Citation
(2003), "The Hazard Center announces two new quick-response reports", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 12 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2003.07312eab.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2003, MCB UP Limited
The Hazard Center announces two new quick-response reports
The Hazard Center announces two new quick-response reports
Tropical Storm Allison (TSA) caused severe flooding and damage in several Louisiana communities in June 2001. Quick Response (QR) researcher Francis O. Adeola explores both the storm’s impact and the factors that are associated with increased vulnerability of people to flood hazards. He also looks at the modes of adaptation and coping among flood victims. Shortly after the storm, 149 afflicted households participated in a survey designed to assess the impacts of TSA, and the vulnerability and coping and adaptation modes of the impacted population. The results are presented in QR Report 162: Flood Hazard Vulnerability: A Study of Tropical Storm Allison (TSA) Flood Impacts and Adaptation Modes in Louisiana (2003, 58 pp.) by Francis O. Adeola.
In QR 161: An Analysis of the September 20, 2002, Indianapolis Tornado: Public Response to a Tornado Warning and Damage Assessment Difficulties (2003, 55 pp.), Jamie D. Mitchem explores the effects of one of the three tornados that occurred in Indiana in September 2002. The tornado hit the southern and eastern portions of Indianapolis in Marion County. It had a remarkable 112-mile track, the second longest in Indiana’s history. However, despite being in an urbanized area and causing millions of dollars of damage, no fatalities occurred. Early warnings, rapid dissemination, and an overall prepared citizenry seem to have saved lives. This QR Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the tornado.
These two reports (and many others), may be downloaded from the Natural Hazards Center Web site at www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr.html. Along with being available free on the Web, each report may be purchased for $5.00 plus $4.50 shipping, from the Publications Administrator, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, 482 UCB Boulder, CO Tel: 80309-0482; (303) 492-6819; Fax: (303) 792-2151; E-mail: janet.kroeckel@colorado.edu.
(Natural Hazards Observer, Vol. XXVIINo. 6, July 2003)