William Solecki

11.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
114 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

William Solecki is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, William Solecki has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 46 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 19 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in William Solecki's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (22 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (18 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 papers). William Solecki is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (22 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (18 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 papers). William Solecki collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. William Solecki's co-authors include Cynthia Rosenzweig, Joern Birkmann, Bas van Ruijven, Dale S. Rothman, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Eric Kemp‐Benedict, Kristie L. Ebi, Elmar Kriegler, Kasper Kok and Keywan Riahi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

William Solecki

112 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

The roads ahead: Narratives for shared socioeconomic pathways describing world futures in the 21st century

2015 2.1k citations Joern Birkmann, William Solecki et al. profile →
Cities lead the way in climate–change action

2010 536 citations Cynthia Rosenzweig, William Solecki et al. Nature profile →
Understanding human vulnerability to climate change: A global perspective on index validation for adaptation planning

2021 183 citations Joern Birkmann, Ali Jamshed et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Business as usual? Small business responses to compound disasters in coastal New York city and New Jersey 2025 ·International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction ·(unknown), Robin Leichenko, William Solecki, Malgosia Madajewicz, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Learning from COVID-19 for Climate-Ready Urban Transformation 2025 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·(unknown), Gian Carlo Delgado Ramos, (unknown), Joan Fitzgerald, (unknown), Kevin Lanza, William Solecki, Minal Pathak, Martha Macêdo de Lima Barata, Aliyu Salisu Barau, (unknown), Cynthia Rosenzweig	3
3	Clearing roadblocks that stymie city climate action 2025 ·Nature Cities ·Cynthia Rosenzweig, William Solecki, Minal Pathak, Aliyu Salisu Barau, Martha Macêdo de Lima Barata, (unknown)	1
4	The Role of Catalysts in the Climate Adaptation Process 2024 ·Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change ·William Solecki, Ben Orlove, (unknown)	1
5	Co-producing new knowledge systems for resilient and just coastal cities: A social-ecological-technological systems framework for data visualization 2024 ·Cities ·(unknown), Tischa A. Muñoz‐Erickson, (unknown), Kristin Baja, Mikhail Chester, Elizabeth M. Cook, Nancy B. Grimm, J. Morgan Grove, David M. Iwaniec, Seema Iyer, Timon McPhearson, Pablo Méndez‐Lázaro, Clark A. Miller, Daniel Sauter, William Solecki, (unknown), Tiffany G. Troxler, Claire Welty	4
6	Pathways for urgent action towards climate resilient development 2024 ·Nature Climate Change ·Siri Eriksen, Nicholas P. Simpson, Bruce Glavovic, (unknown), Edward R. Carr, (unknown), Bronwyn Hayward, Michael D. Morecroft, Minal Pathak, Joy Jacqueline Pereira, Hans‐Otto Pörtner, Debra Roberts, Alex C. Ruane, Roberto Sánchez-Rodríguez, E. Lisa F. Schipper, William Solecki, Lindsay C. Stringer, Edmond Totin, (unknown), (unknown)	13
7	Climate-resilient development planning for cities: progress from Cape Town 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Nicholas P. Simpson, (unknown), (unknown), Andrew Constable, Bruce Glavovic, Siri Eriksen, (unknown), William Solecki, Roberto Sánchez Rodríguez, Lindsay C. Stringer	11
8	Advancing equitable health and well-being across urban–rural sustainable infrastructure systems 2021 ·npj Urban Sustainability ·Hamil Pearsall, Víctor Hugo Gutiérrez-Vélez, Melissa R. Gilbert, Simi Hoque, Hallie Eakin, Eduardo S. Brondízio, William Solecki, Laura Toran, Jennifer Baka, Jocelyn E. Behm, Christa Brelsford, C. Clare Hinrichs, Kevin Henry, Jeremy Mennis, Lara A. Roman, Christina D. Rosan, Eugenia C. South, (unknown)	33
9	Understanding human vulnerability to climate change: A global perspective on index validation for adaptation planning breakdown → 2021 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Joern Birkmann, Ali Jamshed, Joanna M. McMillan, Daniel Feldmeyer, Edmond Totin, William Solecki, Zelina Zaiton Ibrahim, Debra Roberts, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Hans‐Otto Poertner, Mark Pelling, Riyanti Djalante, Matthias Garschagen, Walter Leal Filho, Debarati Guha‐Sapir, Andrés Alegría	183
10	Toward indicators of the performance of US infrastructures under climate change risks 2020 ·Climatic Change ·Thomas J. Wilbanks, Rae Zimmerman, Susan Julius, Paul Kirshen, Joel B. Smith, Richard H. Moss, William Solecki, Matthias Rüth, (unknown), Steven Fernandez, Michael S. Matthews, (unknown), Lynn Scarlett, Henry G. Schwartz, (unknown)	12
11	Extreme events and climate adaptation‐mitigation linkages: Understanding low‐carbon transitions in the era of global urbanization 2019 ·Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change ·William Solecki, Nancy B. Grimm, Peter J. Marcotullio, Christopher G. Boone, Antje Bruns, José Lobo, (unknown), Patricia Romero‐Lankao, (unknown), Rae Zimmerman, (unknown), Corrie Griffith, Alexander Aylett	23
12	Communicating extreme event policy windows: Discourses on Hurricane Sandy and policy change in Boston and New York City 2019 ·Environmental Science & Policy ·Erin Friedman, (unknown), William Solecki	18
13	Policy legacies of extreme events: Hazards experience, institutional memory and governance structure and the response to Tropical Storms Irene and Lee and Hurricane Sandy. 2019 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·William Solecki, (unknown), Erin Friedman	1
14	New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report Chapter 6: Indicators and Monitoring 2015 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·William Solecki, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Reginald Blake, Alex de Sherbinin, Thomas Matte, Fred Moshary, B. Rosenzweig, Mark Arend, Stuart R. Gaffin, Elie Bou‐Zeid, (unknown), Grant Sweeny, (unknown)	10
15	Understanding Human–Landscape Interactions in the “Anthropocene” 2013 ·Environmental Management ·Carol P. Harden, Anne Chin, Mary R. English, Rong Fu, Kathleen A. Galvin, Andrea K. Gerlak, P. F. McDowell, D. E. McNamara, Jeffrey M. Peterson, N. LeRoy Poff, Eugene A. Rosa, William Solecki, Ellen Wohl	66
16	Cities lead the way in climate–change action breakdown → 2010 ·Nature ·Cynthia Rosenzweig, William Solecki, Stephen A. Hammer, Shagun Mehrotra	536
17	Introduction to Climate Change Adaptation in New York City: Building a Risk Management Response 2010 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Cynthia Rosenzweig, William Solecki	28
18	CLIMATE PROTECTION LEVELS 2010 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·William Solecki, Lesley Patrick, Michael Brady, (unknown), Andrew Maroko	3
19	Downscaling climate change scenarios in an urban land use change model 2004 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·William Solecki, (unknown)	133
20	Biodiversity, Biosphere Reserves, and the Big Apple: A Study of the New York Metropolitan Region 2004 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·William Solecki, Cynthia Rosenzweig	17

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