Perspectives from Ground Zero: our latest quick response reports

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(2002), "Perspectives from Ground Zero: our latest quick response reports", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 11 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2002.07311dab.001

Perspectives from Ground Zero: our latest quick response reports

Perspectives from Ground Zero: our latest quick response reports

The September 11 terrorist attacks created unique opportunities for hazards researchers to explore an unprecedented disaster in the USA. Seven new quick response reports now available on the Natural Hazards Center's Web site describe different segments of the recovery effort in the first months following the attacks. The reports explore a wide range of topics, from the response efforts of faith-based organizations to victim identification and management to the effects of the attacks on state-level emergency response. While examining different aspects of the catastrophe, the authors are unanimous in believing the event presented challenges of complexity and scale never before faced in a US disaster.

The Natural Hazards Center sponsors quick response investigations that allow researchers to visit the site of a disaster immediately after impact in order to assess response and recovery. In turn, the researchers publish summaries of their findings in reports that are available for $5.00, plus $4.50 shipping, from the Publications Administrator, Natural Hazards Center, 482 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0482, USA; tel: (303) 492-6819; fax: (303) 492-2151; e-mail: janet.kroeckel@colorado.edu. The newest reports are also also available from our Web site at the URLs listed below.

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr146/qr146.htmlQuick Response Report #146: Patterns of Media Coverage of the Terrorist Attacks on the United States in September of 2001 (16 pp.), by Christine M. Rodrigue.

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr147/qr147.htmlQuick Response Report #147: The Response of Faith-Based Organizations in New York City Following the World Trade Center Attacks on September 11, 2001 (13 pp.), by Jeannette Sutton.

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr148/qr148.htmlQuick Response Report #148: Victim Identification and Management Following the Collapse of the World Trade Center Towers (10 pp.), by Steven Stehr and David Simpson.

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr149/qr149.htmlQuick Response Report #149: Oregon Emergency Management: Evaluating Interagency Communication in the Post Disaster Environment (20 pp.), by Robert Parker, Andre LeDuc, and Kathy Lynn.

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr150/qr150.htmlQuick Response Report #150: Institutional Warning Response following the September 11th World Trade Center Attack (8 pp.), by Paul W. O'Brien.

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr152/qr152.htmlQuick Response Report #152: Marginalized Groups in Times of Crisis: Identity, Needs and Response (8 pp.), by Marci Eads.

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr153/qr153.htmlQuick Response Report #153: Use of Spatial Data and Geographic Technologies in Response to the September 11 Terrorist Attack (10 pp.), by Deborah S.K. Thomas, Susan L. Cutter, Michael Hodgson, Mike Gutekunst, and Steven Jones.