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Selected Articles from International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 1983-2002


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Subject - Primary Subject - Secondary Subject-Tertiary Article Author
Disaster Response and Recovery Hazard and Disaster Basic - Hydrological   Evacuation in Cancun during Hurricane Gilbert Aguirre, B. E.
Disaster Response and Recovery Hazard and Disaster Basic - Hydrological   Hurricane Evacuation Behavior Baker, Earl J.
Mitigation - Problem Areas Mitigation - Federal Focus Mitigation - State and Local Focus, Tools, Needs TOWARDS A MORAL PHILOSOPHY OF NATURALL DISASTER MITIGATION Beatley, Timothy
Disaster Planning - Pre-Planning Activities Role and Responsibility of Local Emergency Manager Mitigation - State and Local Focus, Tools, Needs Influences on Local Adoption of Planning Measures for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Berke, Philip, et. al.
Political Context and Aspects Disaster Response and Recovery   Natural Disasters as Focusing Events: Policy Communities and Political Response Birkland Thomas A.
Disaster Response and Recovery Human and Societal Response to Hazards   Disaster Impact and Recovery: A Comparison of Black and White Victims Bolin, Robert
Human Response to Disasters: Myths and Reality Hazard and Disaster Basic - Technological and Other   Evaluating Chemical Hazards in the Aftermath of the Bhopal Tragedy Borgard, William
Human and Societal Response to Hazards Human Response to Disasters: Myths and Reality   Survey Research Bourque, Linda B., et. al.
Human and Societal Response to Hazards Human Response to Disasters: Myths and Reality Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management Organized Behavior in Disasters: A Review Essay Britton, Neil R.
Disaster Planning - Pre-Planning Activities Disaster Preparedness   Integrating City Planning and Emergency Preparedness: Some of the Reasons Why? Britton, Neil R. and John Lindsay
Disaster Preparedness Historical Overview of Disaster Preparedness and Civil Defense   Demonstrating the Need to Integrate City Planning and Emergency Preparedness : Two Case Studies Britton, Neil R. and John Lindsay
Human Response to Disasters: Myths and Reality     Whither the Emergency Manager? Britton, Neil R.
The Role of Media in Emergency Management Disaster Planning - Pre-Planning Activities Role and Responsibility of the Local Emergency Manager Journalists as Bureaucrats: Perceptions of "Social Responsibility" Media Roles in Local Emergency Planning Burkhart, Ford N.
Human and Societal Response to Hazards Human Response to Disasters: Myths and Reality   Elderly Female-Headed Household in the Disaster Loan Process Childers, Cheryl D.
Human and Societal Response to Hazards Human Response to Disasters: Myths and Reality Historical Overview of Disaster Preparedness and Civil Defense Longitudinal Change in Hurricane Hazard Perception Cross, John A.
Role of Business and Industry in Emergency Management Disaster Preparedness Role of the Insurance Industry in Emergency Management Determinants of Business Disaster Preparedness in Two U.S. Metropolitian Areas Dahlhamer, James and Melvin J. D'Souza
Hazard and Disasters Basics - Geological     THE USE OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN DISASTER RESEAR. Dash, Nicole
Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management     A COMPARISION OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE A PRACTIONER'S VIEW Dawson, Gregg
Hazard and Disaster Basic - Hydrological Human and Societal Response to Hazards   Solidarity during Snow Disasters Dombrowsky, Wolf
Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management Disaster Response and Recovery   Alternative Patterns of Decision-Making in Emergent Disaster Response Networks Drabek, Thomas E.
Disaster Response and Recovery Role of Business and Industry in Emergency Management   DISASTER RESPONSE WITHIN THE TOURIST INDUSTRY. Drabek, Thomas E.
Human and Societal Response to Hazards Political Context and Aspects   Cross-Cultural and International Research: Sociology and Disaster Dynes, Russell R.
Disaster Planning - Pre-Planning Activities Human Response to Disasters: Myths and Reality Disaster Preparedness Community Emergency Planning : False Assumptions and Inappropriate Analogies Dynes, Russell R.
Hazard and Disaster Basic - Hydrological Hazard and Disaster Basic - Technological and Other Human and Societal Response to Hazards Women and Housing Issues in Two U.S. Disasters: Hurricane Andrew and Red River Valley Flood Ensorn, Eaine
Disaster Preparedness Hazard and Disaster Basic - Hydrological   The Impact of Disaster Education on Household Preparedness Faupel, Charles E, et.al.
Disaster Preparedness Hazard and Disaster Basic - Technological and Other   Contingencies Affecting Emergency Preparedness for Hazardous Wastes Faupel, Charles E. and Conner Bailey.
The Role of Voluntary and "Third-Sector" Organizations Hazard and Disaster Basic - Hydrological   Voluntary Labor, Utah, the L.D.S. Church, and the Floods of 1983: A Case Study Fisher, Albert L.
Role and Responsibility of the Local Emergency Manager The Role of Citizens and Citizen Groups in Emergency Management Human and Societal Response to Hazards Motivating Public Evacuation Fitzpatrick, Colleen and Dennis S. Miletl
Human and Societal Response to Hazards Political Context and Aspects   The Intersection of Gender and Social Class in Disaster: Balancing Resilience and Vulnerability Fordham, Maureen
Role and Responsibility of Local Emergency Manager FEMA Organization and Role in U.S. Emergency Management   Disaster Gypsies: the Role of Informal Relationships in Administering Disaster Assistance Forrest, Thomos R.
The Role of Media in Emergency Management Human Response to Disasters: Myths and Reality   Are the News Media Responsible for the Disaster Myths? A Content Analysis of Emergency Response Imagery Goltz, James D.
Disaster Response and Recovery Human and Societal Response to Hazards   Initial Behavioral Response to a Rapid Onset Disaster - A Case Study of Whittier Narrows Earthquake Goltz, James D., et. al.
Mitigation-State and Local Focus, Tools, Needs Mitigation - Problem Areas   Pre-Flood / Post-Flood Mitigation Planning: the Manitou Springs, Colorado Case Gruntfest, Eve
The Internet     Internet and Emergency Management: Prospects for the Future Gruntfest, Eve and Mark Weber
Disaster Planning - Pre-Planning Activities     Contingency Planning: Building the Infrastructure for Crisis Decision Making Harrald, John R.
The Role of Media in Emergency Management     A study of Mass Media Reporting in Emergencies Hirol, Osamu, et. al.
Role of Business and Industry in Emergency Management Disaster Response and Recovery Mitigation - Problem Areas The Role of the For-Profit Private Sector in Disaster Mitigation and Response Horwich, George
The Role of Citizens and Citizen Groups in Emergency Management Role and Responsibility of Local Emergency Manager   Family and Disaster Hultaker, Orjan
Role of Business and Industry in Emergency Management Local Government Organizations and Role in Emergency Management   Private Sector Land Market Decision Agents as Targets of Floodplain Policy Kaiser, Edward, et. al.
Political Context and Aspects Local Government Organizations and Role in Emergency Management   Coordinating Intergovernmental Policies on Emergency Management in a Multi-Centered Metropolis Kory, Delores N.
Human and Societal Response to Hazards Political Context and Aspects   But She's a Woman and This a Man's Job: Lessons for Participatory Research and Participatory Recovery Krajaski, Richard L.and Kristina J. Peterson
Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management Federal Players in Hazard and Disaster Field Historical Overview of Disaster Preparedness and Civil Defence The Federal Emergency Management System in the United States.: Past and Present Kreps, Gary A.
Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management Disaster Response and Recovery   The Organization of Disaster Response: Core Concepts and Processes Kreps, Gary A.
The Role of Citizens and Citizen Groups in Emergency Management Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management   Disasters are Nonroutine Social Problems Kreps, Gary A. and Thomas E. Drabek
Disaster Preparedness Role of Business and Industry in Emergency Management Hazard and Disasters Basics - Geological The Southern California Earthquake Preparedness Project: Evolution of an "Earthquake Entrepreneur" Lambridght, W. Henry
Federal Players in Hazard and Disaster Field Hazard and Disaster Basic - Technological and Other   Coordinated Emergency Management: The Challenge of the Chronic Technological Disaster LaPlante, Josephine M. and J. Stephen Kroll-Smith
Local Government Organizations and Role in Emergency Management Disaster Preparedness   Are Local Emergency Planning Committees Effective in Developing Community Disaster Preparedness? Lindell, Michael K.
The Role of Citizens and Citizen Groups in Emergency Management Hazard and Disasters Basics - Geological   Household Adoption of Seismic Hazard Adjustments: A Comparison of Residents in Two States Lindell, Michael K. and  Caria S. Parter
Disaster Response and Recovery     Understanding Evacuation Behavior - An Editorial Introduction Lindell, Michael K. and Ronald W. Perry
The Role of Citizens and Citizen Groups in Emergency Management Hazard and Disasters Basics - Geological   Gender Difference in Risk and Communication Behavior in Response to an Earthquake Prediction Major, Ann Marie
Political Context and Aspects Disaster Response and Recovery   Pendulum Policies and the Need for Relief and Invulnerable Development McEntire, David A.
Disaster Planning - Pre-Planning Activities The Role of Citizens and Citizen Groups in Emergency Management   Identifying Special-Needs Households that Needs Assistance for Emergency Planning Metz, William C., et. al.
Disaster Response and Recovery Human and Societal Response to Hazards   Human Response to Disasters Mikami, Shunji and Ken'ichi Kazama
Disaster Response and Recovery Human and Societal Response to Hazards Hazard and Disasters Basics - Geological Societal Response to Revised Earthquake Probabilities in San Francisco Bay Area Mileti, Dennis S. and JoAnne DeRouen Darlington
Hazard and Disaster Basic - Technological and Other Human and Societal Response to Hazards   The Three Mile Island Incident: A Study of Behavioral Indicators of Human Stress Mileti, Dennis S., et. al
Political Context and Aspects Human and Societal Response to Hazards   What's Gender "Got to Do With It"! Morrow, Betty Hearn and Brenda D. Phillips
What are Hazards and Disasters? Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management   Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: The Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center Myers, Marry Fran
What are Hazards and Disasters? Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management   Integrating Disaster Research and Practice: An Overview of Issues Neal, David M.
Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management Political Context and Aspects   Reconsidering the Phases of Disasters Neal, David M.
Political Context and Aspects FEMA Organization and Role in U.S. Emergency Management   Developing Degree Programs in Disaster Management: Some Reflections and Observations Neal, David M.
The Role of Media in Emergency Management Hazard and Disaster Basic - Technological and Other   TV Network News Coverage of Three Mile Island: Reporting Disasters as Technological Fables Nimmo, Dan
Mitigation - Federal Focus Mitigation-State and Local Focus, Tools, Needs Hazard and Disasters Basics - Geological Night and Day: Mitigation Policymaking in Oakland, California, Before and After the Loma Prieta Earthquake Olson, Richard Stuart, et. al
Disaster Planning - Pre-Planning Activities Role of Business and Industry in Emergency Management The Role of Citizens and Citizen Groups in Emergency Management Pre-Disaster Planning: The Response of Residential Real Estate Developers to Special Studies Zone Palm, Risa
Hazard and Disaster Basic - Hydrological     Tornadoes Over Texas: A Study of Waco and San Angelo in Disaster and its Impact upon the Study of Disaster Perry, Joseph B. Jr.
Political Context and Aspects Disaster Response and Recovery Human and Societal Response to Hazards The Effect of Ethnicity on Evacuation Decision-making Perry, Ronald W. and Michael K. Lindell
Mitigation- Federal Focus Mitigation - Problem Areas Mitigation-State and Local Focus, Tools, Needs Natural Hazard Mitigation: Professionlization of the Policy Making Process Petak, William J.
Disaster Response and Recovery Political Context and Aspects Human and Societal Response to Hazards Cultural Diversity in Disasters: Sheltering, Housing, and Long Term Recovery Phillips, Brenda D.
The Role of Media in Emergency Management The Role of Voluntary and "Third-Sector" Organizations   The Media in Disaster Threat Situations: Some Possible Relationship between Mass Media Reporting and Voluntarism Phillips, Brenda D.
What are Hazards and Disasters? Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management   What Should We Study? Questions and Suggestions for Researchers about the Concepts of Disasters Quarantelli, E. L.
Historical Overview of Disaster Preparedness and Civil Defense Human and Societal Response to Hazards   Disaster Studies: An Analysis of the Social Historical Factors Affecting Development of Research in the Area Quarantelli, E. L.
Disaster Planning - Pre-Planning Activities Mitigation - Problem Areas   Converting Disaster Scholarship into Effective Disaster Planning and Managing: Possibilities and Limitations Quarantelli, E. L.
Political Context and Aspects FEMA Organization and Role in U.S. Emergency Management Local Government Organizations and Role in Emergency Management Federal Disaster Relief and Local Government Financial Condition Roenigk, Dale J.
Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management     Victimization by Natural Hazards in the United States, 1970-1980: Survey Estimates Rossi, Peter H., et. al.
Disaster Response and Recovery Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management   The Community Recovery Process in the United States after a Major Natural Disaster Rubin, Claire B.
Political Context and Aspects Disaster Response and Recovery Hazard and Disasters Basics - Geological National Origin and Earthquake Response: Lessons from the Whittier Narrow Earthquake of 1987 Rubin, Claire B. and Risa Palm
Historical Overview of Disaster Preparedness and Civil Defense     Disaster's Little Known Pioneer: Canada's Samuel Henry Prince Scanlon, T. Joseph
Political Context and Aspects     Emergencies and Rationality: The Case of Three Mile Island Shelton, R. H.
Role of Business and Industry in Emergency Management Hazard and Disaster Basic - Technological and Other   Preventing Industrial Crisis: The Challenges of Bhopal Shrivastava, Paul
Role of Business and Industry in Emergency Management Hazard and Disaster Basic - Technological and Other   A Cultural Analysis of Conflicts in Industrial Disasters Shrivastava, Paul
What are Hazards and Disasters?     Ignorance and Disasters Smithson, Michael
Disaster Response and Recovery Political Context and Aspects Local Government Organizations and Role in Emergency Management When Shall We Leave? Factors Affecting the Timing of Evacuation Departures Sorensen, John H.
Disaster Planning - Pre-Planning Activities Disaster Preparedness   Decision-Making Uncertainties in Emergency Warning System Organizations Sorensen, John H. and Dennis S. Mileti
Political Context and Aspects Federal Players in Hazard and Disaster Field   Inter and Intraorganizational Cohesion in Emergencies Sorensen, John H., et. al.
Disaster Response and Recovery Political Context and Aspects Local Government Organizations and Role in Emergency Management Evacuation Behavior at Three Mile Island Stallings, Robert
What are Hazards and Disasters? Human and Societal Response to Hazards   Disasters as Social Problem?: A Dissenting View Stallings, Robert A.
Disaster Response and Recovery Political Context and Aspects Local Government Organizations and Role in Emergency Management Ending Evacuation Stallings, Robert A.
Local Government Organizations and Role in Emergency Management Disaster Response and Recovery Hazard and Disaster Basic - Hydrological Contrasting Local Government Responses to a Tornado Disaster in Two Communities Stallings, Robert and Charles B. Schepart
Disaster Planning - Pre-Planning Activities Political Context and Aspects Human and Societal Response to Hazards Redundancy in Social Systems: Implications for Warning and Evacuation Planning Streeter, Calvin L.
The Internet     Organizational Reform and Technological Innovations in Emergency Management Sutphen, Sandra and William L. Waugh, Jr.
Federal Interagency Planning and Response to Disaster Federal Players in Hazard and Disaster Field Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management The Impact of Intergovernmental Distance on Disaster Communications Toulmin, Llewllyn, et. al.
Disaster Response and Recovery Political Context and Aspects Local Government Organizations and Role in Emergency Management Issues in Nursing Home Evacuations Vogi, Barbara Muller
Role and Responsibility of Local Emergency Manager Local Government Organizations and Role in Emergency Management Political Context and Aspects Professionalization and Gender in Local Emergency Management Wilson, Jennifer