LibGuides: Documenting Disaster: Disaster Studies

Disaster Studies

Material in this category deals with specific disasters or disasters generally, in some cases with a focus on Southeast Texas. Organizations are non-governmental-- see also the "Governmental Resources" tab above.

Air Alliance Houston
"A non-profit advocacy organization working to reduce the public health impacts of air pollution and advance environmental justice."
Kinder Institute for Urban Research: Hurrican Harvey
Includes reports on hurricane recovery and preparedness from Rice's Kinder Institute.
Natural Hazards Center
From the University of Colorado Boulder, contains articles, journals and reports on current and historical natural and technological disasters, as well as links to web resources and other organizations. Probably the best starting point for worldwide and national disaster studies. See especially the Publications and Resources > Web Resources tabs.
Penn State Libraries Disaster Research Guide
Review this excellent guide for general information resources and resources listed by disaster type.
SSPEED Center at Rice University
"Our mission is to educate the Gulf Coast region by increasing governmental and public awareness of the risks associated with severe storms and hurricanes. We address both structural and non-structural mitigation strategies at all scales for the region."
Texas Health and Environment Alliance
Houston-based environmental organization focused on superfund sites, water pollution and their effects on public health.

Environmental Studies

These resources include news and research on the environment in general. For more, see our Databases List, Subject: Environment and the Environment (Government Information) Research Guide.

E&E News This link opens in a new window
Includes access to Energywire, Climatewire, E&E Daily, Greenwire and E&E News PM.

"E&E News is a news organization focusing on energy and the environment.

Our five daily publications and video programs deliver original and compelling journalism that keeps top decisionmakers in government, business, NGOs and academia informed and ahead of the curve. E&E’s success as an independently owned news organization -- established in 1998 -- relies on producing timely and objective reporting that our subscribers from all sides of the issues value and trust.

With more than 75 reporters and editors, E&E offers an in-depth look at energy and environment issues in Washington, D.C., and around the nation. We have bureaus in Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, New York City, Seattle, Atlanta, St. Louis, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Los Angeles. E&E reporters also regularly travel around the world to report on key events and projects with global consequences for energy and the environment (E&E News)."
Environment Index This link opens in a new window
The Environment Index corresponds to the printed index--Environment Periodicals Bibliography. This resource indexes scientific, technical and popular journals for topics related to the environment.
Environmental Science Collection This link opens in a new window
This "collection combines specialist topic resources from disciplines such as engineering, biotechnology, bacteriology, atmospheric science, ecology and biology and features a diverse range of full-text sources including scientific journals, trade journals, new sources, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications (ProQuest)."
Environmental Science - Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new window
This collection provides annotated bibliographies-- short descriptions and evaluations of key works and resources-- for many topics in environmental science. An excellent starting point for research.

Historical Environmental Research
This guide provides archival resources at the Woodson Research Center for those doing environmentally-focused historical research.