Francesco Rouhana
About Francesco
Rouhana’s research focuses on transportation resilience, power-system outages, climate risk, electrification, spatial analytics, and infrastructure equity. Overarching themes in Rouhana’s writings include climate adaptation, energy justice, social vulnerability, accessibility, and decision-support tools for resilient communities.
Contributions
How to Address Power Outage Inequity in Connecticut
Publications
Investigates whether power outages caused by natural hazards affect communities equally across different social and economic groups. Reveals that existing social and economic inequalities can shape who experiences greater disruption and vulnerability during hazard-related power outages, highlighting disparities in infrastructure resilience and recovery.
Explores how the transition to electric vehicles can advance climate goals while protecting human rights and promoting social equity. Argues that the benefits of the electric vehicle revolution will be more broadly and fairly distributed when policies address the rights and needs of workers, communities, and populations affected throughout the transition.