Guides: Hazards and Disaster Research to Respond to Global Crises: On the Web

Free Internet Resources

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There are hundreds of resources related to disaster research on the web. The ones noted on this page are sample representatives of a wide variety of publications, databases, tools, societies and institutions that address disaster research issues.

Institutions & Organizations

The entities listed here produce and publish at least some scholarly research materials.

Handbooks & Manuals

CARE International personal safety & security handbook
Community-based disaster risk management: field practitioners' handbook
Disaster management reference handbooks
Handbooks for disaster management in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Handbook for conducting a GIS-based hazards assessment at the county level
Handbook for Disaster Recovery Practitioners
Integrating disaster risk management into climate change adaptation
Integrating disaster risk management into the development process
Integrating disaster risk management into urban management
Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into national and sectoral development process
Manual on search and rescue for volunteers in communities

Noteworthy Publications

Annotated bibliography of natural hazards loss datasets [2009]
Disaster response : Principles of preparation and coordination
Evaluations [of programs of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]
Fundamentals of emergency management [FEMA]
Gender and disaster sourcebook
Natural disasters data book, 2012
Emphasizes Asia. Other years can be found here.
[Natural Hazards Center] Monograph series
[Natural Hazards Center] Special publications
[Natural Hazards Center] Working papers series
The NCDP [National Center for Disaster Preparedness] model for disaster preparedness
Reporting for duty? A synthesis of research on role conflict, strain and abandonment among emergency responders during disasters and catastrophes.
Social vulnerability index for the United States
See menu options on the page for time frames other than the most recent published one.
Towards a tool kit on mainstreaming disaster risk reduction: A compilation of key program documents (2005-2006)
U.S. hazard losses, 2012
For other years, see box on top right of this page.
World disasters reports [International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]

Journals, Newsletters & Article Finding Aids

Children & disasters bulletin : news, tools, science
Disaster research : news you can use (Natural Hazards Center)
Exchange [from the ANDROID Disaster Resilience Network]
Journal of disaster research
Open access, but user registration required.
Natural hazards informer (Natural Hazards Center)
Quick response research reports (Natural Hazards Center)
Research digest (Natural Hazards Center)
PLoS Currents: Disasters
From the Public Library of Science

Databases

CE DAT, Complex Emergency Database
Disaster Research Center Institutional Repository, University of Delaware Library
EM-DAT, the International Disaster Database
FEMA GeoPlatform: Providing geospatial data and analytics in support of emergency management
Human Vulnerability to Natural Disasters Publications Database
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Disaster Law Database
National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention [Japan] Databases
Natural Hazards Center Library HazLit Database
Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database for the United States

Bibliographies & Guides to Further Research

ANDROID Disaster Resilience Network Papers
ANDROID Disaster Resilience Network Presentations
CE DAT, Complex Emergency Database Publications
Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis, Colorado State University, Research publications
Centre for Disaster Resilience, University of Salford, Manchester, Publications
Centre for Disaster Resilience, University of Salford, Manchester, Institutional Repository
Center for Refugee and Disaster Response, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Research publications
Centre for Emergency and Disaster Management, Queensland University of Technology, Publications
Centre for Risk and Community Safety, RMIT University [Australia] Publications
Centre for Sustainable Organisations and Work, RMIT University [Australia] Working papers
DERA [Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association] Reference library and archives
Disaster Research Centre, Flinders University [Australia], Publications
EM-DAT, the International Disaster Database Publications
emBRACE [Building Resilience Amongst Communities in Europe] Outputs
FEMA Higher education articles and papers [= bibliography of emergency management resources]
Gender and disaster knowledgebase
Gender and disaster knowledgebase - key resources
Global Change Master Directory (NASA), Natural hazards research websites
Globalism Research Centre, RMIT University [Australia], Publications
Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center, Texas A&M University, Research reports
Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, University of South Carolina, [Publications]
Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, University of South Carolina, Conducting a GIS-based assessment at the county level [resources]
Humanitarian Disaster Institute, Wheaton College, Research
Humanitarian Disaster Institute, Wheaton College, Resources
Institute for Risk & Disaster Research, University College London, Publications
Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety Studies & reports
International Federal of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Disaster law publications
International Federal of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Disaster management
International Federal of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies General publications
IRDR (Integrated Research on Disaster Risk) Publications
National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Earth Institute, Columbia University Disaster archive
National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Earth Institute, Columbia University Publications
National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Earth Institute, Columbia University Research portal
National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Earth Institute, Columbia University Video/media
Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, Annotated bibliographies
Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, Hazards centers and organizations
Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, Selected web resources
Public Entity Risk Institute Resource library
RAND Corporation Disaster recovery operations [resources]
RAND Corporation Emergency preparedness [resources]
RAND Corporation International humanitarian assistance [resources]
RAND Corporation Natural hazards [resources]
RAND Corporation Public health preparedness [resources]
RAND Corporation Supply chain management [resources]
Research Development and Outreach Program, Disaster Management Initiative, Silicon Valley Campus, Carnegie Mellon University, References: Selected Papers and Presentations
START [the global change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training] Global change library
START [the global change SysTem for Analysis Research and Training] Publications

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Hazards and Disaster Research to Respond to Global Crises: On the Web

Free Internet Resources

Institutions & Organizations

Handbooks & Manuals

Noteworthy Publications

Journals, Newsletters & Article Finding Aids

Databases

Bibliographies & Guides to Further Research

Suggest a Resource

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