Resources

Emergency Management Internet Resources:

Students are encouraged to use Internet information sources to supplement readings and develop course writing assignments. Students may subscribe to discussion lists for a variety of disaster organizations and related professions and receive email notification of major earthquakes and other disasters, federal disaster relief announcements, job announcements, research opportunities, and other relevant professional news from the field. The United Nations conducts Internet conferences periodically and information is also available in English on emergency management programs and activities in Canada, Australia, Japan, and other nations.

Students should become familiar with the following websites, although additional websites will be added as the course progresses:

• http://www.fema.gov/ - for basic information on the federal emergency management system, reports, legal documents, training and planning documents, and status reports on disasters, as well as links to state and local emergency management agencies across the states. .
• http://www.dhs.gov/ - for basic information on the Department of Homeland Security, including FEMA, and its constituent agencies and directorates.
• http://www.iaem.org/ - for information on the International Association of Emergency Managers, job listings, commentary on current policy issues.
• www.colorado.edu/hazards - for information regarding specific hazards, full texts of some of the Natural Hazards Center’s series of working papers and quick response reports for recent disasters, and other information sources.
• http://www.udel.edu/DRC/ - for applied social science research related to disasters, full texts of some of the Disaster Research Center’s publications, including reports to FEMA and other government agencies.
• http://www.emforum.org/ - Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership (EIIP) forum. Holds Internet workshops on a broad range of emergency management issues and maintains an archive of transcripts. Tune in for Wednesday noon programs. The Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership (EIIP) has weekly Internet workshops.

Emergency Management Journals:

Selected emergency management journals from which articles may be assigned or that can help with student papers:

• The ASPEP Journal (American Society of Professional Emergency Planners)
• The Australian Journal of Emergency Management
• Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal (UK)
• Disaster Recovery Journal (for Business Continuity Planners)
• Disasters: The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management
• Environmental Hazards: Human and Policy Dimensions
• Homeland Protection Professional
• International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters (International Research Committee on Disasters, American Sociological Association)
• Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management (The Netherlands)
• Journal of Emergency Management
• Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (electronic)
• Natural Hazards: An International Journal of Hazards Research & Prevention
• Natural Hazards Review (Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado)