Christopher G. Burton

8.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
25 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Christopher G. Burton is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher G. Burton has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 7 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Christopher G. Burton's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (19 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (14 papers) and Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis (7 papers). Christopher G. Burton is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (19 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (14 papers) and Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis (7 papers). Christopher G. Burton collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Christopher G. Burton's co-authors include Susan L. Cutter, Eric Tate, Christopher T. Emrich, Melissa M. Berry, Jennifer Webb, Samuel Rufat, Nathan Wood, Jerry T. Mitchell, Bryan Boruff and Mathew C. Schmidtlein and has published in prestigious journals such as Global Environmental Change, Natural Hazards and Earthquake Spectra.

In The Last Decade

Christopher G. Burton

25 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A place-based model for understanding community resilience to natural disasters

2008 2.9k citations Susan L. Cutter, Melissa M. Berry et al. Global Environmental Change profile →
Disaster Resilience Indicators for Benchmarking Baseline Conditions

2010 1.2k citations Susan L. Cutter, Christopher G. Burton et al. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management profile →
Social vulnerability to floods: Review of case studies and implications for measurement

2015 575 citations Samuel Rufat, Eric Tate et al. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction profile →
A Validation of Metrics for Community Resilience to Natural Hazards and Disasters Using the Recovery from Hurricane Katrina as a Case Study

2014 299 citations Christopher G. Burton Annals of the Association of American Geographers profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Analyzing structural inequalities in natural hazard-induced power outages: A spatial-statistical approach 2025 ·International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction ·(unknown), Jin Zhu, Amvrossios C. Bagtzoglou, Christopher G. Burton	3
2	On the brink: Examining preemptive indicators of preparedness inequity and social vulnerability to climate change hazards in Connecticut, USA 2024 ·International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction ·(unknown), (unknown), Kenneth A. Lachlan, Christopher G. Burton, (unknown), William B. Ouimet, (unknown)	4
3	Reopen schools safely: simulating COVID-19 transmission on campus with a contact network agent-based model 2022 ·International Journal of Digital Earth ·(unknown), Xiang Chen, Li Zhuo, Yuan Liu, (unknown), Christopher G. Burton	6
4	Validation and development of composite indices for measuring vulnerability to earthquakes using a socio-economic perspective 2022 ·Natural Hazards ·Christopher G. Burton, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	9
5	GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: A CASE STUDY IN GEORGIA, USA 2019 ·Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America ·(unknown), Ming‐Kuo Lee, Sanjiv Kumar, Christopher G. Burton	1
6	Resilience Performance Scorecard: Measuring urban disaster resilience at multiple levels of geography with case study application to Lalitpur, Nepal 2018 ·International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction ·Bijan Khazai, (unknown), Christopher G. Burton	50
7	Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Hazards 2018 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Christopher G. Burton, Samuel Rufat, Eric Tate	104
8	Using Resilience Indicators in the Prediction of Earthquake Recovery 2017 ·Earthquake Spectra ·Venetia Despotaki, Luís Sousa, Christopher G. Burton	13
9	Assessing Integrated Earthquake Risk in OpenQuake with an Application to Mainland Portugal 2015 ·Earthquake Spectra ·Christopher G. Burton, Vítor Silva	21
10	Social vulnerability to floods: Review of case studies and implications for measurement breakdown → 2015 ·International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction ·Samuel Rufat, Eric Tate, Christopher G. Burton, (unknown)	575
11	A Validation of Metrics for Community Resilience to Natural Hazards and Disasters Using the Recovery from Hurricane Katrina as a Case Study breakdown → 2014 ·Annals of the Association of American Geographers ·Christopher G. Burton	299
12	OpenQuake, a platform for collaborative seismic hazard and risk assessment 2013 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Paul Henshaw, Christopher G. Burton, (unknown), Helen Crowley, Laurentiu Danciu, (unknown), D. Monelli, Marco Pagani, (unknown), Michele Simionato, Vítor Silva, (unknown), Graeme Weatherill, (unknown)	1
13	The Development of Metrics For Community Resilience to Natural Disasters 2012 ·Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina) ·Christopher G. Burton	50
14	Evaluating post‐Katrina recovery in Mississippi using repeat photography 2011 ·Disasters ·Christopher G. Burton, Jerry T. Mitchell, Susan L. Cutter	48
15	Integrated Hazards Mapping Tool 2011 ·Transactions in GIS ·Eric Tate, Christopher G. Burton, Melissa M. Berry, Christopher T. Emrich, Susan L. Cutter	23
16	Disaster Resilience Indicators for Benchmarking Baseline Conditions breakdown → 2010 ·Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management ·Susan L. Cutter, Christopher G. Burton, Christopher T. Emrich	1240
17	Community variations in social vulnerability to Cascadia-related tsunamis in the U.S. Pacific Northwest 2009 ·Natural Hazards ·Nathan Wood, Christopher G. Burton, Susan L. Cutter	191
18	A place-based model for understanding community resilience to natural disasters breakdown → 2008 ·Global Environmental Change ·Susan L. Cutter, (unknown), Melissa M. Berry, Christopher G. Burton, (unknown), Eric Tate, Jennifer Webb	2858
19	Levee Failures and Social Vulnerability in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Area, California 2008 ·Natural Hazards Review ·Christopher G. Burton, Susan L. Cutter	157
20	The Long Road Home: Race, Class, and Recovery from Hurricane Katrina 2006 ·Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development ·Susan L. Cutter, Christopher T. Emrich, Jerry T. Mitchell, Bryan Boruff, Melanie Gall, Mathew C. Schmidtlein, Christopher G. Burton, (unknown)	180

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