The Document Hub aims to establish a comprehensive repository of on-line resources for resilience professionals, and those with allied interests including members of the public, researchers and international colleagues.
Please note that this resource is currently in development, with a formal launch date in May 2012. We are publishing it during this development phase to enable people to start using it, and we welcome your feedback.
The body of knowledge for the emergency management profession is considerable, and navigating it can be a challenge: there are lots of documents. For an explanation of how strategic frameworks, guidance documents, good practice guidelines, case studies, lessons identified and research papers comprise the doctrinal framework click here.
The Document Hub provides an entry point for all of these elements; we hope it is organised in a way that is helpful to you and we hope that you will find things of help and interest in these pages. We encourage you to submit proposals for materials that should be included, so please contact us with your suggestions and comments.
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Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware Library
The Disaster Research Center (DRC) is the first social science research center in the world devoted to the study of disasters and as such has one of the most extensive research libraries in the world
Updated: 24 February 2012
The Natural Hazards Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Using an all-hazards and interdisciplinary framework, the Center fosters information sharing and integration of activities among researchers, practitioners, and policy makers from around the world; supports and conducts research; and provides educational opportunities for the next generation of hazards scholars and professionals.
Updated: 24 February 2012
Complete archive of the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters
The International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters (IJMED) is published by the International Research Committee on Disasters, RC 39 of the International Sociological Association (ISA). IJMED focuses on the social and behavioral aspects of relatively sudden collective stress situations typically referred to as disasters or mass emergencies. To increase dissemination of scholarly research on disasters to other disciplines back issues (older than three years) are available free of charge
Updated: 24 February 2012
After the Rain – learning the lessons from flood recovery in Hull. Final Project Report
This university of Lancaster research report investigated recovery from the floods in Hull in 2007. The research on which this report is based aimed to undertake a real-time longitudinal study to document and understand the everyday experiences of individuals following the floods of June 2007 in interaction with networks of actors and organisations, strategies of institutional support and investment in the built environment and infrastructure.
Updated: 24 February 2012
Humanitarian Assistance in the UK: Current Capability and the Development of Best Practice
This report presents data on the structures and arrangements for addressing Humanitarian Assistance (HA) issues followed by a review of HA planning, humanitarian response teams and lessons identified from exercises and real incidents. Challenges and opportunities for developing capability in Humanitarian Assistance, as identified by the research participants across the UK, are also presented here.
Updated: 24 February 2012
Preparing for High-impact, Low-probability Events: Lessons from Eyjafjallajökull
The frequency of ‘high-impact, low-probability’ (HILP) events in the last decade signals the emergence of a new ‘normal’. To explore our preparedness for HILP events in this context, Chatham House has examined the ash cloud that spread across Europe in April 2010 to draw lessons for other HILP events.
Updated: 24 February 2012
Crisis Communication on Twitter in the 2011 South East Queensland Floods
Social media, including Facebook and Twitter, played an important role in crisis communication at the height of the 2011 South East Queensland floods crisis (10-16 January). This report examines the role of the short-messaging system Twitter in disseminating and sharing crisis information and updates from state and local authorities as well as everyday citizens.
Updated: 24 February 2012