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1) The response of faith-based organizations in New York City following the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001

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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.

2) Learning from risk: organizational interaction following the Armenian earthquakes

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Comfort, Louise K

3) Evacuation decision making and public response in Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina

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Baker, Earl J

4) The emergency aid in the aftermath of the Italian earthquake of September 26, 1997

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Rossi, Ino

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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.

5) The May 1998 landslides in the Sarno area in southern Italy: rethinking disaster theory

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Caporale, Rocco

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Examines the roles humans play in causing "natural disasters".

6) Community preparation and response to the Exxon oil spill in Kodiak, Alaska

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Mason, Rachel

7) Examining a "near-miss" experience: awareness, behavior, and post-disaster response among residents on the periphery of a tornado-damage path

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Tiefenbacher, John P

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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.

8) We want work: rural women in the Gujarat drought and earthquake

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Enarson, Elaine Pitt

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Impact of a combination of major natural disasters on poor, rural women in India.

9) Flash flooding in Kansas: a study of emergency response and victim's perceptions

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Paul, Bimal Kanti

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This study analyzes the performance of emergency actions taken by local government in response to a major flash flood event.

10) A case study of Florida's emergency management since Hurricane Andrew

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Mittler, Elliott

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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.

11) Building code enforcement following Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina

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Mittler, Elliott

12) The southern California fires of 1993: coping in Orange County

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Sutphen, Sandra

13) The role of the aged in community recovery following Hurricane Andrew

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Guillette, Elizabeth A

14) Disaster and development, El Salvador 2001

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Wisner, Ben

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Studies the degree of citizen involvement in the planning of recovery and the degree to which recovery was incorporating mitigation of the impacts of future extreme natural events (more earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding, volcanic eruptions).

15) Field evaluation of hurricane damage to the water resources, tourism infrastructure, and emergency response of San Salvador Island, Bahamas

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Gamble, Douglas W

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Damage caused by Hurricane Floyd to water resource and tourism infrastructure on San Salvador appears to be moderate to minimal with greatest impact upon recreational tourism and ecotourism.

16) Marginalized groups in times of crisis: identity, needs, and response

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Eads, Marci

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This research examines the impacts of a large-scale disaster on a marginalized community. Specifically, both practical and more abstract effects of the attacks of September 11, 2001, on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in New York City are examined.

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University of Colorado Boulder. Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center.

1) The response of faith-based organizations in New York City following the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001

2) Learning from risk: organizational interaction following the Armenian earthquakes

3) Evacuation decision making and public response in Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina

4) The emergency aid in the aftermath of the Italian earthquake of September 26, 1997

5) The May 1998 landslides in the Sarno area in southern Italy: rethinking disaster theory

6) Community preparation and response to the Exxon oil spill in Kodiak, Alaska

7) Examining a "near-miss" experience: awareness, behavior, and post-disaster response among residents on the periphery of a tornado-damage path

8) We want work: rural women in the Gujarat drought and earthquake

9) Flash flooding in Kansas: a study of emergency response and victim's perceptions

10) A case study of Florida's emergency management since Hurricane Andrew

11) Building code enforcement following Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina

12) The southern California fires of 1993: coping in Orange County

13) The role of the aged in community recovery following Hurricane Andrew

14) Disaster and development, El Salvador 2001

15) Field evaluation of hurricane damage to the water resources, tourism infrastructure, and emergency response of San Salvador Island, Bahamas

16) Marginalized groups in times of crisis: identity, needs, and response

17) Disaster preparedness and the 1984 earthquakes in central Italy

18) Field report: investigation of September 2, 1992 Nicaragua tsunami

19) Natural disaster management in Korea: an analytic study with policy implications

20) An overview of drought in Kenya: natural hazards research paradigm