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Building Resilient Infrastructure to Combat Terrorism: Lessons from September 11th

Rae Zimmerman: November 14, 2002; Running Time: 01:06:56

About the Lecture

About the Lecture

Building Resilient Infrastructure to Combat Terrorism: Lessons from September 11th

Lecture Details

Location: E51-315

About the Speaker

Rae Zimmerman

Professor of Planning and Public Administration Director, Institute for Civil Infrastructures Systems Wagner Graduate School of Public Service New York University

Rae Zimmerman (ICIS Director and PI, Ex-officio Member of the Executive Committee) is Professor of Planning and Public Administration at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and member and a former Director of the School's management specialization and the urban planning program. In 1997, she was President of the Society for Risk Analysis, a 2,400 member international, interdisciplinary professional society of natural and social scientists and engineers from academia, industry and government. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Society for Risk Analysis. Dr. Zimmerman's teaching and research interests are in environmental planning, management, and impact assessment; environmental equity; urban infrastructure, its measurement and performance; and risk management and public perceptions of complex technologies.