Laurie Johnson is an award-winning urban planner specializing in disaster recovery and catastrophe risk management. For over 30 years, she has combined her unique blend of professional practice and research to help communities and organizations address the complex challenges posed by natural hazards and disasters. Much of her post-disaster recovery efforts are captured in her book, After Great Disasters: An In-Depth Analysis of How Six Countries Managed Community Recovery (2017). She is also the coauthor of Clear as Mud: Planning for the Rebuilding of New Orleans (2010) which examines the post-disaster recovery policies, plans and planning processes in the City of New Orleans in the first three years following Hurricane Katrina. She has an extensive publication record and is a leading author of numerous government and industry guidance documents on disaster recovery and reconstruction, community and lifeline resilience, socioeconomic implications of catastrophes, and risk-informed land use planning.

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SCEC Staff (1994 - 1995)