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• Society: History: By Topic: Disasters (19)

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• A Procedure to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Two Watch Warning Systems - Notes from this workshop on the effectiveness of heat related health watch systems.
• American Experience: Fatal Flood - Companion site to the PBS documentary about the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. Includes timeline, maps, profiles of people and events, teacher's guide, and info about the film.
• CBS News Disaster Links - Information about a variety of manmade and natural disaster-related websites. Quick reference and access to realtime data.
• CrisisWiki - Volunteer driven resource that lists sites and information, such as charities, news, and relief efforts, relating to natural disasters.
• Degassing Lakes Manoun and Nyos - History of the 1986 disaster at Lake Nyos and details of a plan to mitigate the effect of future disasters through degassing. Includes a webcam at Lake Nyos.
• Disaster Research Center - Online publications, data, bibliographies, and other information relevant to the sociology of disasters.
• Forces of Nature - Educational information about natural phenomena and different natural disasters. Includes information about the causes of disasters as well as lists of the worst recorded type of each disaster.
• Geologic Hazards - US Geological Survey resources on hazards related to earthquakes, landslides, and geomagnetism.
• Global Risk Identification Program - GRIP targets areas of the world where disaster is a major factor in reducing sustainable development. Its objectives are to improve the evidence base for disaster risks and improve risk management strategies.
• Natural Disaster Management in India - Government Department of Agriculture and Cooperation information resource, including reports on recent and current disasters and information on management initiatives.
• Natural Disasters Association - Provides information on different types of disasters, courses, education and a forum.
• Natural Hazards Databases at National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) - Natural Hazards data and educational information including earthquake, tsunami, and stress data
• Savage Earth - Web companion to the PBS show, produced by New York's WNET, on natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. Includes detailed animations, QuickTime movies, survivors' stories, and links.
• Societal Aspects of Weather - Organization which measures the impact of weather on people.
• The Natural Hazards Center - Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Information on human adaptation to disaster.
• The Natural Hazards Mitigation Group at University of Geneva - Research and training programs on volcanic and seismic hazards and their mitigation, as well as disaster response.
• USGS -- Hazards Theme - Public-education gateway to U.S. Geologic Survey information on hazards.
• Urban Survival Tools - Natural disaster information, probability, statistics links and other information. Also provides survival kits and other survival products

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