Marccus Hendricks

About Marccus Hendricks

My primary research examines how social processes and development patterns create hazardous human-built environments, vulnerable infrastructure, and the related risks and promising adaptation strategies related to, for example, urban stormwater management and flooding, industrial releases and explosions, and sanitary sewer overflows as matters of environmental justice.

Areas of Expertise

Environmental Planning and Resource Management

Selected Publications

Park, M., Alves, P. B. R., Whiteheart, R. M., & Hendricks, M. D. (2024). Socially vulnerable people and stormwater infrastructure: A geospatial exploration of the equitable distribution of gray and green infrastructure in Washington DC. Cities, 150, 105010., Hendricks, M. D., Meyer, M. A., & Wilson, S. M. (2022). Moving up the ladder in rising waters: Community science in infrastructure and hazard mitigation planning as a pathway to community control and flood disaster resilience. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 7(1)., Hendricks, M. D., & Van Zandt, S. (2021). Unequal protection revisited: Planning for environmental justice, hazard vulnerability, and critical infrastructure in communities of color. Environmental justice, 14(2), 87-97., Hendricks, M. D., & Meyer, M. A. (2021). Modeling long-term housing recovery after technological disaster using a virtual audit with repeated photography. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 0739456X211002910.

Recent Courses Taught

The Sustainable City: Opportunities and Challenges , Research Design and Application, Community Resilience: Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Recovery Planning , Urban Infrastructure Planning and Public Works