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Natural hazard research working paper volume 106
Pub. Date
[2000]
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The advent of the Internet has fundamentally altered the discussions of hazard policy between technical experts, public interest activists, and elected risk management policy makers, by providing with the immediacy, duration, geographical reach, and exponential expansion of communications among individuals.
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Natural hazard research working paper volume 105
Pub. Date
[2000]
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Nuclear emergency planning and management profoundly depend on computer-aided decision support tools that gather and analyze data on radioactive emissions, meteorology, demography, geography, etc., and provide decision support for prevention/mitigation, response, and recovery. The discussion primarily focuses on issues related to the behavioral and decision-making processes of the various players in the evacuation system, logistics, the generation...
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Natural hazard research working paper volume 98
Pub. Date
[1998]
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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.
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Natural hazard research working paper volume 102
Pub. Date
[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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Natural hazard research working paper volume 107
Pub. Date
[2003]
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Focuses on major terrorist events in the past two decades to review how the essential emergency management (EM) infrastructure changed.
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Natural hazard research working paper volume 101
Pub. Date
[1998]
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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 case study concentrates why the Utah legislature waited 13 years to re-establish a seismic safety commission.
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Natural hazard research working paper volume 99
Pub. Date
[1998]
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As we enter the 21st century, we are facing new threats and risks, which may mean we will be dealing with new types of hazards and disasters. The disasters of the future may or may not be bigger or worse, but they are likely to be more complex and require more sophistication in response and recovery.
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Natural hazard research working paper volume 97
Pub. Date
1998.
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This case study is part of an investigation into the reassessment of state roles in disaster mitigation and management. This case study centers on the ultimate success of Senator McConnell's struggle to enact a state-wide building code which culminated with the passage 1997, four legislative sessions after it was first introduced.
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