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OTHER RESEARCH
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POLICY
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- CRS Environmental Scan Matrix of Risk and Security Organizations in
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(Last update: January 9, 2007)
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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Terrorism: A Guide to Selected Resources,
Center for the Study of Global Change
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List of publications by topic from the
website of Counter-Terrorism Training and Resources
for Law Enforcement
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After September
11 Archive: In the days
following September 11, the SSRC asked social scientists from around the world
to contribute essays to a website called "After September 11"
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Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United
States, Dennis Mileti, National Academy Press, 1999
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Chemical and Biological
Terrorism: Research and Development to Improve Civilian Medical Response,
Committee on R&D Needs for Improving Civilian Medical Response to Chemical and
Biological Terrorism Incidents, Institute of Medicine, 1999
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Disaster Response: Preparation and Coordination,
Eric Auf der Heide, Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and
Humanitarian Assistance, 1989
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The Long Road to Recovery: Community Responses to Industrial Disaster,
Edited by James K. Mitchell, United Nations University Press, 1996
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Reducing Disaster Losses
Through Better Information, Board on Natural Disasters, Commission on
Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council, National
Academy Press, 1999
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The Disaster Research Center has established this web site featuring results
from its spring 2004 conference "Disaster
Research in the Social Sciences: Lessons Learned, Challenges, and Future
Trajectories"
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Report on the Status of 9/11 Commission Recommendations:
the 9/11 Public Discourse Project released the first of several reports that
will assess the status of the 41 recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission
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Grand
Challenges for Disaster Reduction, National Science and Technology Council,
June 2005
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TRADE JOURNALS,
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NEWSLETTERS
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| RISK-RELATED
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Risk World (covering news and views)
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Links to Disaster, Hazard, Risk, and Emergency
Management Research Centers
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The Duke Center for
Environmental Solutions is a university-wide initiative to develop
creative solutions to complex risk and environmental challenges through
multidisciplinary analysis
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The Laboratory for Safety Analysis
at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich provides advanced
techniques for modeling and optimization of complex technical systems, in
general, and energy systems in particular, with respect to performance,
reliability, and risks
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The
ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR) based at the London
School of Economics and Political Science is a multidisciplinary research
centre with participation from social scientists working in accounting,
economics, geography and environment, law, operational research, political
science and sociology
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The
UVA's Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems develops
technology to assist in the management of risk for a variety of engineering
systems. Their areas of expertise include: (1) environmental impacts, (2)
water resources and technology management, (3) electronic, safety-critical
systems, (4) computer-based systems, including hardware and software
performance and reliability, and (5) reliability modeling of multiple failure
modes in complex systems
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The Consortium
for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) is a
university-based national organization created specifically to develop a
credible strategy for providing the information needed for risk-based clean-up
of complex contaminated environments, especially those for which the
Department of Energy is responsible
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The Engineering and Public Policy program at Carnegie Mellon University
offers research which includes: problems in environmental and energy systems;
telecommunications and information policy; analysis and communication of risks
to health, safety and the environment; technology policy and innovation
(including issues in manufacturing, engineering education and manpower);
issues in international peace and security; and the development of computer
tools for policy analysis and decision support
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The Harvard Center for Risk Analysis was launched in 1989 with the mission
to promote reasoned public responses to health, safety, and environmental
hazards
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The
Institute for Environmental Studies (University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill) focuses on the link between the sciences, philosophy (broadly
conceived) and environmental decisions
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The
University of Warwick's Risk Initiative provides a UK perspective on the
identification, assessment, management and control of risks in a variety of
contexts
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The Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins
University School of Public Health provides practitioners, scientists, and
decision makers with the tools necessary to ensure that health policies lead
to improved public health
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Risk Management at
Wharton
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Decision risk analysis
at Duke
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Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI)
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GOVERNMENTAL
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The
Homeland Security Institute (HSI) is a Studies and Analysis (S&A)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). The primary
mission of the HSI is to assist the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
and its Operating Elements in addressing important homeland security
issues, particularly those requiring scientific, technical, and analytical
expertise
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U.S. House Committee on Government
Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, National Security, Emerging
Threats and International Relations
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U.S.
Department of Homeland Security (DHA)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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FEMA's Emergency Management Institute
(EMI)
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U.S. EPA's Homeland Security
Research Center
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U.S. Fire Administration (USFA)
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HAZMAT
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CIAO
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SANDIA Risk Assessment and Risk
Management
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Nuclear Threat Initiative
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National
Emergency Management Association (NEMA) is an
organization of state-level emergency management officials. The NEMA online
library provides full-text access to documents and presentations from NEMA
committees. This site also includes information on NEMA membership,
conferences, job listings and a directory of emergency management contacts by
state
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National
Governor's Association for Best Practices (NGAC) provides support to
Governors in responding to the challenges of homeland security and other
emergency management issues -
Ready.gov website, an integral part of
Homeland Securityıs Ready campaign, is designed to educate and empower
Americans to prepare for and respond to emergencies including natural
disasters and potential terrorist attacks -
Citizen Corps,
a Homeland Security's grassroots effort, localizes Ready's preparedness
messages and provides local opportunities for citizens to get emergency
response training, participate in community exercises and volunteer to support
local first responders.
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