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NOTE: Here you will find some Web Sites links in relation with Disaster Management. After the links, follows the title of the Page and a comment. Some are governmental, others are private companies which produce software or other technology or international organizations which provide valuable information.

Governmental Organizations (Including research and educational institutions)

• http://www.itcm.org/ Information Technology for Crises Management (ITCM), Crisis management team working for the US government.

• http://www.adpc.net/v2007/ Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is the lead center in the Asia and the Pacific regions dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the devastation of disasters. Located in Bangkok.

• http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu/dmc/ University of Wisconsin–Disaster Management Center (UW–DMC) has worked closely with experts recognized for their field experience to develop disaster management training activities with a practical emphasis. Distance Courses.

• http://www.ema.gov.au/ Emergency Management Australia (EMA), is the Federal agency responsible for reducing the impact of natural and human-caused disasters on the Australian community.

• http://www.pep.gov.bc.ca/iepc/iepc.html Inter-Agency Emergency Preparedness Council, British Columbia

• http://www.ihc.fiu.edu/ The International Hurricane Center (IHC) was created at Florida International University (FIU) to carry out interdisciplinary research and training regarding hurricane hazards and to assist communities, government, and the private sector in improving mitigation and preparedness.

• http://mceer.buffalo.edu/default.asp The Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) is a national center of excellence that develops and applies knowledge and advanced technologies to reduce earthquake losses.

• http://www.weather.gov/os/assessments/index.shtml National Weather Services - Service Assessments

• http://isis.uwimona.edu.jm/uds/index.html Unit for Disaster Studies Department of Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies. provide you with the scientific information, data sources, and references.

• http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/ The Weather Channel Storm Encyclopedia This is the place that can answer your questions on severe and extreme weather. Here we cover the basics and some notable examples of Mother Nature's handiwork.

• http://www.epa.gov/ US Environmental Protection Agency.

• http://www.fema.gov/impact/ Project Impact: Building a Disaster Resistant Community. A FEMA project for helps communities protect themselves from the devastating effects of natural disasters by taking actions that dramatically reduce disruption and loss.

• http://www.wsspc.org/resources/center.html Centers and Institutes Focusing on Hazards and Disasters. List of centers and Inst.

• http://www.trinet.org/ TRINET, The Seismic System for Sourthern California. It is a five-year collaborative project to create a better, more effective real-time earthquake information system for Southern California.

• http://www.eerc.berkeley.edu/ National Information Service of Earthquakes.Provide timely access to technical research and development information in earthquake engineering and related fields of structural dynamics, geotechnical engineering, engineering seismology, and earthquake hazard mitigation policy.

• http://www.info.usaid.gov/hum_response/ofda/.The Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. Provide data about the lastest disasters in the world and the US. assisstance.

• http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/sites/costs.html Links of Costs about disasters. Different web sites regarding with statistic about disasters.

No-Governmental Organizations

• http://www.md.ucl.ac.be/cred/ EM-DAT: THE OFDA/CRED INTERNATIONAL DISASTER DATABASE A worldwide disasters Data Base very useful.Can be download and separate per country.

• http://www.oas.org/en/cdmp/ Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project (CDMP) Implemented by the Organization of American States Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and the Caribbean Regional Program.

• http://www.paho.org/ The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

• http://www.paho.org/english/ped/pedhome.htm Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas. Provide information about disasters by PAHO.

• http://www.floodplain.org/ Floodplain Management Association. Information about the association, Links, articles and publications.

• http://www.disaster.info.desastres.net/PED-Ecuador/desastre/index.html Desastres/Ayuda Humanitaria, page about Disasters, Reports, Publications, Mitigation.

• http://www.sra.org/ Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) provides an open forum for all those who are interested in risk analysis. Risk analysis is broadly defined to include risk assessment, risk characterization, risk communication, risk management, and policy relating to risk.

• http://www.disastercenter.com/ The Disaster Center provided a platform for people to post information; provided coverage, before, during, and after some of the larger disasters; and created the largest index of linkages to disaster information by subject and by geographic area.

• http://www.cdera.org/ Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) inter- governmental regional disaster management organization.

• http://www.disasterrelief.org/ Disaster Relief website is a cooperative effort between the American Red Cross, CNN Interactive and IBM.

• http://www.disaster.org/ Disaster is a web site for emergency response when a disaster occurs and fellow human beings are in extreme danger.

• http://www.ifrc.org/ International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

• http://www.lared.org.pe/ La Red.

• http://www.pitt.edu/~ghdnet/GHDNet/Management/index.html Disaster Management Informations Links of Links about disaster management.

• http://www.prdp.org/index.html Public Risk Database Project, Risk Management Information for the Public Sector, Organization to collect, compile, and disseminate liability loss and other information to create a selft- supporting national database.

• http://www.floods.org/ Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM). Wenb Site of the Association with useful information.

• http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/dimp/ Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme (DiMP). The programme aims to promote disaster mitigation as one strategy for sustainable development. Provide collaborative research, policy advocacy, education & training.

• http://www.oas.org/usde/publications/Unit/oea66e/begin.htm Natural Hazard Management . OAS book on-line in html format. In spanish is http://www.oas.org/usde/publications/Unit/oea65s/begin.htm.

• http://www.oas.org/usde/publications/Unit/oea54e/begin.htm Disaster, Planing and Development: Managing Natural Hazards to reduce loss. OAS Book on-line in html format.

• http://www.oas.org/usde/publications/Unit/oea26b/begin.htm Reduction of Vulnerability to Floods in River Basins. OAS Book on-line in html format.

• http://www.disaster.info.desastres.net/idndr/idndr.htm International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. Web site of the IDNDR, regional unit for latino america and caribbean.

• http://www.crid.or.cr/crid/index.htm Centro Nacional de Información sobre desastres. Latino America y el Caribe. Data Base and virtual librery.

Companies (software, technology,etc.)

• http://www.trsa.ac.za/dm/ Disaster Management at Technikon SA (DM@TSA) is an interactive web site designed for the student and practitioner alike. Courses, Discussion Forum, Virtual Classroom, etc.

• http://www.mcb.co.uk/cgi-bin/journal1/dpm Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. The web site of the Journal.

• http://www.emforum.org/ THE EIIP VIRTUAL FORUM. The Virtual Forum, brought to you by the Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership! We hope you, as a professional or volunteer, will join us in our exploration of how to use current information technology in our work to support emergency management and disaster response.

• http://www.cititech.com/disaster.htm Emergency Management Software, Complete Street is a fully-integrated management system designed specifically for public works, road departments and others who have to track detailed cost information and must respond quickly to work requests.

• http://www.emergency.com/ Emergency Response & Research Institute, Inc. provide news, information, research and communications services to the emergency response and government community.

• http://www.essa.com/index.html ESSA Technologies, provide software technologies and consulting solutions in the environmental field.

• http://www.essentech.com/ Essential Technologies Inc., provides a new class of software solutions that help manage these processes more easily and efficiently at every level.

• http://www.essa.com/nhematis/index.html Nhematis by Nobility Software Inc. Risk Assessment and natural Hazard Software.

• http://www.nobility.com/INDEX.HTM Nobility Environmental Software Systems Inc. develops, markets and delivers knowledge-based GIS-enable decision support software products and services for environmental planning and management.

• http://www.plantsafe.com/home.html PlantSafe is a complete decision-support system for real-time emergency management.

• http://www.reliefweb.int/telecoms/ Emergency Telecommunications Resources for the Provision of Telecommunications for International Humanitarian Assistance.

• http://www.munichre.com/home_eng.htm Munich Re's web site with reinsurance business in managing and mastering risks.

• http://www.opengis.org/disaster/index.htm Open GIS Consortium-Disaster Management and Public Safety Special Interest Group Home page. With objetives, documents, presentations and meeting information.

• http://www.disaster-management.net/ Emergency and Disaster Management Inc. A company that develop, implement and assess programs for public & private entities to mitigate, to prepare for, to respond to, to recover from any kind of disaster.

• http://www.disastermgt.com/ Disaster Management Inc.A company to develop plan against disasters.

• http://www.wdc.ndin.net/ Western Disaster Center, Inc.Support Research and the application of advance information and communication technology for the disaster management.

• http://www.sitrep2200.com/index.html SITREP 2200 Training and Situation/ Incident Management Software used for Emergency Management/ Recovery/ Continuity.

• http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/urban/provention/index.html Provention Consortium.Organisation of World Bank. It is a global partnership of all stakeholders aimed at reducing disaster risk in developing countries and making disaster prevention and mitigation an integral part of development efforts.

• http://www.cyberinsa.com/cybsis/smartcicu_pag.htm Medical Emergency system.Software develop to assist to medical emergency call.