Table from the National Safety Council outlining a range of "manners of injury" and the associated odds of dying in one year or over a lifetime due to each manner of injury based on statistics compiled in the U.S.
Overview of the process of testing for radon in a building, interpreting the results of the test, and measures to take to lower radon levels.
Interesting and compelling documentary site about impacts and recovery from Hurricane Katrina along the coast of Louisiana.
Article about interim housing solutions for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Article examining the fact that "disaster evacuation plans throughout the US assume that people own a car" even though many do not.
"Forum addressing the implications ... of the underlying issues—political, social and economic—laid bare by the events surrounding Katrina".
"Essay on the relationship between disasters, authority, and our understanding of human nature went to press as Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast".
Research initiative bringing together applied research from a variety of disciplines, including economics, planning, finance, architecture, and engineering in researching housing affordability problems exist in the Boston metropolitan area.
Announcement of plan for "rebuilding of the devastated Gulf Coast through the creation of a Gulf Opportunity Zone, a government enterprise that he said would provide help on taxes, housing, education and job training for the victims of Hurricane Katrina".
"... in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, some architects and urban planners are contemplating the larger question of what form the city should take - whether restored, reimagined or something in between."
