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ReSource, Volume 2, Number 1, [1985]

ReSource magazine includes articles and notes about research at North Texas State University in various academic fields.

Date: 1985

Creator: North Texas State University

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: University Relations, Communications & Marketing department for UNT

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[News Clip: Disaster plan]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: September 16, 1981, 5:00 p.m.

Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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The challenges and future opportunities of emergency management education: a student's perspective

This article describes a few of the challenges facing current emergency management curriculum and how the University of North Texas Emergency Administration and Planning program is addressing these challenges.

Date: 2002

Creator: Fuller, Christopher

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service

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American Indian Worldviews, Risk Perceptions and Disaster Planning: an Exploratory Study

It is commonly assumed that when confronted with an imminent hazard that people will react rationally, and prepare for, or at least attempt to avoid, danger from pending disasters. However, this conventional wisdom is not as evident as it appears. People prepare for, react to, or take social action to avoid hazards when they perceive the risk of danger to be threatening enough to warrant action, providing one has the will, insight and resources to do so. However, not all people perceive risk… more

Date: December 2013

Creator: Bales, Rodney A.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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“We Need an Even Bigger One”: Disasters of Inequality in Postquake Kathmandu Valley

This article reflects on the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal.

Date: October 14, 2015

Creator: Nelson, Andrew S.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences

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Planning and Improvisation in Emergency Management

Book chapter from "Critical Issues in Disaster Science and Management: A Dialogue Between Researchers and Practitioners." This chapter includes both a theoretical and practical examination of planning and improvisation in emergency management.

Date: 2014

Creator: McEntire, David

Item Type: Book Chapter

Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service

History 9-1-1: How University of North Texas Libraries Save Newspaper Runs through the Texas Digital Newspaper Program

Presentation for the 2018 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions International News Media Conference. This presentation describes how the Texas Digital Newspaper Program partners with other libraries and museum to preserve materials, and how this can act as a safeguard after natural disasters in the area.

Date: September 13, 2018

Creator: Krahmer, Ana

Item Type: Presentation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR) Usage Among Emergency Managers in Texas

Paper investigating current and potential uses for the State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR) data to better assist people with disabilities. STEAR is a state-run database designed to assist emergency managers working for city and county governments to prepare for the needs of citizens with disabilities or transportation needs. Disability or special needs registries similar to STEAR have been widely promoted within emergency management as an improvement for inclusive planning and … more

Date: July 2023

Creator: Goodwin, Crystal & Schumann, Ronald L., III

Item Type: Paper

Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service