Books

The collection of books, monographs, research reports, articles, preliminary papers and visuals listed on this website have been produced by faculty and research scientists of the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (HRRC). Most of the publications are available from the HRRC via email in PDF form. Single copies of copyrighted material are available only for research and teaching purposes.

Hurricane Andrew: Ethnicity, Gender and the Sociology of Disasters (paperback version) is now in print again. We have copies on hand and are selling them for $15 each plus $5 shipping and handling.

If you are interested in using this book for your class you can either have students or your bookstore contact Clarissa Garcia at the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center to work out details for bulk orders. Currently we have a NO RETURN policy on all book orders.

Click here to download Fundamentals of Emergency Management.


Item - Title

04-01B Communicating Environmental Risk in Multiethnic Communities. Michael K. Lindell. and Ronald W. Perry Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2004. (not available through HRRC)


98-03B Technological Risk Management Through the Best Trial-and Error Approach: A Case Study of Nuclear Power Technology, Dissertation by Jea-Guy Park, Texas A&M University, 1998.


98-02B Risk Management and Power Structure: A Study of Risk Management in Texas Local Government, Dissertation by Jy-Pyng Sah, Texas A&M University, 1998.


98-01B Buildings at Risk: Wind Design Basics for Practicing Architects. Walter Gillis Peacock, Betty Hearn Morrow and Hugh Gladwin, Editors. London: Routledge. 1997. (not available through HRRC).


97-03B
Hurricane Andrew: Ethnicity, Gender and the Sociology of Disaster. Walter Gillis Peacock, Betty Hearn Morrow and Hugh Gladwin, Editors. London: Routledge. 1997. (see above for ordering information)


97-02B A GIS Study for Determining Hurricane Risk Areas and Estimating Population, Texas Coastal Counties. Thesis by Christopher T. Blakely, Texas A&M University, 1997.


96-03B Building Neighborhood and Local Emergency Capability: The Role of Community-Based Disaster Prepared-ness Programs. Dissertation by David M. Simpson, University of California at Berkeley, 1996.
http://archone.tamu.edu/dbilbo/taex%20emergency/taextop.htm


96-02B Emergent Behavior in the Immediate Response to Two Disasters: The 1985 Mexico City Earthquake and the 1994 Northridge Earthquake in Los Angeles. Dissertation by Gabriela N. Vigo, Texas A&M University, 1996.


96-01B Technological Disaster Subculture: Conceptual Development and Empirical Examination of the Concept through a Case Study of the Houston-Galveston Area. Dissertation by Young Kyou Kim, Texas A&M University, 1996.


95-02B The Transformation of Environmental Conflict: A Game Theoretic Approach, Dissertation by Gavin Paul Smith, Texas A&M University, 1995.


95-01B A Study of Household Mitigation and Recovery Following Hurricane Gilbert in JamaicaDissertation by Clarence Feagin, Texas A&M University, 1995.


94-03B An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management.Timothy Beatley, David J. Brower, and Anna K. Schwab, Washington, DC: Island Press, 1994. (Not available through the HRRC)


94-02B The Extension Agent's Handbook for Emergency Preparation and Response. David Bilbo and Jay Todd, A special project by Texas Agricultural Extension Service and the Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center, 1994.


93-02B Living Conditions, Disasters and Development: An Approach to Cross-Cultural Comparisons. Frederick L. Bates and Walter Gillis Peacock. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA. 1993 (not available through HRRC).


93-01B Enhancing the Content and Quality of Local Comprehensive Plans: The Role of State Mandates.Thesis by Carla S. Prater, Texas A&M University, 1993.


92-02B A Study of Long-Term Recovery of Three Communities in the Aftermath of Hurricane Hugo.Dissertation by Swaroop D.S. Reddy, Texas A&M University, 1992.


90-02B Living with Mount St. Helens: Human Adjustment to Volcano Hazards. R. W. Perry and M. K. Lindell, Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 1990. (Not available through the HRRC)


85-02B Disaster Beliefs and Emergency PlanningDennis Wenger, Thomas James, and Charles Faupel, New York: Irvington Press, 1985. (Not available through the HRRC; however, an earlier, longer version is available.)


85-01B
Design for Change: Community Renewal After the 1983 Bushfires Ray Green, Jan Schapper, Ian Bishop and Michael Martin McCarthy (eds.), Melbourne, Australia: The University of Melbourne, 1985.


80-01B The Accident at Three Mile Island: Report of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Task ForceRussell Dynes, Arthur Purcell, Dennis Wenger, Philip Stern, Robert Stallings, and Quinten Johnson, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980.

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