PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
(* student coauthor)
2025
*Cass, E., Shao, W., Hao, F., & Moradkhani, H. (2025) “Coastal Flood Recovery Aided by Household Mitigation Behavior.” Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07357-2
*Cass, E., Harris, C., Shao, W., Yeates, E., & Moradkhani, H. (2025) “Stakeholder Compound Flood Hazard Communication and Decision Making in Mobile, AL.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105469
Sanni, T.O., Chen, J., Shao, W., Liu, J., & Shi, Y. (2025) “Investigating the feasibility of adopting virtual reality as a method for natural hazard risk communication” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 119, 105296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105296
2024
*Dey, H., *Haque, M., Shao, W., VanDyke, M., & Hao, F. (2024) “Simulating flood risk in Tampa Bay using a machine learning driven approach” npj: Natural Hazards 1, 40. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-024-00045-4
*Bhuiya, M., Hasan, M. & Shao, W. (2024) “Into the nexus of disability, mobility aid and travel behavior – A tale from Dhaka, Bangladesh” Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 28, 101274 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101274
Meyer, M., Weber, J., Sultan, S. & Shao, W. (2024) Geographic Analysis of the Compactness of National Park Unit Boundaries. Transactions in GIS, 0: 1-12 https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.13238
*Bhuiya, M., Shao, W., Jones, S., & Liu, J. (2024) Towards A Comprehensive Framework for Accessibility Measures for Movement Challenged Persons. Transportation Research Record https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241270162
Shao, W. & Hao, F. (2024) Understanding the Relationships among Experience with Extreme Weather Events, Perceptions of Climate Change, Carbon Dependency, and Public Support for Renewable Energies in the United States. Energy and Climate Change https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egycc.2024.100139
*Dey, H., Shao, W., *Haque, M., & VanDyke, M. (2024) Enhancing Flood Risk Analysis in Harris County: Integrating Flood Susceptibility and Social Vulnerability Mapping. Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis DOI : 10.1007/s41651-024-00181-5.
*Dey, H., Shao, W., Moradkhani, H., Keim, B., & Peter, B (2024). Urban flood susceptibility mapping using frequency ratio and machine learning algorithms. Natural Hazards https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06609-x
Hemmerling, S., Haertling, A., Shao, W., Leondardo, D.D., Grismore, A., & Dausman, A. (2024). “You turn the tap on, the water’s there, and you just think everything’s fine”: A mixed methods approach to understanding public perceptions of groundwater management in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Frontier in Water. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2024.1289400
*Dey, H., Shao, W., Pan, S., & Tian, H. (2024). The spatiotemporal patterns of community vulnerability in the U.S. Mobile Bay from 2000 – 2020. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-023-09549-4
2023
Hao, F. & Shao, W. (2023). Social Network, Political Climate, Income Inequality, and Americans Uptake of Monovalent COVID-19 Booster. Vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.08.064
*Tabassum, A., Basak, R., Shao, W., *Haque, M., Chowdhury, T.A., & *Dey, H. (2023). Exploring the relationship between land use land cover and land surface temperature: A case study in Bangladesh and the policy implications for the global south. Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis 7, 25 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41651-023-00155-z
*Cass, E., Shao, W., Hao, F., Moradkhani, H., & Yeates, E. (2023). Identifying Trends in Interpretation and Responses to Hurricane and Climate Change Communication Tools . International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103752
Hao, F., Shao, W. & Michaels, J. L. (2023). A study of American response to climate change and the influence of carbon dependency, social capital, and political orientation. Society & Natural Resources. DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2023.2212238
*Bhuiya, M., Shao, W., & Jones, S. (2023). Participatory GIS for measuring accessibility of movement challenged persons during earthquake evacuation.” Applied Geography, 156, 102974 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.102974
Liu, A., Kam, J., Kwon, S., & Shao, W. (2023). Monitoring the impact of climate extremes and COVID-19 on statewise sentiment alterations in water pollution complaints. npj Clean Water 6, 29 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-023-00244-y
Karimiziarani, M., Shao, W., Mirzaei, M., & Moradkhani, H. (2023). Toward reduction of detrimental effects of hurricanes using a social media data analytic approach: How climate change is perceived? Climate Risk Management. 100480 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2023.100480
2022
Feng, K., Shao, W., & Lin, N. (2022) “Social-geographical pattern of rescue requests under Hurricane Harvey (2017)” Findings, https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.37903
*Cass, E., Shao, W., & Smiley, K. (2022) “Comparing Public Expectations with Local Planning Efforts to Mitigate Coastal Hazards: A Case Study in the City of New Orleans, USA” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102940
Hao, F. & Shao, W. (2022) “Understanding the Influence of Political Orientation, Social Network, and Economic Recovery on COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among Americans” Vaccine https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.02.066
Shao, W., Kam, J., and *Cass, E. (2022) “Public awareness and perceptions of drought: A case study of two cities of Alabama.” Risk, Hazards, & Crisis in Public Policy https://doi.org/10.1002/rhc3.12248
Smiley, K., Chen, Y., and Shao, W. (2022) “Being green in a green capital: Assessing drivers of pro-environmental behaviors in Copenhagen.” Cities, 103538, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103538.
Karimiziarani, M., Jafarzadegan, K., Abbaszadeh, P., Shao, W., Moradkhani, H. 2022. Hazard Risk Awareness and Disaster Management: Extracting the Information Content of Twitter Data, Sustainable Cities and Society,103577,ISSN 2210-6707, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103577.
*Bhuiya, M. and Shao, W. (2022). “Perceptions of Earthquake Risks and Knowledge about Earthquake Response Among Movement Challenged Persons in Dhaka City of Bangladesh” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 70, 102743, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102743
2021
Kam, J., Park, J., Shao, W., Song, J., Kim, J., Gizzi, F. T., Porrini, D., and Suh, Y. -J. (2021).”Data-driven modeling reveals the Western dominance of global pubic interest in earthquakes.” Humanities and Social Science Communication(Springer Nature) 8, 242. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00914-7
Shao, W. and Hao, F. (2021). “Understanding American public support for COVID-19 risk mitigation: The role of political orientation, socio-demographic characteristics, personal concern, and experience.” International Journal of Public Health https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.1604037
Hao, F. and Shao, W. (2021). “What really drives the deployment of renewable energy? A global assessment of 118 countries” Energy Research and Social Science 72, 101880
Hao, F. and Shao, W. (2021). “Understanding the Effects of Individual and State-level Factors on American Public Response to COVID–19.” American Journal of Health Promotion doi:10.1177/08901171211017286
Hao, F., Shao, W., and Huang, W. (2021). “Understanding the influence of contextual factors and individual social capital on American public mask wearing in response to COVID-19.” Health and Place 68, 102537.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102537.
2020
Shao, W., Moftakhari, H., and Moradkhani, H. (2020). “Comparing public perceptions of sea level rise with scientific projections across five states of the U.S. Gulf Coast region” Climatic Change https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02893-1
Moftakhari, H., Shao, W., Moradkhani, H., AghaKouchak, A., Sanders, B., Matthew, R., Jones, S., and Orbinski, J. (2020). “Polycentric governance with a focus on non-financial capital can enable incremental adaptation in disadvantaged communities” Climate Policy DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2020.1833824
Shao, W. and Kam, J. (2020). “Retrospective and Prospective Evaluations of Drought and Flood” Science of the Total Environment 748, 141155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141155
Shao, W. and Hao, F. (2020 b). “Confidence in political leaders can slant risk perceptions of COVID-19 in a highly polarized environment.” Social Science & Medicine 261,113235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113235.
Shao, W. and Hao, F. (2020 a). “Approval of political leaders can slant evaluation of political issues: evidence from public concern for climate change in the U.S.” Climatic Change, 158(2), 201-212 10.1007/s10584-019-02594-4
Khajehei, S., Ahmadalipour, A., Shao, W., and Moradkhani, H. (2020). “A place-based assessment of flash flood hazard and vulnerability in the contiguous United States.” Scientific Reports 10, 448 doi:10.1038/s41598-019-57349-z
Shao, W. and McCarthy, A. (2020). “Understanding Evangelical Protestant identity, religiosity, extreme weather, and American public perceptions of global warming, 2006-2016” Geographic Review DOI: 10.1080/00167428.2019.1702427
2019
Ha, H. and Shao, W. (2019). “A spatial epidemiology case study of mentally unhealthy days (MUDs): air pollution, community resilience, and sunlight perspectives” International Journal of Environmental Health Research DOI:10.1080/09603123.2019.1669768
Kim, S., Shao, W., and Kam, J. (2019). “Spatiotemporal patterns of US drought awareness” Palgrave Communications DOI: 10.1057/s41599-019-0317-7
Shao, W., Feng, K., and Lin, N. (2019). “Predicting support for flood mitigation based on flood insurance purchase behavior” Environmental Research Letters DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ab195a
Shao, W., Keim, B., Xian, S., and *O’Connor, R. (2019). “Flood hazards and perceptions – a comparative study of two cities in Alabama” Journal of Hydrology 569, 546-555.
Shao, W., *Jackson, N., Ha, H., and N., Winemiller, T. (2019). “Assessing community vulnerability to floods and hurricanes in the U.S. Gulf Coast.” Disasters DOI: 10.1111/disa.12383
2018
Shao, W., Gardezi, M., and Xian, S. (2018). “Examining the effects of objective hurricane risks and community resilience on risk perceptions of hurricanes at the county level in the U.S. Gulf Coast: An innovative approach” Annals of the American Association of Geographers. DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2018.1426436
2017
Shao, W. (2017). “Weather, climate, politics or God? – determinants of American public opinions toward global warming” Environmental Politics. DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2016.1223190
Shao, W., Xian, S., Lin, N., and Small, M. (2017 c). “A sequential model relating risk exposure, perception and public support for coastal flood adaptation measures” Water Research. DOI.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.05.072
Shao, W., Xian, S., Lin, N., Kunreuther, H., *Jackson, N., and Goidel, K. (2017 b). “Understanding the effects of past flood events, perceived and estimated flood risks on individuals’ voluntary flood insurance purchase behaviors.” Water Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.11.021
Shao, W., Xian, S., Keim, B. D., Goidel, K., and Lin, N. (2017 a). “Understanding perceptions of changing hurricane strength along the U.S. Gulf Coast” International Journal of Climatology. DOI:10.1002/joc.4805
Xu, Y., Liu, Y., Chen, T., Shao, W., and Fu, Z. (2017). “A longitudinal analysis of environment and risk of obesity in the U.S.” Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection.5, 204-220.
2016
Shao, W., Garand, J.C., Keim, B. D., and Hamilton, L.C. (2016). “Science, scientists, and local weather: understanding mass attitudes toward global warming,” Social Science Quarterly. DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12317
Shao, W. and Goidel, K. (2016). “Seeing is believing? – An examination of perceptions of local weather conditions and climate change among residents in the U.S. Gulf Coast” Risk Analysis. DOI:10.1111/risa.12571.
Shao, W., (2016) “Are actual weather and perceived weather the same?” Journal of Risk Research. 1-21.
Ha, H., Rogerson, P., Olson, J., Han, D., Bian, L., and Shao, W. (2016). “Analysis of Pollution Hazard Intensity: A Spatial Epidemiology Case Study of Soil Pb Contamination,” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13 (9), 915; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13090915
2014
Shao, W., Keim, B. D., Garand, J.C., and Hamilton, L.C., (2014). “Weather, climate, and the economy: explaining risk perceptions of global warming, 2001-2010,” Weather, Climate, and Society. 6, 119-134.
Book Chapter
Shao, W. (2017). “Understanding Chinese environmental risk perceptions from 1995 – 2015,” in Tang, Z. (ed.), China’s Urbanization and Socioeconomic Impact. 125-144. Springer Nature.
Dissertations & Theses
Cass, Evan (2021). Do You Have What I Expect? – Understanding the Gap Between Local Governments’ Plans to Mitigate Coastal Hazards and Public Perceptions. M.Sc. Thesis, The University of Alabama
Bhuiya, Md Musfiqur Rahman (2021). Accessibility of Movement Challenged Persons to Evacuation Routes and Their Earthquake Risk Perception. M.Sc. Thesis, The University of Alabama
Shao, Wanyun (2012). Understanding Public Perceptions of Global Warming. Ph.D Dissertation, Louisiana State University