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Overview

Naim Kapucu is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily spans the domain of Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Communication, Political Science and International Relations, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Public Administration.

The research topics that Kapucu has worked on include:

  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Public Relations and Crisis Communication
  • Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
  • Public Policy and Administration Research
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • E-Government and Public Services

Kapucu has authored and contributed to several notable publications. Among recent papers are:

  • "Crisis Decision-Making on a Global Scale: Transition from Cognition to Collective Action under Threat of COVID-19" (2020), published in Public Administration Review
  • "Crisis Coordination and the Role of Social Media in Response to COVID-19 in Wuhan, China" (2020), published in The American Review of Public Administration
  • "The role of food-energy-water nexus analyses in urban growth models for urban sustainability: A review of synergistic framework" (2020), published in Sustainable Cities and Society
  • "Assessing social vulnerability to earthquake disaster using rough analytic hierarchy process method: A case study of Hanzhong City, China" (2020), published in Safety Science
  • "Urban resilience for building a sustainable and safe environment" (2021), published in Urban Governance

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Kapucu are:

  • Qian Hu (10 collaborations)
  • Yue Ge (4 collaborations)
  • Yiran Li (2 collaborations)
  • Ni-Bin Chang (2 collaborations)
  • Jiangxiao Qiu (2 collaborations)

Kapucu publishes regularly in several key academic venues, including:

  • Public Administration Review (4 publications)
  • Urban Governance (3 publications)
  • International Journal of Public Administration (3 publications)
  • The American Review of Public Administration (2 publications)
  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Interagency Communication Networks During Emergencies: Boundary Spanners in Multiagency Coordination

    Naim Kapucu

  • Inter-Organizational Coordination in Extreme Events: The World Trade Center Attacks, September 11, 2001

    Louise Kloos Comfort;Naim Kapucu

  • Collaborative emergency management: better community organising, better public preparedness and response

    Naim Kapucu

  • Collaborative emergency management and national emergency management network

    Naim Kapucu;Tolga Arslan;Fatih Demiroz

  • Collaborative Decision-Making in Emergency and Disaster Management

    Naim Kapucu;Vener Garayev

  • Examining Intergovernmental and Interorganizational Response to Catastrophic Disasters: Toward a Network-Centered Approach

    Naim Kapucu;Tolga Arslan;Matthew Lloyd Collins

  • The Evolving Role of the Public Sector in Managing Catastrophic Disasters Lessons Learned

    Naim Kapucu;Montgomery Van Wart

  • Public-Nonprofit Partnerships for Collective Action in Dynamic Contexts of Emergencies

    Naim Kapucu

  • Interstate Partnerships in Emergency Management: Emergency Management Assistance Compact in Response to Catastrophic Disasters

    Naim Kapucu;Maria-Elena Augustin;Vener Garayev

  • Crisis Management Competencies: The Case of Emergency Managers in the USA.

    M. Van Wart;N. Kapucu

  • Culture of preparedness: household disaster preparedness

    Naim Kapucu

  • Designing, Managing, and Sustaining Functionally Collaborative Emergency Management Networks

    Naim Kapucu;Vener Garayev

  • Understanding Multiplexity of Collaborative Emergency Management Networks

    Naim Kapucu;Qian Hu

  • The State of Network Research in Public Administration

    Naim Kapucu;Qian Hu;Sana Khosa

  • Interorganizational Coordination in Complex Environments of Disasters: The Evolution of Intergovernmental Disaster Response Systems

    Naim Kapucu

  • Making Matters Worse An Anatomy of Leadership Failures in Managing Catastrophic Events

    Naim Kapucu;Montgomery Van Wart

  • Measuring Performance for Collaborative Public Management Using Network Analysis Methods and Tools

    Naim Kapucu;Fatih Demiroz

  • Disaster and emergency management systems in urban areas

    Naim Kapucu

  • What Have We Learned since September 11, 2001? A Network Study of the Boston Marathon Bombings Response

    Qian Hu;Claire Connolly Knox;Naim Kapucu

  • Information Communication Technology Utilization for Effective Emergency Management Networks

    Qian Hu;Naim Kapucu

  • Non‐profit response to catastrophic disasters

    Naim Kapucu

  • Interorganizational Coordination in Dynamic Context: Networks in Emergency Response Management 1

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Frequent Co-Authors

Ismail Guvenc
Ismail Guvenc North Carolina State University
Walid Saad
Walid Saad Virginia Tech
Arjen Boin
Arjen Boin Leiden University
Christopher V. Hawkins
Christopher V. Hawkins University of Central Florida
F. Necati Catbas
F. Necati Catbas University of Central Florida
Kevin C. Desouza
Kevin C. Desouza Queensland University of Technology
Donald P. Moynihan
Donald P. Moynihan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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