Citation
(2006), "Hurricanes and Coastal Management", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 15 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2006.07315cag.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Hurricanes and Coastal Management
Social Science Research Council
http://understandingkatrina.ssrc.org/
The Social Science Research Council hosts this web forum that features essays addressing the underlying political, social, and economic issues laid bare by the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina.
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
http://mceer.buffalo.edu/research/Reconnaissance/Katrina8-28-05/Default.asp
A team from the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research investigated damage to engineered structures following Hurricane Katrina. Preliminary damage reports and preliminary VIEWS (Visualizing Impacts of Earthquakes with Satellites) deployment images can be found here.
http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/katrina/
www.digitalglobe.com/katrina_gallery.html
www.globexplorer.com/disasterimages/
http://earth.google.com/katrina.html
Additional satellite and aerial images of the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina are available on these web sites.
Association of State Floodplain Managers
www.floods.org/PDF/ASFPM_HurricaneKatrina_WhitePaper_090905.pdf
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Using Mitigation to Rebuild a Safer Gulf Coast, prepared by the Association of State Floodplain Managers, focuses on issues the nation needs to consider and the mitigation approaches that must be incorporated into the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast to reduce the risk of flooding and hurricanes in the future.
U.S. Census Bureau
www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2005/katrina.htm
www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2005/rita.htm
These fact sheets from the U.S. Census Bureau feature links to poverty data, population and housing estimates, demographic information, transportation data, and economic information for the areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricane.html
The U.S. National Library of Medicine offers this new web page, “Hurricanes: Links to Health Information, Including Toxicology and Environmental Health,” for emergency response teams dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
www.mvd.usace.army.mil/hurricane/chr.php
This web site features news releases, articles, images, and help hotlines related to the response of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Hurricane Katrina.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
www-apps.niehs.nih.gov/katrina/
This National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) web site provides useful and readily accessible environmental health information to public health, environmental health, and public safety workers and volunteers deployed to communities affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The site incorporates an interactive geographic information system.
Science
www.sciencemag.org/sciext/katrina/
This selection of Science magazine articles related to hurricanes, coastal disasters, and disaster policy has been made available to aid policy makers, scientists, and the public in understanding the large-scale forces and smaller-scale scientific, social, political background of Hurricane Katrina.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/
U.S. Geological Survey Impact Studies for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are available here.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
This site contains information provided and approved by the unified command for specific hazardous material spill incidents. Hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, it contains news, photos, and other information that may be of interest to involved public, journalists, academics, nongovernmental organizations, and others. Current information concerns response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Hurricanes and Global Warming
http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/admin/publication_files/resourse-1766-2005.36.pdf
This paper, “Hurricanes and Global Warming,” reviews recent research on tropical cyclones and climate change from the perspective of event risk, vulnerability, and outcome risk and will be published in the December 2005 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_2005.html
This new hurricane resource from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration features a wide range of hurricane-related topics, such as hurricane basics, classroom activities, satellite images, news, and links to related resources.
The American Society of Civil Engineers
www.asce.org/static/hurricane/journal.cfm
The American Society of Civil Engineers compiled this special collection of journal and magazine articles and proceedings papers related to hurricane events.
AIR Worldwide Corporation
www.air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/000797/The_Coastline_at_Risk.pdf
This new report by AIR Worldwide Corporation, The Coastline at Risk: Estimated Insured Value of Coastal Properties, estimates that more than 35 percent of the insurance industry’s property exposure in Gulf and East coast states is in coastal counties.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration created this web site to help marine protected area managers use social science to accomplish their goals. Specifically, this site provides basic information about social science concepts and methods and guides managers in determining the appropriate tools, such as surveys and cost-benefit analyses, to address their specific issues.
Pan American Health Organization
www.paho.org/english/dd/ped/ElSalvador-Floods1005.htm
This web site of the Pan American Health Organization includes reports and photographs from the countries impacted by Hurricane Stan and the related floods and landslides.
Congressional Budget Office
www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/hurricanes.cfm
The Congressional Budget Office created this page for publications and other documents related to the macroeconomic and budgetary effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Hurricane Wilma
http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/wilma/
The U.S. Geological Survey Impact Studies for Hurricane Wilma are available here.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
www.hud.gov/offices/fbci/katrinatoolkit/intro.cfm
This kit provides information about what the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is doing to assist faith-based and community organizations involved in coordinating relief activities related to Hurricane Katrina. It also provides useful contact information for HUD and others directly assisting the public.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/katrina/outreach/handouts.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency created these flyers on potential environmental and health issues for residents returning home to communities affected by recent hurricanes.
Economic Policy Institute
www.epinet.org/briefingpapers/166/bp166.pdf
The Economic Policy Institute published this briefing paper titled “Lessons for Post-Katrina Reconstruction: A High-Road vs Low-Road Recovery.”
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
The National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster has compiled a guide containing information for individuals and families affected by Katrina and Rita. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Relief and Recovery Assistance Guide is available here and updated as new information becomes available.
Centers for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5440a4.htm
The October 24, 2005, issue of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report features “Surveillance for Illness and Injury after Hurricane Katrina – New Orleans, Louisiana, September 8-25, 2005.”
Katrina: Disaster Preparedness and Response
www.brookings.edu/comm/katrina.htm
This web page, Katrina: Disaster Preparedness and Response, includes research on such topics as homeland security, disaster preparedness, transportation and infrastructure, terrorism, and metropolitan readiness contributed by scholars of the Brookings Institute.
Hurricane Katrina
www.srh.noaa.gov/lix/Katrina_overview.html
The New Orleans/Baton Rouge Office of the National Weather Service has compiled this information related to Hurricane Katrina, including reports, maps, photos, and other products. Tsunamis.