Bandana Kar is a Research Scientist in the National Security Emerging Technologies Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.David M. Cochran, Jr. is a Professor of Geography in the School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA.

• Part 1 Risk Communication in the Digital Era 1. Text-To-Action: Understanding the Interaction between Accessibility of Wireless Emergency Alerts and Behavioral Response 2. Bounded Rationality and Federal Disaster Recovery Information: Understanding Why Access to Information Matters 3. Public Expectations of and Responses to WEA Message Content Part 2 Citizen Participation in Risk Communication and Resilience 4. River of Difference: Using Participatory Risk Mapping to Assess Perceived Risks in Laredo Texas, U.S.A. and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico 5. Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs): 30 Years as Cross-Sector Forums for Community Risk Communication 6. Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Mitigation Planning Process 7. Promoting Public Involvement in Disaster Risk Communication in Nigeria Part 3 Role of Risk Communication in Resilience 8. Earthquake Early Warning Systems: International Experience 9. The Role of Social Media in Enhancing Risk Communication and Promoting Community Resilience in the Midst of a Disaster 10. The Ports Resilience Index: A Participatory Approach to Building Resilience 11. Advancing Resilience Post-disaster: Improving Designer-User Communication in the Post-Lushan Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Part 4 Challenges and Future Direction of Risk Communication 12. A Case Study of Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and Risk Communication in a Coastal Community 13. Waves of Change: Coastal Hazards, Tourism Development, and Risk Communication along the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua 14. Risk and Crisis Communication in Schools: Understanding Current Challenges and Opportunities 15. The Use of Social Media in Crisis Communication

Bandana Kar is a Research Scientist in the National Security Emerging Technologies Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.David M. Cochran, Jr. is a Professor of Geography in the School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA.

• Part 1 Risk Communication in the Digital Era 1. Text-To-Action: Understanding the Interaction between Accessibility of Wireless Emergency Alerts and Behavioral Response 2. Bounded Rationality and Federal Disaster Recovery Information: Understanding Why Access to Information Matters 3. Public Expectations of and Responses to WEA Message Content Part 2 Citizen Participation in Risk Communication and Resilience 4. River of Difference: Using Participatory Risk Mapping to Assess Perceived Risks in Laredo Texas, U.S.A. and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico 5. Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs): 30 Years as Cross-Sector Forums for Community Risk Communication 6. Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Mitigation Planning Process 7. Promoting Public Involvement in Disaster Risk Communication in Nigeria Part 3 Role of Risk Communication in Resilience 8. Earthquake Early Warning Systems: International Experience 9. The Role of Social Media in Enhancing Risk Communication and Promoting Community Resilience in the Midst of a Disaster 10. The Ports Resilience Index: A Participatory Approach to Building Resilience 11. Advancing Resilience Post-disaster: Improving Designer-User Communication in the Post-Lushan Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Part 4 Challenges and Future Direction of Risk Communication 12. A Case Study of Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and Risk Communication in a Coastal Community 13. Waves of Change: Coastal Hazards, Tourism Development, and Risk Communication along the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua 14. Risk and Crisis Communication in Schools: Understanding Current Challenges and Opportunities 15. The Use of Social Media in Crisis Communication

Bandana Kar is a Research Scientist in the National Security Emerging Technologies Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.David M. Cochran, Jr. is a Professor of Geography in the School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA.

• Part 1 Risk Communication in the Digital Era 1. Text-To-Action: Understanding the Interaction between Accessibility of Wireless Emergency Alerts and Behavioral Response 2. Bounded Rationality and Federal Disaster Recovery Information: Understanding Why Access to Information Matters 3. Public Expectations of and Responses to WEA Message Content Part 2 Citizen Participation in Risk Communication and Resilience 4. River of Difference: Using Participatory Risk Mapping to Assess Perceived Risks in Laredo Texas, U.S.A. and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico 5. Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs): 30 Years as Cross-Sector Forums for Community Risk Communication 6. Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Mitigation Planning Process 7. Promoting Public Involvement in Disaster Risk Communication in Nigeria Part 3 Role of Risk Communication in Resilience 8. Earthquake Early Warning Systems: International Experience 9. The Role of Social Media in Enhancing Risk Communication and Promoting Community Resilience in the Midst of a Disaster 10. The Ports Resilience Index: A Participatory Approach to Building Resilience 11. Advancing Resilience Post-disaster: Improving Designer-User Communication in the Post-Lushan Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Part 4 Challenges and Future Direction of Risk Communication 12. A Case Study of Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and Risk Communication in a Coastal Community 13. Waves of Change: Coastal Hazards, Tourism Development, and Risk Communication along the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua 14. Risk and Crisis Communication in Schools: Understanding Current Challenges and Opportunities 15. The Use of Social Media in Crisis Communication