Research
Publications
American
Hazardscapes: The Regionalization of Hazards and Disasters
American Hazardscapes examines the risks associated with living and owning
property in diverse regions across the United States, offering dual perspectives:
that of the geographer and that of the social science hazards researcher.
Disasters
by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States
Dennis S. Mileti and the Assessment of Research and Applications of Natural
Hazards participants authored this book as an activity of the International
Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. The writings of this book highlight
the need for a nationwide hazard and risk assessment as a way to determine
changes within the physical, social, and constructed systems. This information
is necessary to estimate hazards both interactively and comprehensively to
support local efforts on sustainable mitigation.
Environmental
Hazards
This is an innovative, interdisciplinary and international peer-reviewed
research journal addressing the human and policy dimensions of hazards.
Hazards,
Disasters and the U.S. Emergency Management System: An Introduction (working
draft)
This course focuses on hazards; a historical overview and the fundamentals
of emergency management; and the roles that federal, state, and local governments;
business and industry; and volunteers play in emergency management.
Natural
Disaster Management
The Inter-American Development Bank, Sustainable Development Department is
working to reduce risk and vulnerability to natural disasters.
Natural Hazards Review – SPECIAL ISSUE:
Application of Vulnerability Assessment Techniques in the Americas.
This American Society of Civil Engineers peer-reviewed journal includes a selection
of articles composed by authors who presented case studies at the VAT I and
II workshops. To obtain a copy, please call 1-800-548-2723 (in the United States
and Canada) or 1-703-295-6300 (other locations).
Reducing
the Impacts of Coastal Hazards
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports on how
the increase of population and development in coastal high risk areas is
contributing to greater disaster damage and loss, and how hazard mitigation
is reducing these impacts.
Risk
Analysis
This peer reviewed journal provides a focal point for new developments in
risk analysis for scientists from a wide range of disciplines. The journal
covers topics of great interest to regulators, researchers, and scientific
administrators. It deals with health risks, engineering, mathematical, and
theoretical aspects of risks, and social and psychological aspects of risk
such as risk perception, acceptability, economics, and ethics.
Jaeger, Carlo C., and others. 2001. Risk,
Uncertainty, and Rational Action. Stylus Publishing,
LLC. Herndon, Virginia.
In this volume, four risk researchers present a fundamental critique of the
prevailing approach to understanding and managing risk – the "rational
actor paradigm." They show how risk studies must incorporate the competing
interests, values, and rationalities of those involved and find a balance of
trust and acceptable risk.
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