Reading List for Field Workers
The references listed below are located in the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center (NHRAIC) Library, at 1244 Grandview Ave., Boulder. For more information please email David.Morton@colorado.edu.
Berke, Philip R and Timothy Beatley. "A Conceptual Framework of Local Planning Response to Natural Hazards" in Planning for Earthquakes: Risk, Politics, and Policy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992, pp. 23 - 39.
Burby, Raymond J. and Steven P. French. "Flood Plain Land Use Management: Evolution, Current Issues, and Research Approach" in Flood Plain Land Use Management: A National Assessment. Boulder: Westview Press, 1985, pp. 1 - 26.
City of Fort Collins Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan. "The June 24, 1992 Flood" [Oct. 15, 1992: City of Ft. Collins & the Colo. Dept. of Local Affairs, Div. of Local Government, Office of Emergency Management]
Ericksen, Neil F. Creating Flood Disasters? Wellington, 1986. [Read: pp. 7 - 10, 39 - 40, 46, 63 - 64, and 73 - 76. Skim headings: pp. 11 - 29, 40 - 44, 76 - 87, 99 - 114.]
Havlick, Spenser W. "How the Big Thompson Flood Has Affected Local Flood Prevention Efforts" in What We Have Learned Since the Big Thompson Flood. Proceedings of the Tenth Anniversary Conference, July 17-19, 1986. Eve C. Gruntfest, ed. Boulder: Natural Hazards Research and Applications Center, 1987, pp. 75 - 81.
Howe, Charles W. and Harold C. Cochrane. Guidelines for the Uniform Definition, Identification, and Measurement of Economic Damages from Natural Hazard Events. Boulder: Natural Hazards Research and Applications Center, 1993.
Kistner, Robert. City of Boulder Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan. Lakewood: Water Resource Associates, 1988.
Van Wie, Donald. "The Boulder Flash Flood Detection and Warning System" in What We Have Learned Since the Big Thompson Flood. Proceedings of the Tenth Anniversary Conference, July 17-19, 1986. Eve C. Gruntfest, ed. Boulder: Natural Hazards Research and Applications Center, 1987, pp. 166 - 173.
White, Gilbert F. Human Adjustment to Floods. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1945, pp. 1 - 2, 205 - 212
White, Gilbert F. "The Changing Scene in 17 Areas, 1936 - 1957: Boulder, Colorado" in Changes in Urban Occupance of Flood Plains in the United States. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1958, pp. 94 - 100.