About the Institute
The Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas was formally established on May 14, 2020 by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents following the passage of House Bill 2345 by the 86th Texas Legislature in 2019. The Institute’s mission is to facilitate the integration of analytical tools and state-level decisions related to disaster resiliency. Through collaborative efforts, the Institute aims to deliver critical research on disaster risk reduction, support state agencies with data analytics and decision-making tools, and generate evidence-based solutions that help Texas communities become more resilient over the long term.
“By working with Texas A&M University System partners, other institutions of higher education, public agencies, and other entities, the Institute will become a leader in developing analytical tools that support more disaster-resilient communities.”
Texas Disaster Information System
The cornerstone project for the Institute is the Texas Disaster Information System (TDIS). This project is currently in the planning phase, but will be an interactive, analytical, and visual web-based spatial data system designed to support more resilient decision making at the state level.
Latest Publications
Emergency Water Distribution Systems to Improve Spatial Equality and Spatial Equity in a 1 Heterogeneous Community with Differing Mobility Characteristics
Prepared For: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
An Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Protective Action Decision-Related Travel
Prepared For: Natural Hazards Review
Rectifying a flood data desert one step at a time: a co-created, engaged scholarship approach
Prepared For: Journal of Applied Communication Research
How about Now? Changes in Risk Perception before and after Hurricane Irma
Prepared For: Sustainability
Latest News
Check out IDRT Faculty’s newly released report “The Market Incentives Study – Resilient Structures.”
Texas A&M University of Galveston (TAMUG) was contracted by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) to conduct a study of the effects of resilient structures
Dr. Sam Brody demos Buyers Aware on Evening News
During the interview, Dr. Brody share’s IDRT’s new program that helps Texans better understand their flood risk in heavy rain events. It’s called Buyer’s Aware,
IDRT Researcher, Dr. Jooho Kim, publishes two articles
Dr. Jooho Kim’s latest publications highlight the expanding research of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas into critical areas such as tornado evacuation analytics
