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Dr. Anamaria Bukvic
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Dr. Bukvic is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography. She completed her bachelor’s degree at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and received two master’s degrees in biological sciences and community planning from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Bukvic completed her Ph.D. in Planning, Governance, and Globalization at Virginia Tech. She also gained professional experience as a researcher in the Department of Environmental Health at the University of Cincinnati. Her research efforts are inherently collaborative and multidimensional—revolving around climate change adaptation, coastal resilience, vulnerability, and relocation—all highly complex and multidimensional issues that call for an interdisciplinary approach to problem solving. She further explores whether relocation could serve as a workable adaptation strategy and practical solution to sea level rise in coastal communities, as well as what opportunities could emerge from this process.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8136″ img_size=”275×355″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Dr. Bukvic’s early projects evaluate the use of relocation rhetoric in climate change adaptation documents and introduce new decision-support tools to inform relocation planning (e.g., the Coastal Relocation Leaf, the Relocation Suitability Index (RSI), & the Relocation Potential Assessment for Coastal Communities (RPACC)). She also conducted two post-hurricane Sandy household surveys on willingness to consider relocation as a disaster response strategy and the personal interviews with coastal stakeholders in Hampton Roads, VA, and on the Eastern Shore, MD, on barriers and opportunities for adaptation. Her current projects are funded by the NSF CRISP Type 1/Collaborative Research grant and are focused on the vulnerability of older population living in flood-prone coastal areas and the role of mobility and transiency in community resilience. She also serves as a co-lead of the Coastal@VT interdisciplinary research initiative at Virginia Tech and as an affiliate faculty in the Global Change Center, the Gerontology Center, and the Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability.
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In the News
Coastal@VT researchers lead Kids’ Tech University session about sea level rise
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Recent Relevant Publications
Bukvic, A., Gohlke J., Borate, A., Suggs, J. (2018). The health and wellbeing risk to older residents residing in flood-prone coastal communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,Special Issue: Extreme Weather Events and Health, 15(12), 2900, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15122900
Bukvic, A. & Harrald, J. (2018). Rural versus urban perspective on coastal flooding: the insights from the U.S. Mid-Atlantic communities. Climate Risk Management 23, 7-18, DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2018.10.004
Bukvic, A., Zhu, H. Lavoie, R., & Becker, A. (2018). The role of proximity to waterfront in the relocation decision-making post-Hurricane Sandy. Ocean and Coastal Management 154, pp. 8-18, DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.01.002
Bukvic, A. (2017). Towards the Sustainable Climate Change Population Movement: the Relocation Suitability Index. Climate and Development 10(4), 307-320. DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2017.1291407
Bukvic, A. & Owen, G. (2016). Attitudes towards relocation following Hurricane Sandy: should we stay or should we go? Disasters 41:1.DOI: 10.1111/disa.12186
Bukvic, A. (2015). Identifying Gaps and Inconsistencies in the Use of Relocation Rhetoric: A Prerequisite for Sound Relocation Policy and Planning. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 20(7), pp. 1203-1209,DOI: 10.1007/s11027-013-9532-5
Bukvic, A., Smith, A., Zhang, A. (2015). Evaluating Drivers of Coastal Relocation in Hurricane Sandy Affected Communities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 13, 215-228, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.06.008
Bukvic, A. (2015).Integrated Framework for the Relocation Potential Assessment of Coastal Communities (RPACC): Application to Hurricane-Sandy Affected Areas. Environment, Systems, and Decisions 35(2), pp. 264-278, DOI 10.1007/s10669-015-9546-5[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Recent Relevant Publications
Bukvic, A., Gohlke J., Borate, A., Suggs, J. (2018). The health and wellbeing risk to older residents residing in flood-prone coastal communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,Special Issue: Extreme Weather Events and Health, 15(12), 2900, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15122900
Bukvic, A. & Harrald, J. (2018). Rural versus urban perspective on coastal flooding: the insights from the U.S. Mid-Atlantic communities. Climate Risk Management 23, 7-18, DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2018.10.004
Bukvic, A., Zhu, H. Lavoie, R., & Becker, A. (2018). The role of proximity to waterfront in the relocation decision-making post-Hurricane Sandy. Ocean and Coastal Management 154, pp. 8-18, DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.01.002
Bukvic, A. (2017). Towards the Sustainable Climate Change Population Movement: the Relocation Suitability Index. Climate and Development 10(4), 307-320. DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2017.1291407
Bukvic, A. & Owen, G. (2016). Attitudes towards relocation following Hurricane Sandy: should we stay or should we go? Disasters 41:1.DOI: 10.1111/disa.12186
Bukvic, A. (2015). Identifying Gaps and Inconsistencies in the Use of Relocation Rhetoric: A Prerequisite for Sound Relocation Policy and Planning. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 20(7), pp. 1203-1209,DOI: 10.1007/s11027-013-9532-5
Bukvic, A., Smith, A., Zhang, A. (2015). Evaluating Drivers of Coastal Relocation in Hurricane Sandy Affected Communities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 13, 215-228, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.06.008
Bukvic, A. (2015).Integrated Framework for the Relocation Potential Assessment of Coastal Communities (RPACC): Application to Hurricane-Sandy Affected Areas. Environment, Systems, and Decisions 35(2), pp. 264-278, DOI 10.1007/s10669-015-9546-5[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row]