in Post-Disaster Housing, presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 5-9, 2018.

Esnard, Ann-Margaret, Alberto Lamadrid, Diana Mitsova, & Alka Sapat. 2017. Community Resiliency and Interdependent Systems Using a Survey of Experts, presented at the 64th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, November 8-11, 2017, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Mitsova, D., Lamadrid, A.J., Esnard, A-M, Sapat, A. Framework for Criticality Assessment of Infrastructure Interdependencies to Support Planning for Community Readiness and Resilience, presented at the 57th Annual Conference of the Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning conference, October 12-15, 2017, Denver, Colorado.

Mitsova, D. Spatial optimization and location-allocation models in ArcGIS. Webcast at the Seminar for professional engineers at Lehigh University, September 22, 2017.

Mitsova, D., Sapat, A., Esnard, A-M, Lamadrid, A.J. 2017. Using Expert Judgment to Understand the Impacts of Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies on the Delivery of Vital Community Services, poster presentation, 42nd Annual Natural Hazards Workshop, July 9–12, 2017, Broomfield, Colorado.

Mitsova, D., Sapat, A., Esnard, A-M. 2016. Modeling and Path Diagrams for Understanding Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies and Cascading Effects from Disasters, paper presented at the 56th Annual Conference of the Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Nov. 3-6, Portland, Oregon.

Mitsova, D. Spatial optimization and location-allocation models in ArcGIS. Webcast at the Infrastructure Resilience Seminar for Professional Engineers, Lehigh University, October 28, 2016, Bethlehem, PA.

Mitsova, D. 2016. Spatial Modeling of Critical Infrastructure interdependencies. FAU Dept. of Geosciences Colloquium Series, November 18, 2016, Boca Raton, Florida.

Bocchini, P., D. Mitsova, A. Sapat, A-M Esnard, D. Davison, L. Snyder, A. Lamadrid, R. Sause. 2015. Probabilistic Resilience Assessment of Interdependent Systems – PRAISYS, Poster presentation at the National Workshop on Resilience Research (NWRR) for Critical Infrastructure: Current Status and Challenges, National Science Foundation, October 22-23, 2015, Arlington, VA.

Related Projects


Zhang, C., Su, H.,  Li, T.,  Rojas, G., Hindle, T., Mitsova, D., Teegavarapu, S., Meeroff, D.,  Xie, Z.,  Bloetscher, F. and Y. Yong. Modeling and Mapping High Groundwater Table for a Coastal Region in Florida using LiDAR DEM Data, Groundwater (under review).

Mitsova, D., Bergh, C., Guannel, G., Lustic, C., Renda, M., Byrne, J., Graves, A., *Cresswell, K., *Alhawiti, R., *Goldberg, A., & *Reed, S. 2018. Spatial decision support for nature-based shoreline stabilization options in subtropical estuarine environments.  Journal of Environmental Planning and Management,  https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2017.1398637.

A study by Florida Atlantic University, 'Suitability Analysis for Living Shorelines Development in Southeast Florida’s Estuarine Systems', funded by The Nature Conservancy, assessed the potential for nature-based shoreline projects in the estuaries and inland waterways of Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties. This study drew upon extensive research, expert opinion, and computer modeling to assess and map the shoreline for suitability of different types of coastal projects. Extensive spatial and technical data were produced and made available to the public.

The story map created by The Nature Conservancy in collaboration with the Shoreline Resilience Working Group of the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact provides an overview of the completed nature-based shoreline stabilization projects and presents the results of the suitability analysis to identify potential future locations where natural infrastructure can support shoreline resilience.