Rae Zimmerman is Professor of Planning and Public Administration at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and since 1998, Director of the Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems (ICIS), initially National Science Foundation (NSF) funded. She directed Wagner’s Urban Planning Program five times. Teaching and research encompasses environmental quality and impact assessment, environmental health risk management, urban infrastructure, city adaptation to energy, transportation and water innovations, and extreme events. She currently leads research grants on Hurricane Sandy impacts on infrastructure and transportation connectivity funded by NSF, the U.S. DOT Region 2 Urban Transportation Research Center, and NYS (as a member of NYS Resiliency Institute for Storms & Emergencies). She directed research funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (through three university research centers), and state and local agencies, and works with NYU-Poly on NSF-funded infrastructure-related cyber security. She authored Transport, the Environment and Security: Making the Connection (Edward Elgar), Governmental Management of Chemical Risk (Lewis/CRC), co-produced Beyond September 11th (University of Colorado Boulder), co-edited Digital Infrastructures (Routledge) and Sustaining Urban Networks (Routledge), and authored numerous publications in climate change, security, and risk communication. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and past president and Fellow of the international Society for Risk Analysis. Advisory committee appointments include TRB’s ABE40 critical infrastructure committee, and formerly U.S. EPA’s Science Advisory Board Homeland Security Advisory Committee, the New York City Panel on Climate Change (2010), and the NAS Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment. She serves on Editorial Advisory Boards of Risk Analysis; the Journal of Risk Research; the Journal of Urban Technology; and others. Education: B.A., Chemistry, University of California (Berkeley); Master of City Planning, University of Pennsylvania; and Ph.D., Planning, Columbia University.
Rae Zimmerman selected publication list (applicable to SAGE workshop)
R. Zimmerman, “Network attributes of critical infrastructure, vulnerability, and consequence assessment,” Chapter 372 in Safety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures, edited by G. Deodatis, B. R. Ellingwood, and D. M. Frangopol, London, UK: Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, 2014, pp. 2777-2782.
R. Zimmerman, “Crisis Communications,” in SAGE Encyclopedia of Crisis Management, edited by K. B. Penuel, M. Statler, and R. Hagen, Sage Publishers, 2013, pp. 188-193.
R. Zimmerman, “Critical Infrastructure and Interdependency Revisited,” Chapter 20 in The McGraw-Hill Homeland Security Handbook – 2nd edition, edited by D. G. Kamien. New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2012, pp. 437-460.
R. Zimmerman and C. Faris, “Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in North American Cities,” Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2011, pp. 181-187. First published on line January 7, 2011, doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2010.12.004
C. Rosenzweig, W. D. Solecki, R. Blake, M. Bowman, C. Faris, V. Gornitz, R. Horton, K. Jacob, A. LeBlanc, R. Leichenko, M. Linkin, D. Major, M. O’Grady, L. Patrick, E. Sussman, G. Yohe, R. Zimmerman, “Developing coastal adaptation to climate change in the New York City infrastructure-shed: process, approach, tools, and strategies,” Climatic Change, Vol. 106, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 93-127. doi:10.1007/s10584-010-0002-8
S. Mehrotra, B. Lefevre, R. Zimmerman, H. Gercek, K. Jacob, and S. Srinivasan, Chapter 6 “Climate Change and Urban Transportation Systems” in Climate Change and Cities First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network, edited by C. Rosenzweig, W. D. Solecki, S. A. Hammer, and S. Mehrotra. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2011, pp. 145-177. http://uccrn.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ARC3-Chapter-6-Optimized.pdf
M. Barata, E. Ligeti, G. De Simone (Rio de Janeiro), T. Dickinson, D. Jack, J. Penney, M. Rahman, and R. Zimmerman, Chapter 7 “Climate Change and Human Health in Cities,” in Climate Change and Cities First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network, edited by C. Rosenzweig, W. D. Solecki, S. A. Hammer, and S. Mehrotra. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2011, pp. 179-213. http://uccrn.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ARC3-Chapter-7.pdf
R. Zimmerman and C. Faris, “Infrastructure Impacts and Adaptation Challenges,” Chapter 4 in Climate Change Adaptation in New York City: Building a Risk Management Response, New York City Panel on Climate Change 2010 Report, edited by C. Rosenzweig and W. Solecki. Prepared for use by the New York City Climate Change Adaptation Task Force. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 1196. New York, NY, NY Academy of Sciences, 2010, pp. 63-85. ISBN 978-1-57331-800-6. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05318.x/pdf
R. Zimmerman and C. E. Restrepo, “The Next Step: Quantifying Infrastructure Interdependencies to Improve Security,” International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, Vol. 2, Nos. 2/3, 2006, pp. 215-230.
Book:
R. Zimmerman (2012) Transport, the Environment and Security. Making the Connection, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd. http://www.e-elgar.com/bookentry_mainUS.lasso?id=13884
Rae Zimmerman selected publication list (applicable to SAGE workshop)
R. Zimmerman, “Network attributes of critical infrastructure, vulnerability, and consequence assessment,” Chapter 372 in Safety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures, edited by G. Deodatis, B. R. Ellingwood, and D. M. Frangopol, London, UK: Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, 2014, pp. 2777-2782.
R. Zimmerman, “Crisis Communications,” in SAGE Encyclopedia of Crisis Management, edited by K. B. Penuel, M. Statler, and R. Hagen, Sage Publishers, 2013, pp. 188-193.
R. Zimmerman, “Critical Infrastructure and Interdependency Revisited,” Chapter 20 in The McGraw-Hill Homeland Security Handbook – 2nd edition, edited by D. G. Kamien. New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2012, pp. 437-460.
R. Zimmerman and C. Faris, “Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in North American Cities,” Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2011, pp. 181-187. First published on line January 7, 2011, doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2010.12.004
C. Rosenzweig, W. D. Solecki, R. Blake, M. Bowman, C. Faris, V. Gornitz, R. Horton, K. Jacob, A. LeBlanc, R. Leichenko, M. Linkin, D. Major, M. O’Grady, L. Patrick, E. Sussman, G. Yohe, R. Zimmerman, “Developing coastal adaptation to climate change in the New York City infrastructure-shed: process, approach, tools, and strategies,” Climatic Change, Vol. 106, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 93-127. doi:10.1007/s10584-010-0002-8
S. Mehrotra, B. Lefevre, R. Zimmerman, H. Gercek, K. Jacob, and S. Srinivasan, Chapter 6 “Climate Change and Urban Transportation Systems” in Climate Change and Cities First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network, edited by C. Rosenzweig, W. D. Solecki, S. A. Hammer, and S. Mehrotra. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2011, pp. 145-177. http://uccrn.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ARC3-Chapter-6-Optimized.pdf
M. Barata, E. Ligeti, G. De Simone (Rio de Janeiro), T. Dickinson, D. Jack, J. Penney, M. Rahman, and R. Zimmerman, Chapter 7 “Climate Change and Human Health in Cities,” in Climate Change and Cities First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network, edited by C. Rosenzweig, W. D. Solecki, S. A. Hammer, and S. Mehrotra. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2011, pp. 179-213. http://uccrn.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ARC3-Chapter-7.pdf
R. Zimmerman and C. Faris, “Infrastructure Impacts and Adaptation Challenges,” Chapter 4 in Climate Change Adaptation in New York City: Building a Risk Management Response, New York City Panel on Climate Change 2010 Report, edited by C. Rosenzweig and W. Solecki. Prepared for use by the New York City Climate Change Adaptation Task Force. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 1196. New York, NY, NY Academy of Sciences, 2010, pp. 63-85. ISBN 978-1-57331-800-6. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05318.x/pdf
R. Zimmerman and C. E. Restrepo, “The Next Step: Quantifying Infrastructure Interdependencies to Improve Security,” International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, Vol. 2, Nos. 2/3, 2006, pp. 215-230.
Book:
R. Zimmerman (2012) Transport, the Environment and Security. Making the Connection, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd. http://www.e-elgar.com/bookentry_mainUS.lasso?id=13884
