Olson, Richard

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Olson, Richard

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Affiliated Member, Institute of Environment , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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selected scholarly works & creative activities

Article
- 2025
  
  Public Support for Disaster Risk Reduction: Evidence from The Bahamas Before and After Hurricane Dorian. Social Sciences. 14.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/socsci14040248 Web of Science: 001475614100001
- 2023
  
  Disasters and corruption: public expectations and tolerance-evidence from Mexico. DISASTERS. 47:1118-1137.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/disa.12585 Web of Science: 001020053800001
- 2020
  
  From Disaster Risk Reduction to Policy Studies: Bridging Research Communities. NATURAL HAZARDS REVIEW. 21.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000365 Web of Science: 000521246200024
- 2019
  
  Public Perceptions of Code Enforcement and Safer Buildings in Latin America and the Caribbean. NATURAL HAZARDS REVIEW. 20.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000333 Web of Science: 000486064900003
- 2018
  
  Establishing public accountability, speaking truth to power and inducing political will for disaster risk reduction: ‘Gcho Rios + 25’
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781315067261-7
- 2012
  
  Public Response to Disaster Response: Applying the "5C+A" Framework to El Salvador 2001 and Peru 2007. INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PERSPECTIVES. 13:195-210.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2012.00460.x Web of Science: 000303667800007
- 2011
  
  Establishing public accountability, speaking truth to power and inducing political will for disaster risk reduction: 'Ocho Rios+25'. Environmental Hazards. 10:59-68.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3763/ehaz.2011.0007 Web of Science: 000290593900007
- 2010
  
  From Disaster Event to Political Crisis: A "5C+A" Framework for Analysis. INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PERSPECTIVES. 11:205-221.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2010.00404.x Web of Science: 000281645400001
- 2005
  
  The politics of humanitarian aid: US foreign disaster assistance, 1964-1995. JOURNAL OF POLITICS. 67:454-473.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2005.00324.x Web of Science: 000228622300008
- 2003
  
  Disasters as Critical Junctures? Managua, Nicaragua 1972 and Mexico City 1985*. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 21:5-35.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/028072700302100101
- 2001
  
  Tapping Collective Memory of Disaster: Getting “Inside” the 1985 Mexico City Earthquakes*. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 19:1-17.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/028072700101900303
- 2001
  
  Socioeconomic reverberations of earthquake prediction: Snapshot in time, Peru 1979-1981. NATURAL HAZARDS REVIEW. 2:124-131.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2001)2:3(124)
- 2000
  
  ‘Normal’ versus ‘special’ time corruption: An exploration of mexican attitudes. CAMBRIDGE REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. 14:344-361.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/09557570008400348
- 2000
  
  Toward a Politics of Disaster: Losses, Values, Agendas, and Blame*. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 18:265-287.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/028072700001800201
- 1998
  
  Book Review: After Disaster: Agenda Setting, Public Policy, and Focusing Events. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 16:219-220.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/028072709801600207
- 1998
  
  Night and Day: Mitigation Policymaking in Oakland, California before and after the Loma Prieta Disaster*. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 16:145-179.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/028072709801600202
- 1998
  
  Disasters and political unrest: an empirical investigation. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 6:153-161.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1468-5973.00084
- 1997
  
  Un-Therapeutic Communities: A Cross-National Analysis of Post-Disaster Political Unrest*. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 15:221-238.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/028072709701500201
- 1995
  
  Guns, Drugs, and Disaster: Cauca/Huila, Colombia, 1994*. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 13:147-160.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/028072709501300202
- 1994
  
  Trapped in Politics: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of the Utah Seismic Safety Advisory Council. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 12:77-94.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/028072709401200104
- 1993
  
  “The Rubble's Standing Up” in Oroville, California: The Politics of Building Safety*. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 11:163-188.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/028072709301100202
- 1987
  
  URBAN HEAVY RESCUE.. Earthquake Spectra. 3:645-658.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1193/1.1585451
- 1985
  
  THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LIFE‐SAFETY: THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND “HAZARDOUS‐STRUCTURE ABATEMENT,” 1973–1981. Review of Policy Research. 4:670-679.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1985.tb00315.x
- 1983
  
  CALIFORNIA'S HAZARDOUS STRUCTURE PROBLEM: A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE.. Building Standards. 52:15-17.
- 1983
  
  California's hazardous structure problem: a political perspective.. California Geology. 36:89-91.
- 1982
  
  PUBLIC-POLICY ANALYSIS AND HAZARDS RESEARCH - NATURAL COMPLEMENTS. SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL. 19:89-103.
  Web of Science: A1982NA32700007
- 1979
  
  ECONOMIC COERCION IN WORLD-POLITICS - WITH A FOCUS ON NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS. World Politics. 31:471-494.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/2009906 Web of Science: A1979HE10200001
- 1979
  
  EXPROPRIATION AND ECONOMIC COERCION IN WORLD-POLITICS - A RETROSPECTIVE LOOK AT BRAZIL IN THE 1960S. JOURNAL OF DEVELOPING AREAS. 13:247-262.
  Web of Science: A1979JM38800002
- 1977
  
  EXPROPRIATION AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC COERCION - CEYLON AND WEST 1961-65. JOURNAL OF DEVELOPING AREAS. 11:205-225.
  Web of Science: A1977DY28600003
- 1977
  
  GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE OF 4 FEBRUARY 1976 - SOCIAL-SCIENCE OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH SUGGESTIONS
  Web of Science: A1977DL47900001
- 1975
  
  ECONOMIC COERCION IN INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES - UNITED STATES AND PERU IN IPC EXPROPRIATION DISPUTE OF 1968-1971. JOURNAL OF DEVELOPING AREAS. 9:395-414.
  Web of Science: A1975AD66500004
- 1965
  
  SOME FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERCEPTION OF VERTICALITY. PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD. 15:51-55.
  Web of Science: A1965CBU0400007
- Disasters as Crisis Triggers for Critical Junctures? The 1976 Guatemala Case. LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY. 55:133-149.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2013.00196.x Web of Science: 000319688600006
Book
- 2016
  
  The Politics of Earthquake Prediction
- 2014
  
  The Politics of Earthquake Prediction
Book Chapter
- 2017
  
  VIOLENT CONFLICT AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION INCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION. 150-160.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781315684260-15
Book Review
- 1983
  
  SOCIAL-SCIENCE AND NATURAL HAZARDS - WRIGHT,JD, ROSSI,PH. Ed. 12.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/2068165 Web of Science: A1983QD34400049
- 1980
  
  THE BRAZILIAN ECONOMY - ITS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT - BAER,W. Ed. 14.
  Web of Science: A1980KS98100026
Conference
- 1970
  
  A NEW SMALL MASS CRITICAL CONFIGURATION. TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY. 669-&.
  Web of Science: A1970H680200260
- 1966
  
  2-PHOTON ABSORPTION IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. R21-+.
  Web of Science: A19667545600044
Internet Publication
- 2022
  
  30 years after Hurricane Andrew devastated Florida, researchers are using a ‘Wall of Wind’ to design safer homes – but storms are getting even more intense
Letter
- 1968
  
  REACTION BETWEEN ETHYLENE OXIDE AND PHOSPHORUS PENTOXIDE. TETRAHEDRON LETTERS. 6001-&.
  Web of Science: A1968C134100019
Other Scholarly Work
- 2013
  
  Managing risk with climate vulnerability science. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE. 607-609.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1929 Web of Science: 000324486300007

principal investigator on

FIU's Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2024 - 2025
FIU's Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2024
FIU's Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2022 - 2023
FIU's Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2021 - 2022
FIU's Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2020 - 2021
FIU's Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2019 - 2021
FIU's Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2019 - 2020
FIU's Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2017 - 2018
FIU's Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2016 - 2017
FIU's Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2015 - 2016
The New Orleans Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Resilience Assessment Project awarded by AECOM 2015 - 2016
Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida FY 14-15 awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2015
Wall of Wind State Research awarded by Florida Office of Insurance Regulation 2014 - 2015
Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida 2013 awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2013 - 2014
Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas awarded by U.S. Agency for International Developmen 2008 - 2014
Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2013
Phase IV of an Assessment of Risk Management in LAC Region Higher Education: The Paul C. Bell, Jr. Risk Management Program. awarded by U.S. Agency for International Developmen 2005 - 2010

co-principal investigator on

Grant
- Collaborative Research: Hazard Events, Risk Perception, and Public Support for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas: a 17-Country Study awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2024
- Disaster Risk and Resilience in the Americas (DRRA) awarded by U.S. Agency for International Developmen 2019 - 2024
- RAPID: Public Support for Disaster Risk Reduction Policies in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2021
- The Disaster Resilience and Climate in the Americas Program (DRCAP) awarded by U.S. Agency for International Developmen 2016 - 2019
- FIU's Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2016 - 2017
- FIU's Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2015 - 2016
- Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Americas - Second Phase: Building Resilience awarded by U.S. Agency for International Developmen 2014 - 2016
- The New Orleans Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Resilience Assessment Project awarded by AECOM 2015 - 2016
- Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida awarded by Florida Division of Emergency Management 2013

subproject principal investigator on

Race, Risk, and Resilience: Building a Local-to-Global "Commons for Justice" awarded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2021 - 2027

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