Articles and Websites/links on Hazards and Risks:
New York Times articles on natural hazards and disasters, resilience, vulnerability, and risk
perception (instructor should get a trial subscription to access links):
Lesson Plan: Preparing for Natural Disasters: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/managethe-damage-preparing-for-natural-disasters/?_r=0
Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/05/01/weekinreview/01safe.html
Lesson Plan: A Disaster in the Making: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/04/17/a-disaster-in-themaking/
Lessons on Resilience in New Orleans: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/lessons-inresilience-from-new-orleans/
Lessons Emerge in Varied Losses from Extreme Floods:
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/lessons-emerge-in-varied-losses-from-extreme-floods/
Will Nuclear Plants Stand up to Quakes and Floods: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/howwill-nuclear-plants-stand-up-to-quakes-and-floods/
On Earthquakes, Warming, and Risk (mis)perception:
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/on-earthquakes-warming-and-risk-misperception/
The Wages of Eco-Angst (note: this is a good discussion on risk perception):
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/the-wages-of-eco-angst/
What Did We Learn from Irene? http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/08/29/whatdid-we-learn-from-irene
Videos and weblinks (these are also listed on the module web pages):
Psychology Today: Risk Assessment: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200712/10-wayswe-get-the-odds-wrong
FEMA video: The Federal Emergency Management Agency created a series of YouTube videos
to show individuals and communities how to get and be more prepared.
Ready.Gov: This is the FEMA website for preparedness.
There's no such thing as a "natural" disaster - This is a rather interesting blog on why there is no
such thing as a natural disaster, when we consider the intersection of human impacts with
natural hazards.
CDC Preparedness 101 - The Centers for Disease Control published a pandemic guide, which has
facilitated a different type of conversation about preparedness . . . Why do you think zombies
are more likely to get people's attention than a guide about preparing for a real potential
hazard?
An example of an organization that connects stakeholders with risks and vulnerabilities:
Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change.
World Economic Forum 2011 Report on proposals for public/private stakeholder solutions : A
Vision for Managing Natural Disaster Risk.
FEMA: Community Emergency Response Teams and FEMA Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act.
Journal Articles (these are also listed on the module pages)
Barberi, F., M. S. Davis, R. Isaia, R. Nave, & T. Ricci. "Volcanic Risk Perception in the Vesuvius
Population." Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (2008): 172(3), 244-258. (web
link provided)
Cutter, S.L., B. J. Boruff and W. L. Shirley. "Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards." Social
Science Quarterly (2003): 84(2):242-261.
Lovekamp, William E., and Sara K. McMahon. "I Have a Snickers Bar in the Trunk of My Car:
Student Narratives of Disaster Risk, Fear, Preparedness, and Reflections on Union University."
International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters (2011): 29(2):132-148.
Patterson, Olivia, Frederick Weil, and Kavita Patel. "The Role of Community in Disaster
Response: Conceptual Models." Population Research Policy Review (2010): 29: 127-141.
Siegrist, M., and G. Cvetkovich. "Perception of Hazards: The Role of Social Trust and
Knowledge." Risk Analysis (2000): Vol. 20, No 5: pp 713-719.
Wachinger, Gisela, et al. "The Risk Perception Paradox: Implications for Governance and
Communication of Natural Hazards." Risk Analysis (2013): 33(6): 1049-1065.
Wood, Nathan. "Understanding Risk and Resilience to Natural Hazards." U.S. Geological Survey
Fact Sheet (2011): 2011-3008, 2 p.
Article web link: Why residents of disaster-prone areas don't move. Atlantic social science
article by Harvey Molotch explains or provides reasons for why people may not leave disasterprone areas.
Article web link: Adaptive governance and resilience: the role of multi-stakeholder platforms in
disaster risk reduction.