UDP598X - NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING

Overview & Background

Jumping-Off Points

The Natural Hazards Center: WWW and Gopher Links
Emergency/Disaster Research and Information Services

General

The Natural Hazards Center: Information on Human Adaptation to Disaster
Australian Geological Survey Organization: Geohazards, Land and Water Resources Division
NOAA Committee on Earth Observation Satellites: Disaster Management Home Page
Canadian National Committee for the IDNDR
Michigan Technological University - Geological Eng & Sci Presents: GE404 - Natural Hazards Awareness
Natural Hazards Society - Homepage

Planning & Mitigation Agencies, Organizations, & Firms

FEMA: Home Page
Portland/METRO: Natural Hazards Program
Public Entity Risk Institute: Home Page
Turning Point Group, Inc.: Comprehensive Service Provider
EQE International: Earthquake and Natural Hazards Site
DOE's Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development: Disaster Planning

Disaster Response Organizations & Programs

Federal Disaster Information Network: Interim Site
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction: Directory for Disaster Reduction Institutions
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Relief Web

Discussions

Turning Point Group, Inc.: Emergency Management Forum
Mitigation.com: Listserv Subscriptions
EMERGENCY-MANAGEMENT listserv - message body should read: "subscribe emergency-management your real name"
Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership: Virtual Forum

Federal Resources

The Federal Register
USGS (see especially the Hazards fact sheets)
US Army Corps of Engineers

State Resources