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James R. Bohland

Professor Emeritus, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
Jim Bohland in a blue dress shirt
jayjon@vt.edu
  • Ph.D. Geography, University of Georgia, 1970
  • M.A. Geography, University of Georgia, 1965
  • B.A. Geography and History, Western Michigan, 1963
  • Disaster Governance
  • Democracy, Civil Society, and the State
  • Public and Social Policy
  • Disaster Risk and Resilience
  • Governance and Democracy
  • Technology and Governance
  • Bohland, J., Rechkemmer, A., & Rogers, P. (forthcoming). Artificial intelligence systems: Applications and challenges within the disaster management field. In J. Shultz and A. Rechkemmer (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Complex Disaster Risks and Resilience. New York: Oxford Press
  • Rogers, P., Bohland, J., &. Rechkemmer, A. (2023). Risk and resilience in the age of algorithmic governance. In J. Shultz and A. Rechkemmer (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Complex Disaster Risks and Resilience. New York: Oxford Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190466145.013.10
  • Bohland, J. & Blythe, E. (2022). Achieving Competitive Advantage through Expanded Virginia Broadband. In Cowell, M. & Lyons, S. (eds). Vibrant Virginia: Engaging the Commonwealth to Expand Economic Vitality. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech Publishing. 130-165.
  • Smirnova, V., Lawrence, J., & Bohland J. (2020). The critical turn of resilience: Mapping thematic communities and modes of critical scholarship. The Geographical Journal. 187 (1), 16-27.
  • Rogers, P., Bohland, J. & Lawrence, J. (2020). Resilience and values: Global Perspectives on the values and worldviews underpinning the resilience concept. Political Geography. 83, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo2020.102280.
  • Bohland, J. & Lawrence, J. (2020). Disaster resilience policy through the lens of culture and values. In J. Shultz and A. Rechkemmer, (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Complex Disaster Risks and Resilience. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190466145.013.5
  • Bohland, J., Bohland J, & Pace, L. (2020). Whose Past Counts? Collective Remembrances: Resistance or Resilience. In J. Shultz, and A. Rechkemmer, (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Complex Disaster Risks and Resilience. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190466145.013.6
  • Swarup, S., Gohlke, J., & Bohland, J. (2020). On the use of synthetic populations to assess health risks of complex disasters. In J. Shultz and A. Rechkemmer, (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Complex Disaster Risks and Resilience. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190466145.013.7
  • Bohland, J., Davoudi, S., & Lawrence, J. (2018). The Resilience Machine. London: Routledge.
  • Lawrence, J., Davoudi, S. & Bohland, J. (2018). Introduction. In J. Bohland, S. Davoudi, J. Lawrence (eds.), The Resilience Machine. London: Routledge, 1-11.
  • Davoudi, S., Lawrence, J. & Bohland, J. (2018). Anatomy of the Resilience Machine. In J. Bohland, S. Davoudi, J. Lawrence (eds.), The Resilience Machine. London: Routledge. 12.-28.
  • Bohland, J., Harrald, J. & Brosnan, D. (2018). Resilience: Challenges of Transformational Change. In J Bohland, J Harrald, & D. Brosnan (eds.), The Disaster Resiliency Challenge: Transforming Theory to Practice. Springfield, Ill: Charles Thomas, 1-13.
  • Bohland, J. (2018). Building Community Resilience: Alternative Frameworks. In J Bohland, J Harrald, & D. Brosnan (eds.), The Disaster Resiliency Challenge: Transforming Theory to Practice. Springfield, Ill: Charles Thomas, 14-30.
  • Bohland, J. (2018). Building Hazard Resilient Communities Through Technology: Panacea or Problem. In J Bohland, J Harrald, & D. Brosnan (eds.), The Disaster Resiliency Challenge: Transforming Theory to Practice. Springfield, Ill: Charles Thomas, 37-45.
  • Harrald, J., Bohland, J. & Brosnan, D. (2018). Observations and Challenges on Building Community Resilience in the Twenty-First Century. In J Bohland, J Harrald, & D. Brosnan (eds.), The Disaster Resiliency Challenge: Transforming Theory to Practice. Springfield, Ill: Charles Thomas, 241-248.