Riccardo Negri
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Ph.D. Student, Urban Systems
Dissertation Title: Long-term Adaptation of Human Communities to Flooding in Coastal Areas
Dissertation/Research Advisor: Professor Luis Ceferino
Riccardo Negri is a PhD candidate in Urban Systems at the Department of Civil and Urban Engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. His research examines the socio-economic impacts of natural hazards on urban communities, with a focus on flood risk. He evaluates how flood exposure affects households, infrastructure, and public services. He also studies strategies to reduce infrastructure vulnerability and improve urban resilience.
Riccardo’s research builds on professional experience in structural design and facility management in Italy and the United States. That experience informs his work on infrastructure systems and risk mitigation.
Riccardo earned a Master of Science in Applied Urban Science and Informatics from the NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress in 2022. He also holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering, a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, and a specialization in Structural Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. His work integrates engineering, urban data, and socio-economic analysis to support risk-informed planning and infrastructure policy.
Education
New York University, Department of Civil and Urban Engineering
PhD in Urban Systems: Dec. 2026 (Expected)
New York University, Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP)
MS In Applied Urban Science and Informatics: Aug 2022
Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy)
Master’s in Structural Engineering: Oct 2013
Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering: Jul 2011
Publications
Negri, R., Dragomir, C. I., Xu, S., Porfiri, M., and Ceferino, L. (2025). When Recovery Becomes Infeasible: A Markov Model of Housing Abandonment Risk in Flood-Prone Areas. Preprint submitted to AGU Earth's Future. Available at: https://engrxiv.org/preprint/view/6031/9990
Negri, R., Dragomir, C. I., Xu, S., Porfiri, M., and Ceferino, L. (2025). Permanent Relocation Into and Out of Areas Exposed to Natural Hazards: A Multidisciplinary Review of the Literature. Preprint submitted to AGU Earth's Future. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390261627
Do, T., Wang, W., Amini, M., Abdelhady, A., Xu, S., Negri, R., Kameshwar, S., Wang, C., Dang, H., Jana, A., Carter, E., Alam, M., Kijewski-Correa, T., Prevatt, D., Roueche, D., and Wolohan, K. (2025). StEER: Hurricane Milton Preliminary Virtual Reconnaissance Report (PVRR). https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-resg-ah65
Negri, R., Cremen, G., and Ceferino, L. (2025). Prioritizing Urban Areas for the Deployment of Hyperlocal Flood Sensors Using Stakeholder Elicitation and Risk Analysis. Natural Hazards Review, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-2280
Negri, R., and Ceferino, L. (2023). Validating Hydrological and Hydraulic Models for Flood Prediction in Urban Environments with User-Generated Data: The New York City Case Study. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP14), July 9-13, 2023, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/103611