• Emergencies, Crises and Disasters in Hospitals 

  Aguirre, B. E.; Kendra, James; Connell, Rory (Disaster Research Center, 2002)

  This paper uses information from 76 participants in 13 focus groups in acute-care hospital organizations in California, Tennessee, and New York, to offer a model of rapid social change in hospitals. It find that hospitals, ...
• Household Residential Decision-making in the Wake of Disaster: Report of Results Prepared for Sea Bright Residents 

  McNeil, Sue; Trainor, Joseph; Greer, Alex; Mininger, Kelsey (Disaster Research Center, 2015-07)

  This report presents the findings of a questionnaire mailed to Sea Bright residents during the summer of 2014 focusing on housing damage, decisions, and repair following Hurricane Sandy. Researchers at the Disaster Research ...
• Household Residential Decision-making in the Wake of Disaster: Report of Results Prepared for Oakwood Beach Residents 

  McNeil, Sue; Trainor, Joseph; Greer, Alex; Mininger, Kelsey (Disaster Research Center, 2015-07)

  This report presents the findings of a questionnaire mailed to Oakwood Beach residents during the summer of 2014 focusing on housing damage, decisions, and repair following Hurricane Sandy. Researchers from the Disaster ...
• Reporting for Duty? A Synthesis of Research on Role Conflict, Strain, and Abandonment Among Emergency Responders during Disasters and Catastrophes 

  Trainor, Joseph; Barsky, Lauren (Disaster Research Center, 2011)

  The aim of the following report is to provide a systematic and scientific analysis of research on whether or not emergency responders will be willing to report for duty in the case of a catastrophic disaster. Through the ...
• Assessing Community-scale Damage, Disruption, and Early Recovery in Post-earthquake Haiti 

  Adams, Beverley; Amyx, Paul; Bevington, John; Brink, Susan; Chang, Stephanie; Davidson, Rachel; Eguchi, Ronald; Hill, Arleen; Honey, Matthew; Mills, Robin; Panjwani, Dilnoor; Pyatt, Sarah (Disaster Research Center, 2010)

  This report describes research on community-scale damage and disruption in Haiti after the devastating January 12, 2010, earthquake. Data collection was undertaken with support from the National Science Foundation through ...
• Uncovering Community Disruption Using Remote Sensing: An Assessment of Early Recovery in Post-earthquake Haiti 

  Bevington, John; Pyatt, Sarah; Hill, Arleen; Honey, Matthew; Adams, Beverley; Davidson, Rachel; Brink, Susan; Chang, Stephanie; Panjwani, Dilnoor; Mills, Robin; Amyx, Paul; Eguchi, Ron (Disaster Research Center, 2010)

  This work is part of an exploratory study that seeks to describe the levels of community-scale building damage and socio-economic disruption following the January 2010 Haiti earthquake. Damage and disruption were analyzed ...
• Strengthening Flood Management Through US-Dutch Cooperation: Learning from a Large Scale Flood Exercise in the Netherlands - Part II: Findings 

  Rosenthal, Uri; Engel, Karen; Zannoni, Marco; McNeil, Sue; Trainor, Joseph; Harrald, John R.; Shaw, Greg (Disaster Research Center, 2009)

  In the light of increasing cooperation between the United States (US) and the Netherlands, particularly between knowledge institutes, the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Water Management in the Netherlands requested ...
• Strengthening Flood Management Through US-Dutch Cooperation: Learning from a Large Scale Flood Exercise in the Netherlands - Part II: Process Report 

  Rosenthal, Uri; Engel, Karen; Zannoni, Marco; Ebbinkhuijsen, Sanne; McNeil, Sue; Trainor, Joseph (Disaster Research Center, 2009)

  In response to a request from the Directorate General of the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Water Management in the Netherlands to COT a network of institutions with expertise in emergency management, risk and ...
• Working with HAZUS-MH 

  Croope, Silvana V. (Disaster Research Center, 2009-09-01)

  This working paper serves as background research for the PhD dissertation titled “Managing Critical Civil Infrastructure Systems for Disaster Resilience: A Challenge.” The overall objective of this research is to develop ...
• A Brief Summary of Social Science Warning and Response Literature: A Report to COT Netherlands 

  Trainor, Joseph; McNeil, Sue (Disaster Research Center, 2008)

  For more than five decades, researchers have explored the dynamics of warnings and warning response in the disaster context. This report is intended to briefly summarize findings related to this topic. The ultimate goal ...
• A Brief Summary of Search and Rescue Literature: A Report to COT Netherlands 

  Trainor, Joseph; Aguirre, Benigno E.; McNeil, Sue (Disaster Research Center, 2008)

  The accumulated of research on search and rescue (SAR) allows us to identify repeating patterns that should be considered in the development of an effective plan for national emergency response: (1) SAR is not simply an ...
• Annotated Bibliography on Fire Science 

  Torres, Manuel; Barsky, Lauren; Aguirre, Benigno E.; Poteyeva, Rita (Disaster Research Center, 2007)

  This annotated bibliography is a product of the Disaster Research Center’s ongoing study of search and rescue (S&R) activity in fires which uses the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) data collected by the ...
• Social Scientific Insights on Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies 

  Trainor, Joseph; Aguirre, Benigno E.; Barnshaw, John (Disaster Research Center, 2008)

  It is common for governmental agencies to plan for emergencies. It’s human nature that we want to reduce our exposure to the dangers around us. While risk reduction happens at many levels (e.g. individual, family, ...
• Disaster Decision Support Tool (DDST): An Additional Step Towards Community Resilience 

  Santos-Hernandez, Jenniffer; Rodriguez, Havidan; Diaz, Walter (Disaster Research Center, 2008)

  The Disaster Research Center (DRC) at the University of Delaware (UD), with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the University of Puerto-Rico-Mayagüez Sea Grant College Program (UPRSGCP), and in collaboration ...
• Panic Bibliography 

  DRC Staff (Disaster Research Center, 2007)

  This DRC Miscellaneous Report is a bibliographic list of documents contained in the E. L. Quarantelli Resource Collection of the Disaster Research Center which pertain to the general subject area of panic. The list was ...
• Research Priorities in Emergency Preparedness and Response for Public Health Systems: A Letter Report 

  Altevogt, Bruce M.; Pope, Andrew M.; Hill, Martha N.; Shine, Kenneth I. (National Academies Press, 2008)

  The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Research Priorities in Emergency Preparedness and Response for Public Health Systems reports its conclusions and recommendations based on consideration of areas of interest ...
• Disaster Realities in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Revisiting the Looting Myth 

  Barsky, Lauren; Trainor, Joseph; Torres, Manuel (Disaster Research Center, 2006)
• Social Science Research: Priority Areas for the National Plan for Research and Development 

  Rodriguez, Havidan; Nigg, Joanne; Wachtendorf, Tricia (Disaster Research Center, 2005)
• The Disaster Research Center And Its Activities 

  Quarantelli, E. L. (Disaster Research Center, 1991)
• Disaster Recovery: Comments On The Literature And A Mostly Annotated Bibliography* 

  Quarantelli, E. L. (Disaster Research Center, 1989)

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