Professor
Saunders 107B
karlk@hawaii.edu
(808) 956-6865
Areas of Interest
Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, Transportation, Traffic Safety, Resilience, Environmental Management, Advanced Methods, GIS, Spatial Statistics, Categorical Data Analysis, Evacuation Modeling
Education
- Ph.D. in Urban Studies and Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- A.B. With Honors, Brown University. Major: Demography. Awarded Samuel C. Lamport Prize in Economics and Sociology.
Awards
- BBC Media Action Award, Just-in-time video training. “Tsunami Preparedness” presented at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Sendai, Japan. March 16, 2015.
- PriMO Leadership Award, 2013
Bio
Received undergraduate education from Brown University and Ph.D. in Urban Studies and Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is Editor-in-chief of Transportation Research: Interdiscplinary Perspectives; Associate Editor of Transportation Research, Part D, Transport and Enviroment; and formerly Editor-in-chief of Accident Analysis and Prevention and formerly Editor of Korean Studies. He has received more than $67 million in research and training grants from federal, state, and international agencies and organizations. Served as Chairman, National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (ndpc.us). Previously served as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (Chief Academic Officer) of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, overseeing strategic planning, accreditation, tenure and promotion, and international programs. Holds faculty appointments in the Center for Korean Studies, and the School of Architecture. Serves on several committee of the Transportation Research Board. Served as Chair of the Pacific Risk Management Ohana. Elected to the Board of North American Alliance of Hazards and Disaster Research Institutes (NAAHDRI).
Courses Instructed
- PLAN 310 Introduction to Planning
- PLAN 600 Planning Theory
- PLAN 601 Planning Methods
- PLAN 602 Advanced Planning Theory
- PLAN 655 Advanced Methods
- PLAN 675 Planning Urban Infrastructure
- PLAN 670 Overview of Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
Grants and Contracts (Since 2012)
2021. Principal Investigator, Traffic Safety Studies. Department of Transportation, State of Hawaii. $100,000.
2021. Principal Investigator. National Disaster Preparedness Training Center. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. $5.0 million.
2021. Principal Investigator. INVEST DM 2.0. Mercy Corps and U.S. Agency for International Development. $400,000.
2021. Principal Investigator. PSR University Transportation Center. U.S. Department of Transportation. $138,000.
2020. Principal Investigator, Traffic Safety Studies. Department of Transportation, State of Hawaii. $100,000.
2020. Principal Investigator. PSR University Transportation Center. U.S. Department of Transportation. $138,000.
2020. Principal Investigator. National Disaster Preparedness Training Center. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. $5.0 million.
2019, Principal Investigator. PSR University Transportation Center. U.S. Department of Transportation. $138,000.
2019, Principal Investigator, INVEST DM Project, funded by USAID, Mercy Corps Indonesia, $300,000.
2019. Prinicipal Investigator. National Disaster Preparedness Training Center. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. $5.0 million.
2019. Principal Investigator, A Rapid Damage Assessment System Using Machine Vision to Detect Damage to Utility Grid Infrastructure Phase II, Oceanit Laboratories, Inc. $25,000.
2018. Principal Investigator, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. $5.0 million.
2018. Principal Investigator, Hawaii Disaster Assistance Workgroup, State of Hawaii Office of the Governor. $3.0 million.
2018. Principal Investigator, PSR University Transportation Center, U.S. Department of Transportation. $137,000.
2018. Principal Investigator, Department of Transportation, State of Hawaii. Occupant Restraint Studies. $100,000.
2018. Principal Investigator, Waikiki Business Improvement District Association, Benchmarking Studies and Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning Project. $50,000.
2018. TOD Group Consulting, Transportation Resilience: CEO Primer and Engagement. $9,607.
2017. Principal Investigator, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. $5.0 million.
2017. Principal Investigator, PSR University Transportation Center, US Department of Transportation . $136,000.
2017. Principal Investigator, Department of Transportation, State of Hawaii. Occupant Restraint Studies. $100,000.
2017. Principal Investigator, Waikiki Business Improvement District Association, Benchmarking Studies and Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning Project. $25,000.
2016. Principal Investigator, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. $5.0 million.
2016. Principal Investigator, Department of Transportation, State of Hawaii. Occupant Restraint Studies. $100,000.
2016. Principal Investigator, Waikiki Business Improvement District Association, Benchmarking Studies and Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning Project. $50,000.
2015. Principal Investigator, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. $5.135 million.
2015. Principal Investigator, Building Resilience Through Training, United States Agency for International Development. $350,000.
2015. Principal Investigator, Science of Disasters Executive Academy, Emergency Management Institute. $135,000.
2015. Principal Investigator, Department of Transportation, State of Hawaii. Occupant Restraint Studies. $100,000.
2015. Principal Investigator, Waikiki Business Improvement District Association, Benchmarking Studies and Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning Project. $45,000.
2015. Co-Investigator, Hawaii SEES: Persistent Volcano Crises, National Science Foundation. $1.7 million.
2014. Principal Investigator, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. $5.135 million.
2014. Principal Investigator, Building Resilience Through Training, United States Agency for International Development, $375,000.
2014. Principal Investigator, Department of Transportation, State of Hawaii. Occupant Restraint Studies. $100,000.
2014. Principal Investigator, Waikiki Business Improvement District Association, Benchmarking Studies, $20,000.
2014. Principal Investigator, Science of Disasters, Executive Academy, Emergency Management Institute. $140,000.
2013. Principal Investigator, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. $4.9 million.
2013. Principal Investigator, Building Resilience Through Training, United States Agency for International Development. $324,000.
2013. Principal Investigator, Science of Disasters, Executive Academy, Emergency Management Institute. $185,000.
2013. Principal Investigator, Department of Transportation, State of Hawaii. Occupant Restraint Studies. $100,000.
2013. Principal Investigator, Sea Level Rise Study, Coastal Storms Program, Sea Grant. $69,000.
2013. Principal Investigator, Waikiki Business Improvement District Association, Benchmarking Studies, $20,000.
2013. Principal Investigator, Democracy and Disasters, Kettering Foundation, $20,000.
2012. Principal Investigator, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency $5.0 million.
2012. Principal Investigator, Department of Transportation, State of Hawaii. Occupant Restraint Studies. $100,000.
2012. Principal Investigator, Waikiki Business Improvement District Association, Benchmarking Studies, $20,000.
2012. Principal Investigator, Important Agricultural Lands Study, County of Kauai, $500,000.
Reports and Technical Studies
Resilience Primer for Transportation Executives. AASHTO. Washington, D.C. 2021.
Sustainability to Resilience: Implications for Global Education and Training.
Waikiki Pre-disaster Recovery Plan. Waikiki Business Improvement District Association. 2019.
Worst Case Flooding and Evacuation Scenarios for Honolulu. 2018.
Sea Level Rise Study, Coastal Storms Program. Sea Grant Program. University of Hawaii. January 2013.
Kauai Important Agricultural Lands Study, County of Kauai. July 13, 2015.
Final Report on Hawaii’s Environmental Review System, prepared for State of Hawaii, Legislature. September 2010.
Selected Books and Publications
Kim, K. and Bui, L. (2019) Lessons from Hurricane Maria: Island Ports and Supply Chain Resilience. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 39. 101244.
Kim, K. and Bui, L. (2019) An Assessment of Disaster Risk and Resilience in Rapidly Urbanizing ASEAN Cities. In R. Padawangi, ed. Routledge Handbook of Urbanization in Southeast Asia. (pp. 325-344): Routledge.
Francis, O., Kim, K., & Pant P. (2019). Stakeholder assessment of coastal risks and mitigation strategies. Ocean & Coastal Management, 179.
Kim, K., Ghimire, J., Pant, P., & Yamashita, E. (2019). Self-reported handheld device use while driving. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 125, 106-115.
Togia, H., Francis, O., Kim, K., Zhang, G. (2019). Segment-Based Approach for Assessing Hazard Risk of Coastal Highways in Hawai’i. Transportation Research Record, 2673, 83-91.
Kim, K., Pant, P., Yamashita, E., & Ghimire, J. (2019). Analysis of Transportation Disruptions from Recent Flooding and Volcanic Disasters in Hawai’i. Transportation Research Record, 2673, 194-208.
Kawamoto, K., & Kim, K. (2019). Efficiencies of bonding, bridging and linking social capital: Cleaning up after disasters in Japan. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 33, 64-73.
Kim, K., Francis, O., & Yamashita, E. (2018). Learning to Build Resilience into Transportation Systems. Transportation Research Record, 2672(1).
Kim, K., & Freitas, K. (2018). The Resilience of Islands: Borders and Boundaries of Risk Reduction. In M. A. Miller, M. Douglass, & M. Garschagen (Eds.), Crossing Borders: Governing Environmental Disasters in a Global Urban Age in Asia and the Pacific (pp. 155-174).
Kim, K., Pant, P. and Yamashita, E. (2018) Integrating Travel Demand Modeling and Flood Hazard Risk Analysis for Evacuation and Sheltering. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 31. 1177-1186.
Kim, K., Pant, P. and Yamashita, E. (2018) . Managing Uncertainty: Lessons from Volcanic Lava Disruption of Transportation Infrastructure in Puna, Hawaii. Journal of Emergency Management 16 (1) 29-49.
Yaprak, O., Marchant, M., Francis, O., and Kim, K. (2018) Coastal Exposure of the Hawaiian Islands Using GIS-based Index Modeling. Ocean and Coastal Management. 163. 113-129.
Yaprak, O., Francis, O., and Kim, K. (2018). Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in High Wave Environments: A Case Study on Oahu, Ocean and Coastal Management. 157. 147-159.
Kim, K., Burnett, K., and Ghimire, J. (2017) . Integrating Fast Feedback and GIS to Plan for Important Agricultural Land Designations in Kauai County, Hawaii. Journal of Land Use Science. 12 (5), 375-390.
Turner, N., et. al., (2017) . Drone Peers into Open Volcanic Vents. Earth Observation Systems. 98 (12), 16-21.
Yuzal, H., Kim, K., Pant, P., and Yamashita, E. (2017) . Tsunami Evacuation Buildings and Evacuation Planning in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Journal of Emergency Management, 15 (1) 49-61.
Refereed Publications
Kim, K. and Bui, L. (2019) An Assessment of Disaster Risk and Resilience in Rapidly Urbanizing ASEAN Cities. In R. Padawangi, ed. Routledge Handbook of Urbanization in Southeast Asia. (pp. 325-344): Routledge.
Francis, O., Kim, K., & Pant P. (2019). Stakeholder assessment of coastal risks and mitigation strategies. Ocean & Coastal Management, 179.
Kim, K., Ghimire, J., Pant, P., & Yamashita, E. (2019). Self-reported handheld device use while driving. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 125, 106-115.
Togia, H., Francis, O., Kim, K., Zhang, G. (2019). Segment-Based Approach for Assessing Hazard Risk of Coastal Highways in Hawai’i. Transportation Research Record, 2673, 83-91.
Kim, K., Pant, P., Yamashita, E., & Ghimire, J. (2019). Analysis of Transportation Disruptions from Recent Flooding and Volcanic Disasters in Hawai’i. Transportation Research Record, 2673, 194-208.
Kawamoto, K., & Kim, K. (2019). Efficiencies of bonding, bridging and linking social capital: Cleaning up after disasters in Japan. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 33, 64-73.
Kim, K., Francis, O., & Yamashita, E. (2018). Learning to Build Resilience into Transportation Systems. Transportation Research Record, 2672(1).
Kim, K., & Freitas, K. (2018). The Resilience of Islands: Borders and Boundaries of Risk Reduction. In M. A. Miller, M. Douglass, & M. Garschagen (Eds.), Crossing Borders: Governing Environmental Disasters in a Global Urban Age in Asia and the Pacific (pp. 155-174):
Current Research Projects
National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, funded by Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop and deliver training courses on disaster preparedness, response, and recovery (ndptc.hawaii.edu);HI-DRAW Project, funded by State of Hawaii to evaluate disaster recovery efforts following flooding and other natural disasters; Building Resilience Through Training, funded by USAID to develop and deliver training courses for the Government of Indonesia; various transportation reesearch projects focused on safety, security, and resilience.