University of Colorado Boulder. Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center.
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Quick response research report volume 147
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[2002]
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The question guiding this study aims to explain what the response of faith communities are and what kinds of services they provide to victims in the immediate aftermath of a mass tragedy.
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Quick response research report volume 131
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[2000]
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Examines the roles humans play in causing "natural disasters".
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Natural hazard research working paper volume 106
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[2000]
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The advent of the Internet has fundamentally altered the discussions of hazard policy between technical experts, public interest activists, and elected risk management policy makers, by providing with the immediacy, duration, geographical reach, and exponential expansion of communications among individuals.
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Quick response research report volume 108
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[1998]
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Emergency funds distributed through Rome resulting in an art vs. people controversy. Victims and local governments were not consulted on allocation of relief funds.
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Quick response research report volume 144
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[2002]
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This research project is exploratory and focuses on the motivations, observations, behaviors, and changes experienced by spontaneous volunteers responding to the World Trade Center attacks.
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Natural hazard research working paper volume 98
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[1998]
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This case study developed as part of an investigation into the reassessment of state roles in disaster mitigation and management. This study centers on the issuance of the governor's executive order and the development and passage of legislation based on the recommendations of the Lewis Committee.
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Natural hazard research working paper volume 105
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[2000]
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Nuclear emergency planning and management profoundly depend on computer-aided decision support tools that gather and analyze data on radioactive emissions, meteorology, demography, geography, etc., and provide decision support for prevention/mitigation, response, and recovery. The discussion primarily focuses on issues related to the behavioral and decision-making processes of the various players in the evacuation system, logistics, the generation...
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Quick response research report volume 137
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[2001]
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On the evening of Monday, June 18, 2001, a tornado struck the extreme northwestern Wisconsin Village of Siren, without any warning from the town's siren. This post-disaster study one week after the storm helps to understand the nature of local warnings and responses on the periphery of a tornado damage path.
12) Vulnerability to a natural hazard: geomorphic, technological and social change at Chiswell, Dorset
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Natural hazard research working paper volume 37
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1979.
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Quick response research report volume 118
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[1999]
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This study analyzes the performance of emergency actions taken by local government in response to a major flash flood event.
20) Transition from response to recovery: a look at the Lancaster, Texas tornado : final project report
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Quick response research report volume 79
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[1996]
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This study looks at one incident (i.e., a tornado), and describes transition from response to recovery disaster activities.