Oronde Drakes

My research focuses on natural hazards and disasters with particular interest in approaches for integrating at risk indigenous and other un- and underrepresented populations into community and regional disaster risk reduction management structures. My work includes integrated risk and hazard assessments as well as participatory vulnerability assessments and volunteered geographic data. This combines both quantitative and qualitative research.

I have secondary interest in geoinformatics approaches to disaster risk management. Principally their applications to regional scale settings in developing countries and the integration of input from outlying and indigenous communities.