References and Information Sources
The sources of information listed below are just a few of the many resources on sustainability and recovery listed in the Natural Hazards Center’s publication, Holistic Disaster Recovery (see below). That document can be accessed on the Center’s Web site at www.colorado.edu/hazards/publications/holistic.html.
Association of State Floodplain Managers, Inc. (ASFPM)
1996 Using Multi-Objective Management to Reduce Flood Losses in Your Watershed. Madison, Wisconsin: ASFPM. Abstract available at www.floods.org/PDF%20files/PUBSLIST.pdf.Burby, Raymond J., ed.
1998 Cooperating with Nature: Confronting Natural Hazards with Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Communities. Washington, D.C.: The Joseph Henry Press. Available at www.nap.edu/catalog/5785.html.Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
2000 Planning for a Sustainable Future: The Link Between Hazard Mitigation and Livability. FEMA Report 364. Washington, D.C.: FEMA. Available at www.fema.gov/mit/planning_toc.htm.Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
2000 Rebuilding for a More Sustainable Future: An Operational Framework. FEMA Report 365. Washington, D.C.: FEMA. Available at www.fema.gov/mit/planning_toc2.htm.Fothergill, Alice, Enrique G.M. Maestas, and JoAnne Darlington DeRouen
1999 “Race, Ethnicity and Disasters in the United States: A Review of the Literature.” Disasters 23(2):156-173.Hart, Maureen
1999 Guide to Sustainable Community Indicators. Second edition. North Andover, Massachusetts: Hart Environmental Data. See the website, which contains links and contact information for sources of assistance and advice, along with a list of communities in the United States that are developing indicators of sustainability: www.sustainablemeasures.com.Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS)
2001 Making Communities Safer. Annual Report. Tampa, Florida: IBHS. This and related publications and information are available at www.ibhs.org.International Red River Basin Task Force
1999 An Assessment of Recovery Assistance Provided after the 1997 Floods in the Red River Basin: Impacts on Basin-wide Resilience. Report prepared by the Natural Hazards Research Center, University of Colorado and the Disaster Research Institute, University of Manitoba for the International Joint Commission’s Red River Basin Task Force. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: International Joint Commission. Available at www.ifc.org/boards/rrb/Recovery%20Assistance.pdf.Livable Communities Initiative
2000 Building Livable Communities: Sustaining Prosperity, Improving Quality of Life, Building a Sense of Community. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.Mileti, Dennis S.
1999 Disasters by Design. Washington, D.C.: The Joseph Henry Press. Available at books.nap.edu/catalog/5782.html.Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center
2001 Holistic Disaster Recovery: Ideas for Building Local Sustainability after a Natural Disaster. Boulder, Colorado: Natural Hazards Center. Available at www.colorado.edu/hazards/publications/holistic.htmlSchwab, Jim; Kenneth C.Topping, Charles C. Eadie; Robert E. Deyle; and Richard A. Smith
1998 Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction. PAS Report No. 483/484. Chicago, Illinois: American Planning Association. Abstract available at www.planning.org/apapubs/details.asp?Num=1178.Wetmore, French and Gil Jamieson
1999 “Flood Mitigation Planning: The CRS Approach.” Natural Hazards Informer 1. Boulder, Colorado: Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center. Available at www.colorado.edu/hazards/publications/informer/informer.html.World Commission on Environment and Development
1987 Our Common Future. New York: Oxford University Press. Abstract available at www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-282080-X#desc.
The work on which this Informer is based was done by the Natural Hazards Center through a project funded by the Public Entity Risk Institute, 11350 Random Hills Road, Fairfax, VA 22030; (703) 352-1846;www.riskinstitute.org.
Among the many people who supplied ideas and experiences to the holistic recovery framework were the contributing authors to the Natural Hazards Center’s guidebook, Holistic Disaster Recovery, also produced under that project. They were Charles Eadie, Rod Emmer, Ann-Margaret Esnard, Sarah Michaels, Jacquelyn Monday, Clancy Phillipsborn, Brenda Phillips, and David Salvesen. Copies can be downloaded from the Natural Hazards Center’s web site: www.colorado.edu/hazards/.
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