University of Colorado Boulder. Natural Hazards Center.
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 238
Publisher
Natural Hazards Center
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
To achieve coastal community resiliency in the face of rising seas and intensifying coastal storms, comprehensive disaster planning must include consideration of maritime operations and facilities. Hurricane Sandy, which hit the Port of New York and New Jersey ("Port") area on October 29, 2012, caused disruptions to maritime operations and facilities throughout the Port, which spans both the New York and New Jersey sides of New York Harbor. This study...
Publisher
University of Colorado Natural Hazards Center
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"Research Digest is a quarterly online publication that compiles recent research into an easily accessible format for the hazards and disasters community. It provides complete references and abstracts (when available) for current research in the field."
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 192
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 172
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The purpose of this research was to identify current evacuation procedures for the nursing home population and document the baseline status of facilities and the procedures utilized in evacuations.
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 187
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Natural Hazards Center, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The Hazards Loss Dataset Catalog is an effort to fill a gap in knowledge about hazards loss data. The understanding of hazard losses is very important for improving recovery decisions, monitoring mitigation efforts, assessing vulnerability, and determining disaster assistance.
Author
Series
Natural hazard research working paper volume 108
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
For the emergency management community, the incredible events of September 11, 2001, and their many outcomes have led to changes so extensive they are hard to document. A gross indication of the impacts of these changes is evidenced simply by counting the important legislative and bureaucratic changes that have occurred since September 11, 2001. Along with new threats have come new resources, and those resources have new requirements connected to...
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 178
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A train collision in Graniteville, S.C. ruptured one of the train's tank cars, which was carrying 90 tons of chlorine, sending a plume of chlorine gas across the northern portion of town resulting in death, injuries and an ordered evacuation. The Graniteville experience provided an opportunity to assess preparedness for and response to hazardous materials spills.
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 203
Publisher
Natural Hazards Center
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 185
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the effect of the effects of wildfire on an Oregon community.
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 179
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The objective of this research was to examine the performance of both the Red Cross and FEMA following a major disaster.
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 182
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the effect of Hurricane Stan on indigent and disaster ridden Guatemala.
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 233
Publisher
Natural Hazards Center
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 175
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The research interest is to develop an overview of mitigation planning processes in Austria. A specific focus will be to explore regulatory influences on flood mitigation in Austria with an emphasis on the multidisciplinary efforts in Vienna.
16) An urban nightclub multicasualty shooting: lessons learned in critical incident stress management
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 176
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The field of critical incident stress management in emergency services has evolved significantly in the past decade. The question is whether having these resources translates to better care and coverage for those involved in critical incidents. The researchers conducted a case study of the services provided to responders and to the population affected in the Columbus, Ohio, area following the nightclub shooting in December 2004.
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 180
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The purpose of this report is to share our experiences in helping to set up and operate GIS within the Louisiana State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the days following Katrina's land fall.
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 186
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Children's experiences in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina were examined. This research describes the experiences of children and their families in the days and weeks following the storm, discusses what was done on behalf of children to reduce their vulnerability, and illustrates various things that children did for themselves and for others to lessen the impacts of the disaster.
Author
Publisher
Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Disaster recovery is often defined as the reestablishing of patterns of everyday life for disaster-affected households, and potentially improving their resiliency to future disaster events. Yet our knowledge of household-level recovery decision-making and its implications for disaster management is sorely limited This deficit is reflected in the continued failure of disaster policy and planning to provide equitable and timely aid to affected households...
20) The Selendang Ayu oil spill: a study of the renewable resource community of Dutch Harbor/Unalaska
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 181
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Discusses how an oil spill impacts a community relient on natural resources for its livelihood.
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