Empirical causal analysis of flood risk factors on U.S. flood insurance payouts:Implications for solvency and risk reduction.

This paper presents a regression model that quantifies the causal relationship between flood risk factors and the flood insurance payout in the U.S. The flood risk factors that have been considered in this research are flood exposure, infrastructure vulnerability, social vulnerability, and the number of mobile homes.

A data-driven approach to quantify disparities in power outages.

This research proposes a data-driven approach to identify possible disparities in a utility's outage management practices. The approach has been illustrated for an Investor-Owned Utility located in the Midwest region in the U.S.

A comparison study on environmental policies for expressway construction projects between China and the US: A tiered analysis approach.

The development of expressway construction projects (ECPs) poses overwhelming challenges to the physical environment around the world. The challenges are supposed to be addressed with the enforcement of environmental policies (EPs). In this regard, developed countries have gained rich experience in EP formulation while developing countries are making efforts to improve policy decision-making on environmental sustainability.

Data on major power outage events in the continental U.S.

This paper presents the data that is used in the article entitled "A Multi-Hazard Approach to Assess Severe Weather-Induced Major Power Outage Risks in the U.S." (Mukherjee et al.