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E-Mail Lists/Newsletters/Discussion Groups
Natural
Hazards Center
This site provides a list of publications, new services, e-mail subscriptions,
and provides forums for discussion about hazards and risks.
VATA List server
Share your experience with other researchers and practitioners.
Gov.Star
The purpose of this Web-based resource is to provide a national platform
for all levels of users to research, locate, call for, and describe proven
risk management practices to reduce the occurrence and mitigate the effects
of disasters occurring within a wide spectrum of events from flooding
to bioterrorism.
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Organizations & Initiatives
Association
of State Dam Safety Officials
This national nonprofit organization consists of state and federal dam
safety regulators, dam owners and operators, engineering consultants, manufacturers
and suppliers, academics, contractors, and others interested in dam safety.
Association
of State Floodplain Managers
The Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) is an organization
of professionals involved in floodplain management, flood hazard mitigation,
the National Flood Insurance Program, and flood preparedness, warning and
recovery.
American
Planning Association
APA is a nonprofit public interest and research organization committed
to urban, suburban, regional, and rural planning. APA and its professional
institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, advance the art
and science of planning to meet the needs of people and society.
Disaster
News Network
This news service tells the story of disaster response and suggests appropriate
ways the public can help survivors. It also facilitates information sharing
among disaster responders.
Federal
Emergency Management Agency
This new planning section on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's
Web site focuses on a vision of sustainable communities and shows communities
how disaster prevention planning before a disaster strikes, and/or a planned
recovery process after a disaster, can serve as a catalyst for making communities
more sustainable.
Global
Disaster Information Network
This site promotes the global sharing of disaster information between providers
and users.
Hazard
Mitigation in North Carolina, North Carolina Division of Emergency Management
This site provides information on home protection measures, mitigation
funding, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), mitigation planning,
risk determination, legal services, publications, documents, presentations,
upcoming events, contact information, and mitigation-related links.
Hazard
Reduction and Recovery Center
The Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (HRRC) is located at Texas A&M
University. HRRC researchers focus on hazard analysis, emergency preparedness
and response, disaster recovery, and hazard mitigation. HRRC is one of
only two United Nations (UN) Collaborative Centers in the world that serves
the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) as a
research and consultant agency with particular emphasis on national disaster
plans and their implications for future development.
HazNet
The purpose of HazNet is to enhance the Sea Grant network's contribution
to reducing loss of human life, property, and environmental resources
from coastal hazards in the United States. It provides an organizational
framework through which hazard mitigation information is more effectively
and efficiently shared among Sea Grant network programs and outside collaborators.
International
Association of Emergency Managers
IAEM is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to promoting the
goals of saving lives and protecting property during emergencies and disasters.
International
Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
The United Nations has established the ISDR as a global framework to foster
the resiliency of communities to the effects of natural hazards through
the implementation of risk management, hazard mitigation, and ultimately
sustainable development. It is designed to enable all societies to become
resilient to the effects of natural hazards and related technological and
environmental disasters, in order to reduce human, economic, and social
losses.
Island
Vulnerability
Island Vulnerability explores the challenges that isolated geographies
face when dealing with risk and disasters by examining the processes which
create, sustain, and could be used to reduce their vulnerability.
National
Climatic Data Center
The world's largest archive of weather data.
National
Emergency Management Agency
NEMA is the professional association for state emergency management directors.
Natural
Hazards Center
The Natural Hazards Center, located at the University of Colorado, Boulder,
is a national and international clearinghouse for information on natural
hazards and human adjustments to hazards and disasters.
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This site provides information on the Earth's environment and the Nation's
coastal and marine resources.
Organization
of American States (OAS) Unit for Sustainable Development and Environment
(USDE)
USDE is a technical cooperation division of the General Secretariat of
the OAS that works with member states on policy, program, and project initiatives
related to reducing vulnerability of populations and economic and social
infrastructure to natural disasters. It supports hemispheric, regional,
and national technical assistance, training, and technology transfer activities,
as well as serves as the Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction
(IACNDR) as technical advisor and chair of its Working Group on Vulnerability
Assessments and Indexing (VAI).
Pacific Services Center
The NOAA Pacific Services Center (PSC) develops and delivers coastal management
information and services to the United States Flag Pacific Islands.
Public
Entity Risk Institute
Provides resources for the public, private, and not for profit organizations
on the practical enhancement of risk management.
RADIX – Home
for Radical Interpretations of Disasters
This site provides working papers, opinion pieces, resources, and links
that can help develop radical (fundamental or concerning root causes) interpretations
and solutions for disasters. The issues pertain to human rights, cultural
and social issues, economic development, sustainable development, and politics.
Regional
Vulnerability Assessment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Regional Vulnerability
Assessment (ReVA) program is an approach to regional-scale, priority-setting
assessment being developed by EPA's Office of Research and Development
(ORD). ReVA will expand cooperation among the laboratories and centers
of ORD by integrating research on human and environmental health, ecorestoration,
landscape analysis, regional exposure and process modeling, problem formulation,
and ecological risk guidelines.
Risk
Analysis and Information Management
Risk Analysis and Information Management (RAIM) branch's mission is to
improve the utility and accessibility of scientific information within
the coastal science community. The ultimate goal is to develop enhanced
predictive capabilities and risk management options for use by natural
resource managers, public health agencies, industry, and other partners.
RAIM is part of the NOAA Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular
Research (CCEHBR).
Society
for Risk Analysis
The Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) provides an open forum for all those
who are interested in risk analysis. Risk analysis is broadly defined to
include risk assessment, risk characterization, risk communication, risk
management, and policy relating to risk. Interests include risks to human
health and the environment, both built and natural.
State
Emergency Management Agencies
This site provides contact information for all state emergency management
agencies in the United States and its Territories.
United
States Geological Survey (USGS)
The USGS, a bureau of the Department of the Interior, provides reliable
scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss
of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological,
energy and mineral resources; and enhance and protect quality of life.
United
Nations Development Program
Provides information on disaster management.
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Workshops/Conferences
Forum
on Risk Management and Assessment of Natural Hazards
Natural
Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder
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Training
Community Vulnerability
Assessment Tool Workshop
The purpose of this course is to help coastal resource and emergency managers
use the Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool (CVAT) to assess a community's
risk and vulnerability to hazards, including floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes.
Emergency
Information Infrastructure Project (EEIP) Virtual Forum
The EEIP is a non-profit educational organization, dedicated to enhancing
the practice of emergency management, and thereby public safety, through
offering professional development opportunities to practitioners and other
interested persons. The principal way we work to achieve this goal is through
presentation in the "Virtual Forum" of timely, disaster-related topics
by experts in their fields, by means of Internet-based Live Chat (text)
technology. There is no charge to participants, and all are welcome.
FEMA
Emergency Management Institute
EMI provides a nationwide training program of resident courses, as well
as and nonresident courses, to enhance U.S. emergency management practices.
Introductory
Training Course for Hazard Mitigation Officers
This course provides newcomers with a common base of knowledge about the
issues they will face and the priorities of a hazard mitigation officer.
The curriculum may also be useful for emergency managers who need to consider
hazard mitigation in their management work.
Understanding
Your Risks: Identifying Hazards and Estimating Losses
This interactive tutorial illustrates how to conduct a vulnerability assessment
for use in the development of hazard mitigation strategies.
Water
Environment Federation
The Water Environment Federation, through a cooperative agreement with
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is currently offering a
series of training events to assist wastewater utilities of all sizes in
evaluating and determining approaches for reducing their vulnerability
to man-made threats and natural disasters.
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