Disaster Research Archives
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Disaster Research Archives

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The library of the Natural Hazards Center in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2005.)

1. Burton, Ian (as a webpage).
   An archive of his work and publications compiled and organised by Thea Dickinson.

2. Crichton, David (as a webpage).
   An archive of his publications that are not copyrighted.

3. Delica Willison, Zenaida (as a webpage).
   A festschrift from June 2020.

4. Cuny, Fred (as a webpage).
   An archive of his work and publications compiled and organised by the OAKTrust digital repository at Texas A&M.

5. Fujita, Tetsuya Theodore (as a webpage).
   An archive of his work and publications compiled and organised by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University.

6. Glantz, Michael H. (Mickey Glantz) (as a webpage).
   An archive of his publications that are not copyrighted.

7. Hewitt, Ken.
   

   • Burton, I. and K. Hewitt. 1974. "Ecological dimensions of environmental hazards". Chapter 13, pp. 253-283 in F. Sargent II (ed.) Human Ecology. North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam. Full text (3,415 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • Hewitt, K. (ed.). 1983. Interpretations of Calamity from the Viewpoint of Human Ecology. Allen & Unwin, London, U.K. Full text (11,473 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • Hewitt, K. and I. Burton. 1971. The Hazardousness of a Place: A Regional Ecology of Damaging Events. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Canada. Full text (6,269 kb in PDF).

8. Krimgold, Fred.
   Krimgold, F. 1974. Pre-Disaster Planning: The Role of International Aid for Pre-Disaster Planning in Developing Countries. Avdelningen för Arkitektur, KTH Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden. Full text (8,414 kb in PDF).

9. Lewis, James on vulnerability.
   

   • Full publications list (324 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • Lewis, J. 1978 (February 10). The Analysis of Vulnerability to Natural Disasters: Towards a Comprehensive Methodology. Centre for Development Studies Seminar, University of Bath, Bath, U.K. Full text (11,327 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • Lewis, J. 1978 (March). Comprehensive Analysis of Vulnerability to Natural Disaster: The Socio-Economic Component. Working Copy. Full text (15,881 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • Lewis, J. 1978 (February). Comprehensive Analysis of Vulnerability to Natural Disaster: The Socio-Economic Component. Abstract. Full text (3,409 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • Lewis, J. 1979. Vulnerability and its analysis. Draft chapter. Full text (18,089 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • Lewis, J. 1979 (June). "Disaster Vulnerability: Outer Concept versus Inner Condition". Accepted for Mass Emergencies prior to publisher's discontinuation of that journal. Full text (5,759 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • Lewis, J. 1985 (March). "The Environmental Inter-relationships of Vulnerability". Natural Hazards Observer, vol. 9, no. 4, page number not known. Full text (78 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • Lewis, J. 1988 (March). "On the line: An open letter in response to 'Confronting Natural Disasters, An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction'" Natural Hazards Observer, vol. 12, no. 4, p. 4. Full text (1,371 kb in PDF).
   
   

10. Mileti, Dennis (as a webpage).
    Archive at the Natural Hazards Center, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

11. Quarantelli, E.L. (as a webpage).
    The E.L. Quarantelli Resource Collection at the Disaster Research Center, Delaware, U.S.A.

12. White, Gilbert F. (as a webpage).
    Archive at the Natural Hazards Center, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

Zenaida Delica Willison at her desk as Executive Director of the Citizens Disaster Response Center in the Philippines in June 1996.
(If you were the photographer, please contact me.)

1. Bradford Disaster Research Unit (as a webpage).
   A disaster research centre from 1973-1977 which was based at the University of Bradford, U.K.

2. Disaster, Conflict and Social Crisis Research Network (as a webpage).
   An archive of the network's material.

3. International Panel for Risk Reduction / International Hazards Panel (as a webpage).
   An archive of material from this initiative running from 1987-1991.

4. Menard Press: Politics and War - Nuclear.
   Publications for which permission has been given to appear here.

5. Pan Caribbean Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Project (PCDPPP) (as a webpage).
   An archive of non-copyrighted documents from the project.

6. PeriPeri U Archives (as a webpage).

7. Settlements and Shelter:
   

   • Davis, I., E.M. Ressler, and K. Westgate. 1980. Human Settlements and Disasters: A Series of Five Slide Lectures. Commonwealth Association of Architects, London, U.K. Full text (3,218 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • UN. 1976. Guidelines for Disaster Prevention. UN (United Nations), Geneva.
          Volume I: Pre-disaster physical planning of human settlements (6,922 kb in PDF).
          Volume II: Building measures for minimizing the impact of disasters (4,636 kb in PDF).
          Volume III: Management of settlements (6,517 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • UNCHS - HABITAT. 1983. Planning for Human Settlements in Disaster-prone Areas. UNCHS (United Nations Centre for Human Settlements) - HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya. Full text (4,245 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • van Landewijk, J. and K. Shordt. 1988. Proceedings of the Workshop 'Settlements and Disasters' Amsterdam, June 27 - July 1, 1988. DERC (Disaster & Emergency Reference Center), Delft, the Netherlands, Full text (34,680 kb in PDF).

8. Small States Conference on Sea Level Rise 14-18 November 1989 Male, the Maldives (as a webpage).
   An archive of non-copyrighted documents from the conference.

9. UNESCO/UNFPA Population and Environment Project in the Eastern Islands of Fiji, Man and the Biosphere Programme, 1974-1976 (as a webpage).
   An archive of non-copyrighted documents from the project.

Malé, the capital of Maldives.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2013.)

1. Chernobyl disaster (26 April 1986) report (1,896 kb in PDF).
   IAEA. 1986. Summary Report on the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident. Report by the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group. IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), Vienna, Austria.

2. Climate:
   

   • Beltzner, K. (ed.) 1976. Living with Climatic Change. Proceedings from the Toronto Conference Workshop, 17-22 November 1975. Science Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Full text (10,484 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • ICSU/SCOPE Workshop on Climate/Society Interface, December 10-14, 1978, Toronto, Ontario. 1978. Canadian Climate Centre, Atmospheric Environment Service and Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (3,737 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • Jaeger, J. 1988 (April). Developing Policies for Responding to Climatic Change. Report WCIP-1, WMO/TD-No. 225. World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, Switzerland and Nairobi, Kenya. Full text (3,763 kb in PDF).
   
   
   • Keitz, E. and D. Berks (eds.) 1977. Living with Climate Change Phase II. A Summary Report from a Symposium and Workshop Held by The Mitre Corporation, McLean, Virginia, 9-11 November 1976. The Mitre Corporation, McLean, Virginia, U.S.A. Full text (3,233 kb in PDF).

3. Collaborative Research on Natural Hazards: Progress Report.
   Thank you to Thea Dickinson for the scans.
   

   • August 1969. Full text (8,837 kb in PDF).

   • August 1971. Full text (9,227 kb in PDF).

   • October 1973. Full text (15,318 kb in PDF).

4. Disaster Study Reports (as a webpage).
   

5. Green Cover Reports: Environmental Perception Research.
   Thank you to Thea Dickinson and JC Gaillard for the scans.
   

   • Working Paper EPR-1: Robinson, J.B. 1978. Macrocosm and Microcosm: An Exploration of the Perceived Alchemical Environment. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (17,543 kb in PDF).

   • Working Paper EPR-2: Wilson-Hodges, C. 1978. The Measurement of Landscape Aesthetics. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (20,627 kb in PDF).

   • Working Paper EPR-3: Porter, P.W. 1978. The Ins and Outs of Environmental Hazards. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (20,582 kb in PDF).

   • Working Paper EPR-4: Lowenthal, D. 1978. Finding Valued Landscapes. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (11,059 kb in PDF).

   • Working Paper EPR-5: International Geographical Union Working Group on Perception of the Environment. 1978. Report of the IGU/MAB Workshop on Perception of the Environment 22-29 July 1978. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (1,426 kb in PDF).

   • Working Paper EPR-6: Tait, E.J. 1979 (September). Measuring Attitudes to Risk: Farmers' Attitudes to the Financial, Personal and Environmental Risks Associated with Pesticide Usage. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (12,263 kb in PDF).

   • Working Paper EPR-7: Report of the IGU/MAB Workshop 5-8 July 1979. 1979. The Perception of Pests and Pesticides in Integrated Pest Management. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (16,827 kb in PDF).

   • Working Paper EPR-8: Tait, E.J. (ed.). 1981 (February). Perception and Management of Pests and Pesticides - Guidelines for Research. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (18,355 kb in PDF).

   • Working Paper EPR-9: Dworkin, J.M. and K.D. Pijawka. 1981 (February). Air Quality and Perception: Explaining Change in Toronto, Ontario. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (8,603 kb in PDF).

   • Working Paper EPR-10: Jackson, E.L. and L.T. Foster. 1982 (June). North American Research on Public Attitudes to Energy Resources and Conservation: A Bibliographic Essay. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (21,320 kb in PDF).

6. Hagman, 1984 (2,086 kb in PDF).
   Hagman, G. with H. Beer, M. Bendz, and A. Wijkman. 1984 (May). Prevention Better Than Cure: Report on human and environmental disasters in the Third World. Prepared for the Swedish Red Cross, Stockholm and Geneva.

7. INSULA - International Journal of Island Affairs, 1992-2012 (as a webpage).

8. Mass Emergencies (a journal).
   

   • Mass Emergencies, volume 1, 1975-1976. Full text (3,257 kb in PDF).

   • Mass Emergencies, volume 2, 1977. Full text (2,801 kb in PDF).

   • Mass Emergencies, volume 3, 1978. Full text (2,610 kb in PDF).

   • Mass Emergencies, volume 4, 1979. Full text (1,772 kb in PDF).

   • Lewis, J. 1979 (June). "Disaster Vulnerability: Outer Concept versus Inner Condition". Accepted for Mass Emergencies prior to publisher's discontinuation of that journal. Full text (5,759 kb in PDF).

9. Mr. Civil Defense from 1956 (11,569 kb in PDF).
   Graphic Information Service. 1956. Mr. Civil Defense Tells About Natural Disasters. Graphic Information service, New York, New York, U.S.A.

10. Natural Hazards Center Working Papers (as a webpage).
    

11. Ocho Rios 1984 (17,603 kb in PDF).
    International Conference On Natural Hazards Mitigation Program Implementation. 1986. Proceedings of the Conference in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 12-16 November 1984. Center for International Development Planning and Building, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A.

12. Orange Cover Reports: Emergency and Risk Research.
    Thank you to Thea Dickinson and JC Gaillard for the scans.
    

    • Working Paper No. 1: Liverman, D.M. 1978. Perception and communication in government response to the 1977 drought in Western Canada. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (1,652 kb in PDF).

    • Working Paper No. 2: Taylor, A.J. 1978. CIDA in Disasters: A Summary of the Agency's Policies, Procedures and Perceptions. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (9,863 kb in PDF).

    • Working Paper No. 3: Haussmann, C.F. and P. Timmerman. 1979. A Guide to Emergency Planning and Responsibilities in Ontario. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (23,392 kb in PDF).

    • Working Paper ERR-4: Hazen, S.B. 1979 (December). The Texaco Fire – October 2, 1978. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (11,049 kb in PDF).

    • Working Paper ERR-5: Hazen, S.B., H. Myers, and P. Timmerman. 1980 (February). The North York Gasoline Leak, February 21, 1979, Emergency Response and Impact Assessment. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (14,410 kb in PDF).

    • Working Paper ERR-6, Mississauga Report No. 1: Timmerman, P. 1980 (May). The Mississauga Train Derailment and Evacuation: November 10-17, 1979. Event Reconstruction and Organizational Response. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (15,047 kb in PDF).

    • Working Paper ERR-7, Mississauga Report No. 2: Whyte, A.V.T., D.M. Liverman, and J.P. Wilson. 1980 (May). Preliminary Report on Survey of Households Evacuated During the Mississauga Chlorine Gas Emergency (November 10-16, 1979). Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (15,609 kb in PDF).

    • Working Paper ERR-8, Mississauga Report No. 3: Study Team. 1980 (November). Evaluation of the Mississauga Emergency, Preliminary Findings: Report of the Study Team, October 1980. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (16,058 kb in PDF).

    • Working Paper ERR-9: Timmerman, P. 1980 (November). Emergency Planning in Ontario: A Critical History and Analysis. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (5,612 kb in PDF).

    • Working Paper ERR-10: Coomes, O.T., M.S. Rudolph, and J.P. Wilson. 1980 (November). The Woodstock Tornadoes (August 7, 1979) Event Reconstruction and Organizational Response. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Full text (3,732 kb in PDF).

13. Story 1933 (9,166 kb in PDF).
    Story, I.F. 1933. The National Parks and Emergency Conservation. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

14. Tag-Eldeen, 1981 (9,044 kb in PDF).
    Tag-Eldeen, M. 1981. Disaster Preparedness: Risk Zone Mapping and Vulnerability Analysis for Disaster Preparedness. Publication No. 1981:02. The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), School of Architecture, Stockholm, Sweden.

15. Tidmarsh, 1969 (17,572 kb in PDF).
    Tidmarsh, S. 1969. Disaster (Connexions). Penguin, Harmondsworth, U.K.

16. Timmerman, 1981 (4,162 kb in PDF).
    Timmerman, P. 1981. Vulnerability, Resilience and the Collapse of Society: A Review of Models and Possible Climatic Applications. Environmental Monograph No. 1., Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

17. UNDRO 1980 (2,550 kb in PDF).
    UNDRO. 1980 (August). Natural Disasters and Vulnerability Analysis. Report of Expert Group Meeting (9-12 July 1979). UNDRO (Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator), Geneva, Switzerland.

Five attendees of the November 1984 conference in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. From left to right, Richard Olson, Franklin McDonald, Andrew Maskrey, Gustavo Wilchez-Chaux, and Stephen Bender. Taken at FLACSO, San José, Costa Rica (2013).
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2013.)

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