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Hays, Walter W. "Perspectives on the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction." Earthquake Spectra 6, no. 1 (1990): 125–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/1.1585561.

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Disaster preparedness and disaster mitigation are the goals of nations throughout the world during the 1990's. The United States will lead this cooperative effort and marshall its national resources to reduce the disaster potential of earthquakes, floods, windstorms, landslides, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and wildfires. These natural hazards cause annual losses of approximately $10 billion in the United States and many times that throughout the world. The type and severity of the hazard varies from State-to-State in the United States. All States are at risk from flooding from sources such a

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Wang, Yao, and Robert K. Kanter. "Disaster-Related Environmental Health Hazards: Former Lead Smelting Plants in the United States." Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 8, no. 1 (2014): 44–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2014.3.

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AbstractObjectiveNatural disasters exacerbate risks of hazardous environmental exposures and adverse health consequences. The present study determined the proportion of previously identified lead industrial sites in urban locations that are at high risk for dispersal of toxic chemicals by natural disasters.MethodsGeographic analysis from publicly available data identified former lead smelting plants that coincide with populated urban areas and with high-risk locations for natural disasters.ResultsFrom a total of 229 urban smelting sites, 66 (29%) were in relatively high-risk areas for natural

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Cohen, J. "NATURAL DISASTERS: Drone Spy Plane Helps Fight California Fires." Science 318, no. 5851 (2007): 727. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.318.5851.727.

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González, Carlos M. "Resilient Technologies Battling Climate Change." Mechanical Engineering 142, no. 04 (2020): 36–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2020-apr3.

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Abstract Resilience technology can endure and overcome the ever-changing climate and natural disasters occurring in our world. As the world's temperature continues to rise, there has been an increase in the intensity and frequency of these natural disasters. From the fires in Australia and California to the rising ocean sea levels off the shores of Miami and the coasts of India, these natural disasters are not slowing down. This article delves deeper into ho improving our technology and infrastructure will be necessary to survive.

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Ginigaddara, Thusitha, Chathushika Ekanayake, Tharaka Gunawardena, and Priyan Mendis. "Resilience and Performance of Prefabricated Modular Buildings Against Natural Disasters." Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering 23, no. 4 (2023): 85–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.56748/ejse.23542.

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Earliest global movement towards modular construction originated as a solution to the sudden housing demand which occurred during events such as British colonization, the California gold rush, the world wars and post war settlement. Present day, modular construction is explored by researchers aiming to maximize from the benefits of Industry 4.0 technology. Buildings of the 21st century frequently face natural disasters such as earthquakes, pandemics, floods, cyclones, and bushfires. This review is developed around recent episodes such as the Covid-19 pandemic which demands design resilience an

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Dutta, Sunasir. "Creating in the Crucibles of Nature’s Fury: Associational Diversity and Local Social Entrepreneurship after Natural Disasters in California, 1991–2010." Administrative Science Quarterly 62, no. 3 (2016): 443–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0001839216668172.

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This paper examines foundings of human services organizations after natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, and tsunamis and explains why only some communities bounce back by founding appropriate collective-goods organizations. Using natural disasters in California counties from 1990 to 2010 as shocks that exogenously impose a need for collective goods over and above the level endogenous to the community, this paper shows that a geographic community’s local organizing capacity rests on the richness of its repertoire of voluntary organizing models as reflected in t

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Real, Charles R. "California’s Natural Hazard Zonation Policies for Land-Use Planning and Development." Journal of Disaster Research 5, no. 5 (2010): 535–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2010.p0535.

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California has established state-level policies that utilize knowledge of where natural hazards are more likely to occur to enhance the effectiveness of landuse planning as a tool for risk mitigation. These policies set minimum standards for local government, and range from State designation of regulatory natural hazard zones to requirements that cities and counties include a Safety Element in their General Plan that evaluates their exposure to earthquakes, wildfires, floods, and other natural hazards, and to prepare a federal Local Mitigation Plan to reduce the risk. Such requirements placed

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Srour, Hayat, Ruslan Fomenko, Joshua Baguley, et al. "Pilot study of publicly available data to evaluate the relationship between forest fires and emergency department visits due to asthma in the state of California." F1000Research 7 (August 10, 2018): 1232. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.15839.1.

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The focus of this study was to determine the relationship between asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits and fires in the state of California. Publicly available data of ED visits due to asthma, as well as occurrence of forest fires in California from 2005 to 2015 were obtained, where the California counties were grouped by region: North, Coastal, Motherload, Central, and South. There were no statistical differences with regards to acres of forest burned, but statistically significant differences were found (although small) with regards to ED visits due to asthma attacks by region (Mo

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Srour, Hayat, Ruslan Fomenko, Joshua Baguley, et al. "Pilot study of publicly available data to evaluate the relationship between forest fires and emergency department visits due to asthma in the state of California." F1000Research 7 (March 15, 2019): 1232. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.15839.2.

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The focus of this study was to determine the relationship between asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits and fires in the state of California. Publicly available data of ED visits due to asthma, as well as occurrence of forest fires in California from 2005 to 2015 were obtained, where the California counties were grouped by region: North, Coastal, Motherload, Central, and South. There were no statistical differences with regards to acres of forest burned, but statistically significant differences were found (although small) with regards to ED visits due to asthma attacks by region (Mo

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Mace, MD, FACEP, FAAP, Sharon E., and Aishwarya Sharma, BS. "Hospital evacuations due to disasters in the United States in the twenty-first century." American Journal of Disaster Medicine 15, no. 1 (2020): 7–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/ajdm.2020.0351.

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Hospitals, which care for some of the most vulnerable individuals, have been impacted by disasters in the past and are likely to be affected by future disasters. Yet data on hospital evacuations are infrequent and outdated, at best. This goal of this study was to determine the characteristics and frequency of disasters in the United States that have resulted in hospital evacuations by an appraisal of the literature from 2000 to 2017. There were 158 hospital evacuations in the United States over 18 years. The states with the highest number of evacuations were Florida (N = 39), California (N = 3

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dos Santos, Fábio Pádua. "Global Disasters and World Society: The Ecological Dimension of Modern World-System Crises." Social Evolution & History 23, no. 2 (2024): 190–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.30884/seh/2024.02.08.

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The International Conference on Global Disasters and World Society: The Ecological Dimension of Modern World-System Crises, hosted by the Research Group on Political Economy of the World-System, and co-organized by the University of California Disaster Resilience Network, was held in Florianopolis, Brazil fr om 25 to 27 March, 2024. The conference convened scholars, activists, politicians, and government officials to exchange ideas and analyses of current climate crises from a world-historical perspective. Its objective was to formulate strategies for surviving and mitigating increasingly freq

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Kam, Jonghun, Kimberly Stowers, and Sungyoon Kim. "Monitoring of Drought Awareness from Google Trends: A Case Study of the 2011–17 California Drought." Weather, Climate, and Society 11, no. 2 (2019): 419–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/wcas-d-18-0085.1.

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Abstract This study introduces “Google Trends” as a social data source in monitoring and modeling the dynamics of drought awareness during the 2011–17 California drought. In this study, drought awareness is defined and operationalized as the relative search interest activities within California, using the search term “drought” from Google Trends. First, the 2011–17 California drought is characterized in the duration–intensity curve with other historical California droughts for comparative purposes, using the 12-month standard precipitation index data (1895–2017). Second, the potential triggers

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Washaya, Prosper, Timo Balz, and Bahaa Mohamadi. "Coherence Change-Detection with Sentinel-1 for Natural and Anthropogenic Disaster Monitoring in Urban Areas." Remote Sensing 10, no. 7 (2018): 1026. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs10071026.

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Rapid, reliable, and continuous information is an essential component in disaster monitoring and management. Remote sensing data could be a solution, but often cannot provide continuous data due to an absence of global coverage and weather and daylight dependency. To overcome these challenges, this study makes use of weather and day/light independent Sentinel-1 data with a global coverage to monitor localized effects of different types of disasters using the Coherence Change-Detection (CCD) technique. Coherence maps were generated from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images and used to classify

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Taylor, Kimberly. "Alternative Options for Resolution of Property and Casualty Claims Arising out of Natural Disasters." Texas A&M Journal of Property Law 5, no. 2 (2018): 193–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.37419/jpl.v5.i2.4.

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At the time of this Article, at least twelve large wildfires are burn- ing in California across more than 1,000 square miles, having damaged or destroyed over 2,000 structures, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). At least eight people have lost their lives. The Kilauea volcano continues to erupt in Hawaii, having destroyed 600 homes. The 2018 hurricane season is in full swing, and while there have been no catastrophic events to date, residents in Houston, Florida, Puerto Rico, and elsewhere are still recovering from the devastating winds and rains

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McCarthy, Claudine. "Planning ahead can help protect your campus when natural disasters hit." Student Affairs Today 28, no. 2 (2025): 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1002/say.31542.

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NEW ORLEANS — Student affairs professionals already have their hands full just managing the day‐to‐day of campus life. But when a natural disaster strikes campus, that could push things over the edge to become unmanageable — unless you have a solid plan in place beforehand. To point you in the right direction, a panel of seasoned student affairs professionals discussed their lessons learned at the annual conference for NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Having recently navigated hurricanes, floods, and wildfires on their campuses, Sheila Higgs Burkhalter, Vice Presiden

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McCarthy, Claudine. "Planning ahead can help protect your campus when natural disasters hit." Campus Security Report 22, no. 2 (2025): 6–7. https://doi.org/10.1002/casr.31409.

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NEW ORLEANS — Campus safety and emergency management professionals already have their hands full just managing the day‐to‐day of campus life. But when a natural disaster strikes campus, that could push things over the edge to become unmanageable — unless you have a solid plan in place beforehand. To point you in the right direction, a panel of seasoned professionals discussed their lessons learned at the annual conference for NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Having recently navigated hurricanes, floods, and wildfires on their campuses, Sheila Higgs Burkhalter, Vice P

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Pendergrast, Claire, Nicole Errett, Scot Miles, and Youngjun Choe. "Perspectives of Fitness, Parks, and Active Transportation Organizations on Factors Influencing Physical Activity and Wellbeing during Disaster Recovery." International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters 39, no. 2 (2021): 292–313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/028072702103900204.

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While increasing physical activity is a public health priority in the United States and is known to improve health and wellbeing, little is known about how disasters influence physical activity among members of impacted communities. This qualitative study examines the experiences and activities of 17 representatives of fitness, parks, and active transportation organizations in Houston, Texas following Hurricane Harvey and in Santa Rosa, California following the Tubbs Wildfires. Interview transcripts were thematically analyzed using a combined inductive and deductive approach. Our findings sugg

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Taneja, Harsh, Rohan Verma, Prabh Deep Singh, and Kiran Deep Singh. "Monitoring and Mitigating Climate-Induced Natural Disasters with Cloud IoT." Journal of Climate Change 10, no. 1 (2024): 61–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/jcc240008.

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Innovative solutions are necessary for efficient monitoring and mitigation techniques as climate change increases the frequency and severity of natural catastrophes. In this study, we investigate how Cloud Internet of Things (IoT) might help mitigate climate-related calamities. Through the use of cloud computing and sensor networks, Cloud IoT facilitates the capture, processing, and distribution of data in near-real time. This strategy promotes catastrophe planning, response, and recovery by offering early warnings, predictive insights, and simplified communication. The article emphasises the

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De Oliveira-Folharini, Saulo, Regina Célia De-Oliveira, and J. Christopher Brown. "Estimate of housing and population in landslide risk areas in California (USA) and coastal São Paulo (Brazil)." Revista Geográfica de América Central 3, no. 61E (2018): 319–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.15359/rgac.61-3.16.

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The States of California and São Paulo are associated historically with natural disasters including forest fires and high precipitation, respectively. These events end up causing numerous deaths and financial and social losses. Even in the face of loss of life, and in some cases despite the lack of urban planning, populations still choose to live in places of risk, valuing them for scenic beauty or exclusivity. The aim of this study is to estimate the amount of people and housing in landslide risk areas in California and the São Paulo state coastal zone, using satellite image classification, A

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Black, Brendan, Joseph Rafferty, Jose Santos, Andrew Ennis, Philip Perry, and Maurice McKee. "Bluetooth 5.0 Suitability Assessment for Emergency Response within Fire Environments." Electronics 12, no. 22 (2023): 4599. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics12224599.

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Natural disasters, such as wildfires, can cause widespread devastation. Future-proofing infrastructure, such as buildings and bridges, through technological advancements is crucial to minimize their impact. Fires in disasters often stem from damaged fuel lines and electrical equipment, such as the 2018 California wildfire caused by a power line fault. To enhance safety, IoT applications can continuously monitor the health of emergency personnel. Using Bluetooth 5.0 and wearables in mesh networks, these apps can alert others about an individual’s location during emergencies. However, fire can d

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FOWLES, JACOB, GAO LIU, and CEZAR BRIAN MAMARIL. "Accounting for Natural Disasters: The Impact of Earthquake Risk on California Municipal Bond Pricing." Public Budgeting & Finance 29, no. 1 (2009): 68–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5850.2009.00924.x.

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Ye and Wei. "A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of El Niño on Twitter: Spatial, Social, Temporal, and Semantic Perspectives." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 8, no. 10 (2019): 436. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8100436.

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Social media platforms have become a critical virtual community where people share information and discuss issues. Their capabilities for fast dissemination and massive participation have placed under scrutiny the way in which they influence people’s perceptions over time and space. This paper investigates how El Niño, an extreme recurring weather phenomenon, was discussed on Twitter in the United States from December 2015 to January 2016. A multiple-dimensional analysis, including spatial, social, temporal, and semantic perspectives, is conducted to comprehensively understand Twitter users’ d

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Peterson, Hikaru Hanawa, Gigi DiGiacomo, Christa D. Court, et al. "Impacts of COVID-19 on US agri-food supply chain businesses: Regional survey results." PLOS ONE 18, no. 2 (2023): e0281930. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281930.

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Visible disruptions of appropriate food distribution for end consumers during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted calls for an urgent, renewed look at how the U.S. agri-food system is impacted by and responds to pandemics, natural disasters, and human-made crises. Previous studies suggest the COVID-19 pandemic yielded uneven impacts across agri-food supply chain segments and regions. For a rigorously comparable assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on agri-food businesses, a survey was administered from February to April 2021 to five segments of the agri-food supply chain in three study

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Annis, Heather, Irving Jacoby, and Gerard DeMers. "Disaster Preparedness among Active Duty Personnel, Retirees, Veterans, and Dependents." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 31, no. 2 (2016): 132–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x16000157.

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AbstractBackgroundWith the increase in natural and manmade disasters, preparedness remains a vital area of concern. Despite attempts by government and non-government agencies to stress the importance of preparedness, national levels of preparedness remain unacceptably low. A goal of commands and installations is to ensure that US Navy beneficiaries are well prepared for disasters. This especially is critical in active service members to meet mission readiness requirements in crisis settings.ObjectiveTo evaluate active duty Navy personnel, dependents, veterans, and retirees regarding disaster p

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Hore, Jarrod. "Settlers in Earthquake Country." Pacific Historical Review 91, no. 1 (2022): 1–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/phr.2022.91.1.1.

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This article examines how settlers in New Zealand and California responded to seismic instability throughout the late nineteenth century. By interpreting a series of moments during which the foundations of settlement were shaken by earthquakes I argue that the economic temporality of colonial boom and bust inflected contemporary understandings of natural disaster. In earthquake country, the relationships between scientists and settlers, their environmental knowledge, and the physical world existed in a dynamic equilibrium. When earthquakes struck in opportune conditions settlers were quick to

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Luo, Kevin, and Ie-bin Lian. "Building a Vision Transformer-Based Damage Severity Classifier with Ground-Level Imagery of Homes Affected by California Wildfires." Fire 7, no. 4 (2024): 133. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire7040133.

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The increase in both the frequency and magnitude of natural disasters, coupled with recent advancements in artificial intelligence, has introduced prospects for investigating the potential of new technologies to facilitate disaster response processes. Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA), a labor-intensive procedure necessitating manual examination of residential structures to ascertain post-disaster damage severity, stands to significantly benefit from the integration of computer vision-based classification algorithms, promising efficiency gains and heightened accuracy. Our paper proposes a Vi

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Poudyal, Shreejit, Alex Lindquist, Nate Smullen, et al. "Unveiling Wildfire Dynamics: A Bayesian County-Specific Analysis in California." J 7, no. 3 (2024): 319–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/j7030018.

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Recently, the United States has experienced, on average, costs of USD 20 billion due to natural and climate disasters, such as hurricanes and wildfires. In this study, we focus on wildfires, which have occurred more frequently in the past few years. This paper examines how various factors, such as the PM10 levels, elevation, precipitation, SOX, population, and temperature, can influence the intensity of wildfires differently across counties in California. More specifically, we use Bayesian analysis to classify all counties of California into two groups: those with more wildfires and those with

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Huang, Yuxiang, Kun Zhao, and Yi Lin. "A Quantitative Urban Risk Assessment Based on the Integrated IRI, CFI, and CSI Models." Highlights in Business, Economics and Management 48 (March 3, 2025): 188–97. https://doi.org/10.54097/nt034d11.

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Insurance companies have faced significant losses due to increasingly severe natural disasters, prompting a shift in their approach to extreme risks. To turn these risks into opportunities, it is essential to assess regional insurance risks. This study developed an Insurance Risk Index (IRI) Model using data from 20 regions based on six indicators, incorporating Analysis of Hierarchy Process (AHP), Entropy Weighting Method (EWM), and K-Means clustering. The model categorizes regions into three risk levels: Class I (low), Class II (medium), and Class III (high). Tokyo and California were select

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Sharma, Aishwarya, and Sharon Mace. "Reviewing Disasters: Hospital Evacuations in the United States from 2000 to 2017." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 34, s1 (2019): s22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x19000633.

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Introduction:Between 2000 to 2017, there were over 150 hospital evacuations in the United States. Data received from approximately 35 states were primarily concentrated in California, Florida, and Texas. This analysis will provide disaster planners and administrators statistics on hazards that cause disruptions to hospital facilities.Aim:The aim of this study is to investigate US hospital evacuations by compiling the data into external, internal, and man-made disasters thus creating a risk assessment for disaster planning.Methods:Hospital reports were retrieved from LexisNexis, Google, and Pub

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Casey III, USA, MSSI, MHS, Major John J. "The Hospital Emergency Incident Command System—is the Army Medical Department on board?" Journal of Emergency Management 4, no. 3 (2006): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jem.2006.0034.

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Catastrophic scenarios that once seemed merely theoretical have become a stark reality. Horrific natural disasters, the emergence of state-sponsored terrorism, pro liferation of chemical and biological agents, availability of materials and scientific weapons expertise, and recent increases in less discriminate attacks all point toward a growing threat of mass casualty (MASCAL) events. Hospitals across America are upgrading their ability to respond to disasters and emergencies of all kinds as the nation wages its war on terror. To respond to these challenges, many civilian hospitals are relying

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Indriya, Indriya, Najamudin Najamudin, Saiful Falah, and Farhat Ambadar. "The Role of Islamic Religious Education and Mosques in Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction: IMFO and At-Thohir Mosque Los Angelos California United States." SALAM: Jurnal Sosial dan Budaya Syar-i 12, no. 1 (2025): 159–76. https://doi.org/10.15408/sjsbs.v12i1.45724.

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Education is not only a teaching and learning process limited by four walls, but it is also a process in which humans consciously capture, absorb, and appreciate natural events throughout the ages. IMFO was established in 1997 to coordinate the activities of the Indonesian Muslim Community in the Los Angeles area and its surroundings. The establishment of the At-Thohir Mosque, began with the problems of Indonesian Muslims in the United States, and in most other countries, who do not have their permanent place of worship. So, the lack of permanent places of worship is an obstacle for the young

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McAtee, Kyle J., Robert Bedenbaugh, Dorothy (Christie) Lakis, Daniel J. Bachmann, and Nicholas E. Kman. "Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response: There’s an App for That 2.0." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 37, no. 1 (2021): 117–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x21001321.

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AbstractIntroduction:In disaster response, smartphone applications (or apps) are being used by the layperson, emergency first responders, and health care providers to aid in everything from incident reporting to clinical decision making. However, quality apps are often diluted by the overwhelming number of apps that exist for both the lay public and first responders in the Apple iTunes (Apple Inc.; Cupertino, California USA) and Google Play (Google LLC; Mountain View, California USA) stores.Hypothesis/Problem:A systematic review of disaster response apps was originally completed in 2015; a fol

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Pearson, Dharshani, Keita Ebisu, Xiangmei Wu, and Rupa Basu. "A Review of Coccidioidomycosis in California: Exploring the Intersection of Land Use, Population Movement, and Climate Change." Epidemiologic Reviews 41, no. 1 (2019): 145–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxz004.

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Abstract California has seen a surge in coccidioidomycosis (valley fever), a disease spread by the Coccidioides immitis fungus found in soil throughout the state, particularly in the San Joaquin Valley. We reviewed epidemiologic studies in which outbreak and sporadic cases of coccidioidomycosis were examined, and we considered the possible relationship of these cases to environmental conditions, particularly the state’s increasing aridity, drought, and wildfire conditions. Most of the studies we reviewed pertained to cases occupationally acquired in construction, military, archeological, and c

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Bourque, Linda B., Judith M. Siegel, and Kimberley I. Shoaf. "Psychological Distress Following Urban Earthquakes in California." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 17, no. 2 (2002): 81–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00000224.

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AbstractDuring and following a disaster caused by a natural event, human populations are thought to be at greater risk of psychological morbidity and mortality directly attributable to increased, disaster-induced stress. Drawing both on the research of others and that conducted at the Center for Public Health and Disaster Relief of the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) following California earthquakes, this paper examines the extent to which research evidence supports these assumptions. Following a brief history of disaster research in the United States, the response of persons at th

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Boswell, Michael R., William J. Siembieda, and Kenneth C. Topping. "Post-Disaster Assessment of the Performance of Hazard Mitigation Projects: The California SMART Approach." Journal of Disaster Research 5, no. 2 (2010): 172–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2010.p0172.

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California’s SMART (State Mitigation Assessment Review Team) program for assessing natural hazard mitigation project performance after a disaster is a method of integrating multiple state agencies’ expertise into a working tool for assessing the value of public investments in risk reduction. The intent of the SMART program is to provide the California Emergency Management Agency with information about the performance of publicly financed mitigation projects so that it can better allocate future funding and improve the overall safety of California. A key aspect of the program is the mobilizatio

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Stella Agyeiwaah Adu, Phyllis Ang-E-Mwin Gyang, and Zakaria Yakin. "The role of GIS and spatial analysis in enhancing urban resilience and disaster response for vulnerable U.S. Communities." World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 27, no. 1 (2025): 746–54. https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2025.27.1.2567.

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Urban communities in the United States are increasingly threatened by the intersecting impacts of climate change, socio-economic disparities, and aging infrastructure, resulting in heightened risks from both natural and human-induced disasters, particularly for historically marginalized and underserved populations. This review critically examines the evolving role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis in enhancing urban resilience and improving disaster response. Drawing on current literature, case studies, and emerging applications, the paper explores how spatial techno

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May, J. Daniel. "Writing in Context Reviewing a New Book on Natural Disasters in the Midst of the California Wildfires of October 2019." Journal of Big History 4, no. 1 (2020): 76–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.22339/jbh.v4i1.4180.

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Arnold, Christopher. "Message to the “Journal of Disaster Research”." Journal of Disaster Research 1, no. 1 (2006): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2006.p0004.

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Publication of the new “Journal of Disaster Research” is most timely. The last two years have wreaked death and destruction around the world with a savagery that has caused widespread discussion, recrimination and concern for the future. It is clear that, in spite of the great progress in knowledge in the last few decades, much remains to be discovered about the characteristics of nature’s forces and how we can design, construct and retrofit to combat them. This work is the traditional role of scientist and engineers. It is also clear that much of the new found knowledge is not being implement

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Bauman, Matthew J., Jingxue (Jessica) Yuan, and Helena A. Williams. "Developing a measure for assessing tourists’ empathy towards natural disasters in the context of wine tourism and the 2017 California wildfires." Current Issues in Tourism 23, no. 19 (2019): 2476–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2019.1681944.

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Coffman, Makena, and Ilan Noy. "Hurricane Iniki: measuring the long-term economic impact of a natural disaster using synthetic control." Environment and Development Economics 17, no. 2 (2011): 187–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x11000350.

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AbstractThe long-term impacts of disasters are ‘hidden’ as it becomes increasingly difficult over time to attribute them to a singular event. We use a synthetic control methodology, formalized in Abadie, A. et al. (2010), Synthetic control methods for comparative case studies: estimating the effect of California's tobacco control program, Journal of the American Statistical Association105(490): 493–505, to estimate the long-term impacts of a 1992 hurricane on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Hurricane Iniki, the strongest storm to hit Hawaii in many years, wrought an estimated US$ 7.4 billion (20

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Yadav, Himanshu. "Early Natural Disaster Prediction Using Machine Learning: A Comprehensive Review." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 09, no. 04 (2025): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsrem44416.

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Abstract - In many parts of the world, climate change has caused floods, earthquakes, cyclones, wildfires, and landslides that are more frequent and violent than ever before, and human activity is making them worse through deforestation and urbanization, threatening lives, economies, and ecosystems at previously unseen levels. The fallout from such events costs billions each year and forces millions from their homes — highlighting the need for better predictive tools to improve early warning systems that can trigger timely interventions to avoid human suffering and economic destruction. Into t

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Kilaberia, Tina, Janice Bell, Kristen Bettega, Jennifer Mongoven, Kathleen Kelly, and Heather Young. "Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Caregivers." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (2020): 950. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3475.

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Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has affected human life in unprecedented ways. Lives of older persons and their families have been especially adversely affected. Eleven Caregiver Resource Centers (CRCs) support family caregivers across the state of California, providing services such as assessment, counseling and respite. This presentation is part of a larger evaluation study and addresses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on family caregivers and systems supporting them. We interviewed directors, clinical staff and family consultants (n=35) from CRCs across diverse communities and geography

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Junn, Ellen N., and Diana Wright Guerin. "Factors Related to Earthquake Preparedness among Child Care Professionals: Theory and Policy Implications." International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters 14, no. 3 (1996): 343–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/028072709601400306.

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With increasing numbers of children enrolled in child core, the safety of the child care environment and the preparedness of personnel to prevent injuries and fatalities in the event of natural disasters becomes an important public policy issue. In this study, earthquake preparedness and its correlates were examined in 25 child care centers located in a southern California community adjacent to the San Andreas Fault. Extensive survey, interview, and on-site, observational data were collected. Findings indicated a wide range of preparedness in child care centers. Half of the child care centers

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Pham, Phung K., Solomon M. Behar, Bridget M. Berg, Jeffrey S. Upperman, and Alan L. Nager. "Pediatric Online Disaster Preparedness Training for Medical and Non-Medical Personnel: A Multi-Level Modeling Analysis." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 33, no. 4 (2018): 349–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x18000596.

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AbstractIntroductionTerrorism and natural catastrophes have made disaster preparedness a critical issue. Despite the documented vulnerabilities of children during and following disasters, gaps remain in health care systems regarding pediatric disaster preparedness. This research study examined changes in knowledge acquisition of pediatric disaster preparedness among medical and non-medical personnel at a children’s hospital who completed an online training course of five modules: planning, triage, age-specific care, disaster management, and hospital emergency code response.MethodsA multi-disci

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Krishnan Prakash, Anand, Kun Zhang, Pranav Gupta, et al. "Solar+ Optimizer: A Model Predictive Control Optimization Platform for Grid Responsive Building Microgrids." Energies 13, no. 12 (2020): 3093. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13123093.

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With the falling costs of solar arrays and battery storage and reduced reliability of the grid due to natural disasters, small-scale local generation and storage resources are beginning to proliferate. However, very few software options exist for integrated control of building loads, batteries and other distributed energy resources. The available software solutions on the market can force customers to adopt one particular ecosystem of products, thus limiting consumer choice, and are often incapable of operating independently of the grid during blackouts. In this paper, we present the “Solar+ O

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Conlisk, Erin, Van Butsic, Alexandra D. Syphard, Sam Evans, and Megan Jennings. "Evidence of increasing wildfire damage with decreasing property price in Southern California fires." PLOS ONE 19, no. 4 (2024): e0300346. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300346.

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Across the Western United States, human development into the wildland urban interface (WUI) is contributing to increasing wildfire damage. Given that natural disasters often cause greater harm within socio-economically vulnerable groups, research is needed to explore the potential for disproportionate impacts associated with wildfire. Using Zillow Transaction and Assessment Database (ZTRAX), hereafter “Zillow”, real estate data, we explored whether lower-priced structures were more likely to be damaged during the most destructive, recent wildfires in Southern California. Within fire perimeters

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Bachmann, Daniel J., Nathan K. Jamison, Andrew Martin, Jose Delgado, and Nicholas E. Kman. "Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response: There’s An App for That." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 30, no. 5 (2015): 486–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x15005099.

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AbstractIntroductionSmartphone applications (or apps) are becoming increasingly popular with emergency responders and health care providers, as well as the public as a whole. There are thousands of medical apps available for Smartphones and tablet computers, with more added each day. These include apps to view textbooks, guidelines, medication databases, medical calculators, and radiology images.Hypothesis/ProblemWith an ever expanding catalog of apps that relate to disaster medicine, it is hard for both the lay public and responders to know where to turn for effective Smartphone apps. A syste

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Saei, Saviz, Yibin Wang, Mohammad Marufuzzaman, Nazanin Morshedlou, and Haifeng Wang. "PREDICTION OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION LEVEL OF COVID-19 USING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS BASED ON THE CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX." Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation 58, no. 3 (2022): 168–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.34107/lwwj5713168.

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Response to hazardous events is crucial in every community, whether natural or anthropogenic disasters. Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) helps people who need support. Social vulnerability refers to the number of adverse effects of external stress, including natural causes or disease outbreaks like the Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic on human health. The SVI dataset possesses California state of the US, subdivisions of counties of 15 features into four groups as related themes (i.e., socioeconomic status; household composition and disability; minority status and language; and housin

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Siembieda, William. "Toward an Enhanced Concept of Disaster Resilience: A Commentary on Behalf of the Editorial Committee." Journal of Disaster Research 5, no. 5 (2010): 487–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2010.p0487.

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1. Introduction This Special Issue (Part 2) expands upon the theme “Building Local Capacity for Long-term Disaster Resilience” presented in Special Issue Part 1 (JDR Volume 5, Number 2, April 2010) by examining the evolving concept of disaster resilience and providing additional reflections upon various aspects of its meaning. Part 1 provided a mixed set of examples of resiliency efforts, ranging from administrative challenges of integrating resilience into recovery to the analysis of hazard mitigation plans directed toward guiding local capability for developing resiliency. Resilience was bro

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Siegel, Judith M., Linda B. Bourque, and Kimberley T. Shoaf. "Victimization after a Natural Disaster: Social Disorganization or Community Cohesion?" International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters 17, no. 3 (1999): 265–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/028072709901700301.

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Contrasting notions of social disorganization and social cohesion have been offered to describe community interaction after a natural disaster. Data were collected frow three independent community samples, beginning seven months after the 1994 Nortbridge, California, earthquake and following in one year intervals for the two subsequent samples. Exposure to traumatic stress (Norris 1990)-including criminal victimization-in the 12 months prior to the interview was assessed in each sample. For all traumatic stress/victimization and for each of seven individual events, rates remain flat over time

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