On Water: H2O Policy, Planning, and Management

Water themes have long occupied my attention, starting with my master’s program in Water Resources Management and continuing through to my current studies of hazards planning and stormwater management. This work includes both physical/hydrological dimensions as well as behavioral aspects at the public and private level.

Note that in an attempt to honor the confusing spirit of copyright law, I’ve not uploaded PDFs of my papers to this page, but

• I provide pointers to most of the publishers’ websites, which typically provides at least access to each paper’s abstract
• I’ve made many of these available as full text through www.researchgate.net and
• I’m happy to send PDFs attachments to individuals under the fair use doctrine, so contact me via email if interested

Wernstedt, Kris, Lucia Velotti, & Patrick S. Roberts. 2025. “Values From the Frontlines: Planners and Other Local Public Officials on Loss of Life and Equity in Flood Risk Mitigation.” Journal of the American Planning Association, 91(4), 569–585. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2025.2517867.

Shen, J., Pamela Murray-Tuite, Kris Wernstedt, & Seth Guikema. 2025. “Resident Recovery Priorities for Activities and Services After a Hypothetical Hurricane: Insights from Metropolitan Survey Data.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 128, 105741. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105741.

Shen, Jiayun, Pamela Murray-Tuite, Kris Wernstedt, and Seth Guikema. 2024. “Estimating Pre-Impact and Post-Impact Evacuation Behaviors – An Empirical Study of Hurricane Ida In Coastal Louisiana And Mississippi.” Journal of Transport Geography 118:103925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.103925.

Roberts, Patrick S., Lucia Velotti, and Kris Wernstedt. 2020. “How Public Managers Make Tradeoffs Regarding Lives: Evidence from a Flood Planning Survey Experiment.” Administration & Society July 2020.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399720944811.

Wernstedt, Kris, Patrick S. Roberts, Joseph Arvai, et al. 2019. “How Emergency Managers (Mis?)Interpret Forecasts.”  Disasters 43(1), 88-109. (paper at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/disa.12293 )

Murray-Tuite, Pamela, Elham Hajhashemi, Susan Hotle, & Kris Wernstedt. 2019. “Using Agent-Based Modeling to Evaluate the Effects of Hurricane Sandy’s Recovery Timeline on the Ability to Work.” Transportation Research Part D: Transport & Environment 77, 506-524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2019.08.011.

Wernstedt, Kris and Fanny Carlet. 2014:  “Climate Change, Urban Development, and Stormwater:  Perspectives from the Field.” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 140(4), 543-552. (paper at http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29WR.1943-5452.0000308 )

Wernstedt, Kris and Robert Hersh. 2002:  “Climate Forecasts in Flood Planning:  Promise and Ambiguity.” Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 38(6), 1703-1714. Wernstedt, Kris and Robert Hersh. 2002:  “Climate Forecasts in Flood Planning:  Promise and Ambiguity.” Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 38(6), 1703-1714. (see http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2002.tb04375.x/abstract )

Hersh, Robert and Kris Wernstedt. 2002:  “Gauging the Vulnerability of Local Water Utilities to Extreme Weather Events.” Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 45(3), 341-361. (paper at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09640560220133397 )

Paulsen, Charles M. and Kris Wernstedt. 1995:  “Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Complex Managed Hydrosystems:  An Application to the Columbia River Basin.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 28(3), 388-400. (abstract at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/4974113_Cost-Effectiveness_Analysis_for_Complex_Managed_Hydrosystems_An_Application_to_the_Columbia_River_Basin )

Wernstedt, Kris and Charles M. Paulsen. 1995:  “Economic and Biological Analysis to Aid System Planning for Salmon Recovery in the Columbia River Basin.” Journal of Environmental Management, 43(4), 313-331. (abstract at http://www.readabstracts.com/Environmental-issues/Economic-and-biological-analysis-to-aid-system-planning-for-salmon-recovery-in-the-Columbia-River-Ba.html)

Hyman, Jeffrey B. and Kris Wernstedt. 1995:  “A Value-Informed Framework for Interdisciplinary Analysis:  Application to Recovery Planning for Snake River Salmon.” Conservation Biology, 9(3), 625-635. (paper at http://www.jstor.org/stable/2386616?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents )