Our Scholarship

Chapters in Books and Monographs

Please see below for a list of book chapters produced by researchers at the Natural Hazards Center and our collaborators.

2024

Peek, Lori, Rachel Adams, Jolie Breeden, Jennifer Tobin, Robert M. de Groot, and Sara K. McBride. “Earthquake Early Warning in the Western United States: Special Considerations for Schools.” Pp. 29-48 in Disaster and Climate Risk Education: Insights from Knowledge to Action, edited by A. Yildiz and R. Shaw. Singapore: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-5987-3_3

Peek, Lori. “In the Wake of Natural Disasters: A Conversation with Lori Peek.” Pp. 188-195 in Decolonizing Climate Change, edited by A. Chesnais, M. Ferdinand, E. Molinié, S. Sheikh, and M. Thiann-Bo-Morel. Plurivers: Revue D’écologies Décoloniales. L’Observatoire Terre-Monde.

French Language Version, Peek, Lori. 2024. “Dans le Sillage des Catastrophes Naturelles: Une Conversation avec Lori Peek.” Pp. 188-195 en Décoloniser le Changement Climatique, A. Chesnais, M. Ferdinand, E. Molinié, S. Sheikh, and M. Thiann-Bo-Morel. Plurivers: Revue D’écologies Décoloniales. L’Observatoire Terre-Monde.

2022

Tierney, Kathleen. 2022. “Social Vulnerability and Resilience to Environmental Hazards.” Pp. 171-184 in Routledge Handbook of Environmental Hazards and Society, edited by T. K. McGee and E. C. Penning-Rowsenn. Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge.

2021

Caniglia, Elizabeth, Andrew Jorgenson, Stephanie Malin, Lori Peek, and David Pellow. 2021. “Introduction: Twenty-First Century Public Environmental Sociology.” Pp. 1-11 in Springer International Handbook of Environmental Sociology, edited by B. S. Caniglia, A. Jorgenson, S. A. Malin, L. Peek, D. N. Pellow, and X. Huang. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77712-8_1

Peek, Lori, Tricia Wachtendorf, and Michelle A. Meyer. 2021. “Sociology of Disasters.” Pp. 219-241 in Springer International Handbook of Environmental Sociology, edited by B. S. Caniglia, A. Jorgenson, S. A. Malin, L. Peek, D. N. Pellow, and X. Huang. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77712-8_11#DOI

2020

Peek, Lori, Jessica Austin, Elizabeth Bittel, Simone Domingue, and Melissa Villarreal. 2020. “Children Take Charge: Helping Behaviors and Organized Action among Young People after Hurricane Katrina.” Pp. 87-111 in Bottom-Up Responses to Crisis, edited by V. Storr and S. Haeffele. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39312-0_6

Peek, Lori, and Simone Domingue. 2020. “Recognizing Vulnerability and Capacity: Federal Initiatives Focused on Children and Youth across the Disaster Lifecycle.” Pp. 61-87 in Government Responses to Crisis, edited by S. Haeffele and V. Storr. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39312-0_6

2019

Campbell, Nnenia M. 2019. “Disaster Recovery among Older Adults: Exploring the Intersection of Vulnerability and Resilience.” Pp. 83-119 in Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research, edited by F. Rivera. Cambridge, MA: Butterworth Heinemann.

Davis, Elizabeth A., Rebecca Hansen, Lori Peek, Brenda Phillips, and Sarah Tuneberg. 2019. “Identifying and Accommodating High-Risk, High-Vulnerability Populations in Disasters.” Pp. 115-138 in Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Terrorism and Other Hazards, 4th ed., edited by T. G. Veenema. New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1891/9780826144225.0007

Vickery, Jamie. 2019. “Homelessness and Inequality in the U.S.: Challenges for Community Disaster Resilience.” Chapter 6 in Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research: Special Populations, edited by F. I. Rivera. New York: Elsevier.

2018

Enarson, Elaine, Alice Fothergill, and Lori Peek. 2018. “Gender and Disasters.” Pp. 205-223 in Handbook of Disaster Research, 2nd ed., edited by H. Rodriguez, W. Donner, and J. E. Trainor. New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63254-4_11

Peek, Lori, David Abramson, Robin Cox, Alice Fothergill, and Jennifer Tobin. 2018. “Children and Disasters.” Pp. 243-262 in Handbook of Disaster Research, 2nd ed., edited by H. Rodriguez, W. Donner, and J. E. Trainor. New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63254-4_13

Tierney, Kathleen. 2018. “Disaster as Social Problem and Social Construct.” Pp. 79-94 in Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems, edited by J. Trevino. Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge Press.

2016

Peek, Lori, and Michelle Meyer. 2016. “When Hate is a Crime: Temporal and Geographic Patterns of Anti-Islamic Hate Crime after 9/11.” Pp. 247-270 in Crime and Criminal Justice in Disaster, 3rd ed., edited by D. W. Harper and K. Frailing. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Peek, Lori, Stacia Ryder, Justin Moresco, and Brian Tucker. 2016. “Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies in Earthquake-Prone Cities.” Pp. 507-532 in Multi-Hazard Approaches to Civil Infrastructure Engineering, edited by P. Gardoni and J. M. LaFave. New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29713-2_23

Tobin-Gurley, Jennifer, Robin Cox, Lori Peek, Kylie Pybus, Dmitriy Maslenitsyn, and Cheryl Heykoop. 2016. “Youth Creating Disaster Recovery and Resilience in Canada and the United States: Dimensions of the Male Youth Experience.” Pp. 152-161 in Men, Masculinities, and Disaster, edited by E. Enarson and B. Pease. Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315678122-16

Welton-Mitchell, Courtney. 2016. "Social, Cultural, and Psychological Impacts." In EERI Earthquake Reconnaissance Team Report: M7.8 Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015 and its Aftershocks. Oakland, CA: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

2015-2011

Carmin, JoAnn, Kathleen Tierney, Eric Chu, Lori M. Hunter, J. Timmons Roberts, and Linda Shi. 2015. “Adaptation to Climate Change: Sociological Perspectives.” Pp. 164-198 in Society and Climate Change: Sociological Perspectives, edited by R. E. Dunlap and R. Brulle. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Peek, Lori. 2015. “Foreword.” Pp. xi-xiv in Disability and Disaster: Exchanges and Explorations, edited by I. Kelman and L. M. Stough. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Abramson, David, Kallin Brooks, and Lori Peek. 2014. “The Science and Practice of Resilience Interventions for Children Exposed to Disasters.” Pp. 177-202 in Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Considerations for Children and Families: Workshop Summary, edited by T. Wizemann, M. Reeve, and B. M. Altevogt. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

Tierney, Kathleen. 2014. “Hazards and Disasters.” Pp. 427-436 in Concise Encyclopedia of Comparative Sociology, edited by M. Sasaki, J. Goldstone, and E. Zimmerman. Leiden: Brill Publishing.

Tierney, Kathleen. 2014. “Foreword.” Pp. xiii-xviii in Learning and Calamities: Practices, Interpretations, Patterns, edited by H. Egner, M. Schorch, and M. Voss. New York: Routledge.

Davis, Elizabeth A., Rebecca Hansen, Jane Kushma, Lori Peek, and Brenda Phillips. 2013. “Identifying and Accommodating High-Risk, High-Vulnerability Populations in Disasters.” Pp. 519-541 in Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Terrorism and Other Hazards, 3rd ed., edited by T. G. Veenema. New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1891/9780826108654.0031

Fox, Judith, Courtney Welton-Mitchell, and Thomas Barret. 2013. "International Disaster Psychology: Considerations for Training." Pp. 85-103 in The Praeger Handbook of Community Mental Health Practice, Vol. 3, edited by D. Maller and M. Fritchle. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

Peek, Lori. 2013. “Age.” Pp. 167-198 in Social Vulnerability to Disasters, 2nd ed., edited by D. S. K. Thomas, B. D. Phillips, W. E. Lovekamp, and A. Fothergill. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Tobin, Jennifer, and Elaine Enarson. 2013. “Gender.” Pp. 139-166 in Social Vulnerability to Disasters, 2nd ed., edited by D. S. K. Thomas, B. D. Phillips, W. E. Lovekamp, and A. Fothergill. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Fothergill, Alice, and Lori Peek. 2012. “Permanent Temporariness: Displaced Children in Louisiana.” Pp. 119-143 in Displaced: Life in the Katrina Diaspora, edited by L. Weber and L. Peek. Austin: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/735774-011

Lueck, Michelle Meyer, and Lori Peek. 2012. “The Crude Awakening: Gulf Coast Residents Reflect on the BP Oil Spill and the 2010 Hurricane Season.” Pp. 159-180 in Black Beaches and Bayous: BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster, edited by L. A. Eargle and A. M. Esmail. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Peek, Lori. 2012. “They Call it ‘Katrina Fatigue’: Displaced Families and Discrimination in Colorado.” Pp. 31-46 in Displaced: Life in the Katrina Diaspora, edited by L. Weber and L. Peek. Austin: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/735774-006

Peek, Lori, and Michelle Meyer Lueck. 2012. “When Hate is a Crime: Temporal and Geographic Patterns of Anti-Islamic Hate Crime after 9/11.” Pp. 203-225 in Crime and Criminal Justice in Disaster, 2nd ed., edited by D. W. Harper and K. Frailing. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Tierney, Kathleen. 2012. “Critical Disjunctures: Disaster Research, Social Inequality, Gender, and Hurricane Katrina.” Pp. 245-258 in The Women of Katrina: How Gender, Race, and Class Matter in an American Disaster, edited by E. David and E. Enarson. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.

Tierney, Kathleen. 2012. “Foreword.” Pp. xiii-xvi in Disaster Resiliency: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by N. Kapucu, C. Hawkins, and F. Rivera. London: Routledge.

Weber, Lynn, and Lori Peek. 2012. “Documenting Displacement: An Introduction.” Pp. 1-20 in Displaced: Life in the Katrina Diaspora, edited by L. Weber and L. Peek. Austin: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/735774-003

2010-2006

Peek, Lori. 2010. “Age.” Pp. 155-185 in Social Vulnerability to Disasters, edited by B. D. Phillips, D. S. K. Thomas, A. Fothergill, and L. Blinn-Pike. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Peek, Lori. 2010. “Muslim Self-Identities after 9/11.” Pp. 332-340 in Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in Introductory Sociology, 3rd ed., edited by P. A. Adler and P. Adler. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Ritchie, Liesel, Kathleen Tierney, and Brandi Gilbert. 2010. “Disaster Preparedness among Community-Based Organizations in the City and County of San Francisco: Serving the Most Vulnerable.” Pp. 3-39 in Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency: Exploring Global Opportunities and Challenges, edited by D. Miller and D. J. Rivera. Boca Raton: Aurbach/CRC/Taylor and Francis.

Tierney, Kathleen and Christine A. Bevc. 2010. “Disaster as War: Militarism and the Social Construction of Disaster in New Orleans.” Pp. 37-54 in The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe, 2nd ed., edited by D. Brunsma, D. Overfelt, and J. S. Picou. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Peek, Lori, and Alice Fothergill. 2009. “Parenting in the Wake of Disaster: Mothers and Fathers Respond to Hurricane Katrina.” Pp. 112-130 in Women, Gender, and Disaster: Global Issues and Initiatives, edited by E. Enarson and D. P. G. Chakrabarti. New Delhi: Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9788132108078.n9

Tierney, Kathleen. 2008. “Hurricane Katrina: Catastrophic Impacts and Alarming Lessons.” Pp. 119-136 in Risking House and Home: Disasters, Cities, Public Policy, edited by J. M. Quigley and L. A. Rosenthal. Berkeley: Berkeley Public Policy Press.

Tierney, Kathleen and Christine A. Bevc. 2007. “Disaster as War: Militarism and the Social Construction of Disaster in New Orleans.” Pp. 35-50 in The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe, edited by D. Brunsma and J. S. Picou. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Tierney, Kathleen and Gary R. Webb. 2007. “Business Vulnerability to Earthquakes and Other Disasters.” Pp. 994-1031 in Earthquakes, edited by C. M. Rodrigue and E. Rovai. London: Routledge.

Enarson, Elaine, Alice Fothergill, and Lori Peek. 2006. “Gender and Disaster: Foundations and Directions.” Pp. 130-146 in Handbook of Disaster Research, edited by H. Rodriguez, E. L. Quarantelli, and R. R. Dynes. New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-32353-4_8

Fothergill, Alice, and Lori Peek. 2006. “Surviving Catastrophe: A Study of Children in Hurricane Katrina.” Pp. 97-130 in Learning from Catastrophe: Quick Response Research in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, edited by the Natural Hazards Center. Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards Center, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder.

Tierney, Kathleen. 2006. “Businesses and Disasters: Vulnerability, Impacts, and Recovery.” Pp. 275-296 in Handbook of Disaster Research, edited by H. Rodriguez, E. L. Quarantelli, and R. R. Dynes. New York: Springer.

Tierney, Kathleen. 2006. “Recent Developments in U.S. Homeland Security Policies and Their Implications for the Management of Extreme Events.” Pp. 405-412 in Handbook of Disaster Research, edited by H. Rodriguez, E. L. Quarantelli, and R. R. Dynes. New York: Springer.

2005-2001

Tierney, Kathleen J. 2005. “Social Inequality, Hazards, and Disasters.” Pp. 109-128 in On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina, edited by R. J. Daniels, D. F. Kettl, and H. Kunreuther. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Myers, Mary F. and Gilbert F. White. 2003. “Social Choice in Dealing with Hurricanes.” Pp. 141–53 in Hurricane! Coping with Disaster: Progress and Challenges Since Galveston, 1900, Vol. 55, edited by R. Simpson, R. Anthes, M. Garstang, and J. Simpson. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union.

Peek, Lori. 2003. “Community Isolation and Group Solidarity: Examining the Muslim Student Experience after September 11th.” Pp. 333-354 in Beyond September 11th: An Account of Post-Disaster Research, edited by J. L. Monday. Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards Center, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder.

Tierney, Kathleen J. 2003. “Disaster Beliefs and Institutional Interests: Recycling Disaster Myths in the Aftermath of 9-11.” Pp. 33-51 in Terrorism and Disaster: New Threats, New Ideas; Research in Social Problems and Public Policy, Vol. 11, edited by L. Clarke. Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited.

Mileti, Dennis S., and Lori Peek. 2002. “Disasters and Sustainable Development.” Pp. 31-47 in Sustainable Development for Island Societies: Taiwan and the World, edited by H. M. Hsiao, C. Liu, and H. Tsai. Taiwan: Asia-Pacific Research Program.

Mileti, Dennis S., and Lori Peek. 2002. “Understanding Individual and Social Characteristics in the Promotion of Household Disaster Preparedness.” Pp. 125-139 in New Tools for Environmental Protection: Education, Information, and Voluntary Measures, edited by T. Dietz and P. C. Stern. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Peek, Lori, and Dennis S. Mileti. 2002. Pp. 511-524 in “The History and Future of Disaster Research.” Handbook of Environmental Psychology, edited by R. B. Bechtel and A. Churchman. New York: John Wiley & Sons

Tierney, Kathleen. 2002. “The Field Turns Fifty: Social Change and the Practice of Disaster Field Work.” Pp. 349-374 in Methods of Disaster Research, edited by R. A. Stallings. Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris.

Chang, Stephanie, Adam Rose, Masanobu Shinozuka, and Kathleen Tierney. 2001. “Modeling Earthquake Impact on Lifeline Systems: Advances and Integration in Loss Estimation.” Pp. 195-201 in Earthquake Engineering Frontiers in the New Millenium, edited by B. F. Spencer and Y. X. Hu. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Mileti, Dennis S., and Lori Peek. 2001. “How Do Societies Manage Risk?" Pp. 35-45. Rational Decision-Making in the Preservation of Cultural Property, edited by N. S. Baer and F. Snickars. Berlin: Dahlem University Press.

White, Gilbert F. and David J. Bradley. 2001. “Preface.” Pp. vi–ix in Drawers of Water II: 30 Years of Change in Domestic Water Use and Environmental Health in East Africa, edited by J. Thompson, I. T. Porras, J. K. Tumwine, M. R. Mujwahuzi, M. Katui-Katua, N. Johnstone, and L. Wood. London: International Institute for Environment and Development.

2000-1996

White, Gilbert F. 2000. “Foreword.” Pp. xiii-xiv in The Hidden Costs of Coastal Hazards: Implications For Risk Assessment And Mitigation, edited by The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment. Washington, DC: The Island Press.

White, Gilbert F. 2000. “Lessons for Flood Hazard and Disaster Management from the International Decade and Future Challenges.” Pp. 271-75 in Floods, edited by D. J. Parker. New York: Routledge.

White, Gilbert F. 2000. “Preface.” Pp. 3-4 in The Mekong: Environment and Development, edited by H. Hori. Tokyo: United Nations University Press.

White, Gilbert F. 1999. “A Decade of Missed Opportunities?” Pp. 284-85 in Natural Disaster Management, edited by J. Ingleton. Leicester, England: Tudor Rose.

White, Gilbert F. 1999. “Changing Approaches to Water Management.” Pp. 197-204 in Environment 2000 and Beyond: A Festschrift for Dr. Mostafa K. Tolba on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday, edited by A. K. Hegazy. Cairo: Horus.

White, Gilbert F. 1997. “Watersheds and Streams of Thought.” Pp. 89-98 in Reviews in Ecology : Desert Conservation and Development : A Festschrift for Prof. M. Kassas on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday, edited by H. N. Barakat and A. K. Hegazy. Cairo: Metropole.

Tierney, Kathleen, Joanne M. Nigg, and James M. Dahlhamer. 1996. "The Impact of the 1993 Midwest Floods: Business Vulnerability and Disruption in Des Moines." Pp. 214-233 in Cities and Disaster: North American Studies in Emergency Management, edited by R. T. Sylves and W. L. Waugh, Jr. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.

1995-1991

White, Gilbert F. 1995. “Aswan High Dam.” Pp. 45-46 in Conservation and Environmentalism: An Encyclopedia, edited by R. Paehlke. New York: Garland Publishing.

Tierney, Kathleen. 1994. "Emergency Preparedness and Response." Pp. 105-128 in Practical Lessons from the Loma Prieta Earthquake. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Tierney, Kathleen. 1994. "Making Sense of Collective Preoccupations: Lessons from Research on the Iben Browning Earthquake Prediction." Pp. 75-95 in Self, Collective Behavior, and Society: Essays Honoring the Contributions of Ralph H. Turner, edited by G. Platt and C. Gordon. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Tierney, Kathleen. 1994. "Property Damage and Violence: a Collective Behavior Analysis." Pp. 149-173 in The Los Angeles Riots: Lessons for the Urban Future, edited by M. Baldassare. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

White, Gilbert F. 1994. “Floodplains.” Pp. 256-60 in The Encyclopedia of the Environment, edited by R. A. Eblen and W. R. Eblen. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

White, Gilbert F. 1994. “Kenneth E. Boulding.” Pp. 72-83 in The Encyclopedia of the Environment, edited by R. A. Eblen and W. R. Eblen. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

White, Gilbert F. 1991. “Greenhouse Gases, Nile Snails, and Human Choice.” Pp. 276-305 in Perspectives on Behavioral Science: The Colorado Lectures, edited by R. Jessor. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

1990-1986

L’vovich, Mark I. and Gilbert F. White. 1990. “Use and Transformation of Terrestrial Water Systems.” Pp. 235-52 in The Earth as Transformed by Human Action: Global and Regional Changes in the Biosphere Over the Past 300 Years, edited by B. L. Turner, W. C. Clark, R. W. Kates, J. F. Richards, J. T. Mathews, and W. B. Meyer. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Tierney, Kathleen. 1989. "The Social and Community Contexts of Disaster." Pp. 11-39 in Psychosocial Aspects of Disaster, edited by R. M. Gist and B. Lubin. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

White, Gilbert F. 1988. “A Global Perspective on Western Water.” Pp. 19-29 in Water and the American West: Essays in Honor of Raphael J. Moses, edited by D. H. Getches. Boulder, CO: University of Colorado School of Law.

White, Gilbert F. 1988. “When May a Post-Audit Teach Lessons?” Pp. 53-63 in The Flood Control Challenge: Past, Present, and Future, edited by H. Rosen and M. Reuss. Chicago: Public Works Historical Society.

White, Gilbert F. 1987. “Foreword.” Pp. ix-xii in Lands at Risk in the Third World: Local-Level Perspectives, edited by P. D. Little, M. M. Horowitz, and A. E. Nyerges. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Mileti, Dennis S., Patricia A. Bolton, Gabriel Fernandez, and Randall G. Updike. 1986. "Recommendations for Improving the Existing Warning System for a Possible Nevado del Ruiz Volcanic Eruption, Colombia, South America." Pp. 97-110 in The Eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano Colombia, South America, November 13, 1985, edited by D. S. Mileti, P. A. Bolton, G. Fernandez, and R. G. Updike. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences.

White, Gilbert F. 1986. “Assessment of Flood Risk.” In Violent Forces of Nature, edited by R. H. Maybury. Mt. Airy, MD: Lomand Publications.

White, Gilbert F. 1986. “Speculating on the Global Resource Future.” Pp. 173-88 in Earth and the Human Future: Essays in Honor of Harrison Brown, edited by K. R. Smith, F. Fesharaki, and J. P. Holdren. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

White, Gilbert F. 1986. “The Meaning of the Environmental Crisis.” Pp. 279-89 in Geography, Resources, and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White, edited by R. W. Kates and I. Burton. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

White, Gilbert F. 1986. “The Role of Scientific Information in Anticipation and Prevention of Environmental Disputes.” Pp. 378-92 in Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White, edited by R. W. Kates and I. Burton. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1985-1981

White, Gilbert F. 1985. “Problems, Findings, and Issues.” Pp. 472-84 in Water Scarcity: Impacts on Western Agriculture, edited by E. A. Engelbert and A. F. Scheuring. Los Angeles: University of California Press.

London, Julius and Gilbert F. White. 1984. “Current Unresolved Problems in the Evaluation of Environmental Effects of Nuclear War.” Pp. 133-50 in The Environmental Effects of Nuclear War, edited by J. London and G. F. White. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

London, Julius and Gilbert F. White. 1984. “The Environmental Effects of Nuclear War - An Overview.” Pp. 1-18 in The Environmental Effects of Nuclear War, edited by J. London and G. White. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

White, Anne U. and Gilbert F. White. 1984. “Economic Growth, Health, and Physical Well-Being 1970–1980.” Pp. 243-264 in Water and Sanitation: Economic and Sociological Perspectives, edited by P. G. Bourne. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, Inc.

White, Gilbert F. 1983. “Interdisciplinary Research.” Pp. 173-82 in A Plan for Research on Floods and Their Mitigation in the United States: Final Report to the National Science Foundation, edited by S. A. Changnon, R. J. Schicht, and R. G. Semonin. Champaign, Illinois: Illinois State Water Survey Division.

Tierney, Kathleen. 1982. "Developing a Community Preparedness Capability for Sudden Emergencies Involving Hazardous Materials." Pp. 759-787 in Safety and Accident Prevention in Chemical Operations, 2nd ed., edited by H. H. Fawcett and W. S. Wood. New York: Wiley Interscience.

White, Gilbert F. 1982. “Epilogue.” Pp. 126-31 in Regional Conflict and National Policy, edited by K. Price. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future.

Quarantelli, Enrico L. and Kathleen J. Tierney. 1981. "A Model for Studying Community Preparedness for Acute Chemical Disasters." Pp. 336-353, in Unfall- und Katastrophen-forschung, edited by H. Graf-Baumann and S. Metreveli (German).

1980-1975

Sorensen, John H. and Gilbert F. White. 1980. “Natural Hazards: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.” Pp. 279-318 in Human Behavior and Environment: Advances in Theory and Research, Vol. 4, edited by A. Rapoport, I. Altman, and J. F. Wohlwill. New York: Plenum Press.

White, Gilbert F. 1978. “Introduction: World Trends and Needs.” Pp. 1-5 in Water in a Developing World: The Management of a Critical Resource. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.