What's New

9/01/01	The newest papers available to be downloaded are: 2001 Focus Group Report: Disaster Resistant Communities Initiative: Local Community Representatives Share Their Views: Year 3 Focus Group Final Project Report. Tricia Wachtendorf and Kathleen J. Tierney. Disaster Research Center University of Delaware, July 2001. Final Project Report # 41: Disaster Resistant Communities Initiative: Evaluation of the Pilot Phase Year 2, Joanne M. Nigg, Jasmin K. Riad,Tricia Wachtendorf, and Kathleen J. Tierney 294 kb Final Project Report # 42: Executive Summary: Disaster Resistant Communities Initiative: Evaluation of the Pilot Phase Year 2 Kathleen J. Tierney 87 kb Final Project Report # 43: Disaster Resistant Communities Initiative: Focus Group Analysis Tricia Wachtendorf, Jasmin K. Riad, and Kathleen J. Tierney 358 kb
8/31/00	The 1999 Annual Report of the Disaster Reseach Center is now available online. Additionally, over the past several months there have been many changes and upgrades have been made to the DRC website. The Disaster Research Center has a new URL and WWW address: http://www.udel.edu/DRC . Please let us know of any technical problems
4/03/00	In order to make it easier to find the newest papers uploaded to the DRC website and E-Library, we will now be listing each new paper or report that has been uploaded individually. The newest papers available to be downloaded are: Preliminary Paper # 284 Restoration Activities Following the Izmit, Turkey Earthquake of August 17, 1999. Gary R. Webb, 1999. Final Project Report # 39: Utilization and Impact of Earth Science Information Among Local Governments and Businesses in Southern California, Joanne M. Nigg and Kathleen J. Tierney with James M. Dahlhamer, Melvin J. D'Souza, Lisa Reshaur and Gary Webb, August, 1996 Miscellaneous Report # 44 Disaster Recovery: Comments on the Literature and a Mostly Annotated Bibliography, E.L. Quarantelli, 1989. Miscellaneous Report # 46 Behavior in Disasters and Implications for the Insurance Industry. Russell R. Dynes and E. L. Quarantelli, 1992. Miscellaneous Report # 47 An Annotated Bibliography and Listing of the Social Science Literature on Planning For and Responding to Hazardous Materials Disasters, Mary Ann Hughes, 1992. Miscellaneous Report # 48 Respuestas Individuales E Institucionales Ante El Sismo De 1985 En La Ciudad De Mexico, Russell R. Dynes, E. L. Quarantelli and Dennis Wenger, 1994. (in Spanish)
3/28/00	A search engine has been added to the DRC website. It is now possible to search the entire DRC website, as well as the full text of Preliminary Papers and the abstracts of articles in the DRC's publication series. It should be noted that the search engine does not search the Disaster Resource Collection Library Database.
2/18/00	There is a powerpoint presentation created by Dr. Gary Webb dealing with the social impacts of the Izmit earthquake available for viewing online. Internet Explorer 4 or higher is required.
2/14/00	The Disaster Research Center publications list has been updated to include papers produced in 1999.