University of Colorado Boulder. Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center.

This research project is exploratory and focuses on the motivations, observations, behaviors, and changes experienced by spontaneous volunteers responding to the World Trade Center attacks.

Emergency funds distributed through Rome resulting in an art vs. people controversy. Victims and local governments were not consulted on allocation of relief funds.

Examines the roles humans play in causing "natural disasters".

The question guiding this study aims to explain what the response of faith communities are and what kinds of services they provide to victims in the immediate aftermath of a mass tragedy.

This study analyzes the performance of emergency actions taken by local government in response to a major flash flood event.

Impact of a combination of major natural disasters on poor, rural women in India.

Nuclear emergency planning and management profoundly depend on computer-aided decision support tools that gather and analyze data on radioactive emissions, meteorology, demography, geography, etc., and provide decision support for prevention/mitigation, response, and recovery. The discussion primarily focuses on issues related to the behavioral and decision-making processes of the various players in the evacuation system, logistics, the generation...