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This bibliography includes reference information for reports, journal articles, book chapters, and books that explore the human effects of Hurricane Katrina. Citations are organized according to the following subject areas: children and schools; displaced

'Although there is no such thing as an earthquake-proof building...proper seismic retrofitting can give buildings a fighting chance against a sizeable earthquake,' said San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on 7 July, just weeks prior to the 5.4-magnitude Los Angeles area earthquake...

A large-scale drill was held in nine hospitals of NW Arkansas last Wednesday to test employees' responses to a large-scale disaster....

The National Study of Water Management During Drought was authorized by Congress and undertaken by the Corps of Engineers’ Institute for Water Resources in the aftermath of the droughts of 1988. The resulting report, Managing Water for Drought, presents a

The Economic and Social Council was warned that disaster management strategies would not be successful if they did not target and reduce the inequalities and vulnerabilities poor people face...