University of Colorado Boulder. Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center.
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Quick response research report volume 135
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[2001]
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Impact of a combination of major natural disasters on poor, rural women in India.
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Quick response research report volume 137
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[2001]
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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.
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Quick response research report volume 131
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[2000]
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Examines the roles humans play in causing "natural disasters".
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Quick response research report volume 124
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[2000]
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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.
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Natural hazard research working paper volume 102
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[1999]
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This working paper reviews both the academic and more informal literature on community recovery from disasters, draws lessons from it, and summarizes the programs that are already in place for providing technical assistance in the post disaster setting.
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Quick response research report volume 152
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[2002]
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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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Quick response research report volume 142
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[2001]
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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).
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Quick response research report volume 100
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[1997]
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Snow avalanches buried a portion of U.S. Highway 2 (US2) the only east-west link across the Rockies in northern Montana. Research shows how area residents handled the road closure.
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Quick response research report volume 145
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[2002]
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Parameters that may affect the death rate in a tornado disaster are income level, educational level, accuracy of forecast, communication systems, emergency rescue operation and transportation, medical equipment, community network, and so on.
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Quick response research report volume 99
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[1997]
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This work is focuses on a small rural county in northern Virginia and its attempts to use its geographic information system in a disaster relief situation.