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The Magnitude, Frequency and Spatial Distribution of Tornadoes in Texas : An Assessment of Tornado Risk / Kevin R. Mulligan, Lucia S. Barbato and Stephen Weinbeck -- Disaster Warnings in San Marcos, Texas : Communicating in Ethnically Diverse Places / Carolyn E. Springer and R. Denise Blanchard Boehm -- Hazardousness of the Tampa Bay Region : Evaluating Physical Risk and Socio-Economic Vulnerability / Burrell E. Montz and Graham A. Tobin -- Classifying Heat Stress Events in the Central United States / Erik H. Bowles -- Vulnerability to Flooding in Columbia County, PA : The Role of Perception and Experience among the Elderly / Jennifer Webb -- Framing Flood Risk : Comparing Perceptions of the "100 Year Flood" and Two Alternate Descriptions / Heather M. Bell -- International Students Vulnerability to Emergency Events : Does Tenure of Residence Make a Difference? / Xueqin (Elaine) He -- Chronic Hazard : Weighing the Risk against the Effects of Emergency Evacuation from Popocatepetl, Mexico / Graham A. Tobin, Linda M. Whiteford, Eric C. Jones and Arthur D. Murphy -- Assessing the Impact of Variable Weighting Strategies on the Spatial Pattern of Hazard Vulnerability / Lyndsey E. Abel and James K. Lein -- Assessing Vulnerability to Hurricanes in Harris County, Texas / Chunling Liu and Gang Gong -- Refining the Spatial Prediction of Frequency and Probability of Hurricane Strikes in South Carolina / Shuang Kang Wu and Shou Lu -- Drought Assessment through Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Satellite Data / Stephen J. Walsh -- Graphic Narratives for Emergency Mapping / Mark Monmonier -- The Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Mapping Flood Prone Agricultural Land / Randall S. Pearson and Stephen A. Kay -- Mapping Landslide Susceptibility : A Travis County, Texas, Case Study / David J. Wachal -- The Hazardousness of Place : Risk from Multiple Natural Hazards / Burrell E. Montz -- Monitoring Weather Hazards on Rural Roads Using Remote Sensing and GIS / Richard P. Watson, Karl K. Benedict and Theresa R. Watson (Kuntz) -- The Use of GIS, Remote Sensing and Virtual Reality in Flood Hazard Modeling, Assessment and Visualization / Shunfu Hu -- Sinkhole Mapping in Pinellas County, Florida : Problems and Solutions / Robert Brinkmann, Don L. Seale, Kelly Wilson and H. Len Vacher -- A GIS-Based Approach to Analyzing Warning Siren Networks : An Analysis of Riley and Wabaunsee Counties, Kansas / Mitchel J. Stimers -- Flash Floods, Low Water Crossings and Swift Water Rescues in Texas / Pamela S. Showalter and Yongmei Lu -- Using GIS to Examine Evacuation Need and Shelter Locations in Broward County, Florida / Shivangi Prasad -- Flood Damage Assessment Using Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS Technologies : A Case Study in Golestan Province, Northeastern Iran / Parviz Zeaiean Firouzabadi, Saeed Saroei and Esmat Madaniyan -- Land Use Policy and Flood Hazard Mitigation in the Development of Eastern New Orleans / Merrill L. Johnson and Robert A. Sauder -- Earthquake Insurance Reform in New Zealand / Iain Hay -- The Floodplain as a Housing Submarket : A Preliminary Analysis / Burrell E. Montz -- Impacts of a Second "Once in a Lifetime" Flood on Property Values : Linda and Olivehurst, California Revisited / Graham A. Tobin and Burrell E. Montz -- To Stay or Leave : Residents' Evaluation of Hurricane Evacuation Warnings / Kirsten Dow, Patrice Burns and Susan L. Cutter -- The 1986 Edmonton, Alberta Canada Tornado : Perception, Experience, and Response Then and Now / R. Denise Blanchard-Boehm and M. Jeffrey Cook -- Chronic Hazards : Health Impacts Associated with On-Going Ash-Falls / around Mt. Tungurahua in Ecuador / Graham A. Tobin and Linda M. Whiteford -- Predictors for Public Response to Tornado Warnings : The May 4, 2003 Tornadoes in Kansas, Missouri, and Tennessee / Bimal Kanti Paul and Biqing Huang -- The Role of Tourism in Post-Disaster Recovery : A Case Study of Patong Beach, Phuket / Jacqueline Salmond -- Developing a County-Level Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan with GIS : Practices, Problems, and Challenges / Yu Zhou -- Coping with the Flood Hazard in the Nyando River Basin, Kenya / Charles G. Manyara -- The Locations of Temporary Shelters after Hurricane Katrina / R. Stacy Brown, Jonathan C. Comer, and Thomas A. Wikle -- Managing Response and Recovery to Mississippi River Flooding : Applying Spatial Analysis in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee / Brian Waldron, Arleen Hill and Bob Nations Jr. -- Site, Situation, and Property Owner Decision-Making after the 2002 Guadalupe River Flood / Elyse M. Zavar, Ronald R, Hagelman III and William M. Rugely II. |
