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1. (NEHRP) PGA Maps USA, 1997, 2000
   National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP) Maps, 1997, 2000
   17-05-2005 to earthquake, map, risk assessment, seismology, us by realrag
2. 'Tornado Alley' grows wider (USA Today, Apr 10 2012)
   Overview of new research study by CoreLogic. Includes map which highlight states now most at risk.
   29-10-2012 to exposure, research, tornado, us by ian odonnell
3. "Pattern Language" for Rebuilding New Orleans (Greenbuilding mailing list, Sept 13, 2005)
   Suggestion for using Christopher Alexander's concept of a "Pattern Language" in a wiki-like way to encourage participatory revision of rebuilding plans toward a consensus view or vision.
   13-09-2005 to collaboration, community, design, development, gis, greenbuilding, housing, hurricane, katrina, land-use, mapping, nola, northamerica, participatory, pattern, planning, rebuilding, reconstruction, recovery, us, wikis by ian odonnell
4. A Citizen's Guide to Radon (EPA, Sept. 2005)
   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.
   28-10-2005 to building, epa, mitigation, northamerica, radon, technology, us by ian odonnell
5. A failure of resilience: Estimating response of New York City’s public health ecosystem to sudden disaster (Elsevier, June 2007)
   'Adapting methodology from resilience theory in ecology' the article develops 'an empirical model of the response of the New York City public health ecosystem to sudden disaster'.
   04-05-2007 to disaster, ecosystem, fire, health, newyork, northamerica, resilience, us by ian odonnell
6. A Grand Experiment to Rein In Climate Change (NY Times, Oct 14 2012)
   Article on California's efforts to monitor progress based on a law passed on Jan. 1 to charge industries across the economy for the greenhouse gases they emit.
   14-10-2012 to california, cap and trade, climate change, economics, externalities, impact, monitoring, us by ian odonnell
7. A Messsage from Homeless New Orleanians (New York Times, Dec. 13 2005)
   An ad taken out by homeless victims of Hurricane Katrina in the New York Timeto “[plead] with Congress to pay for stronger levees.” [New York Times, 12/13/05]
   20-01-2007 to accountability, disaster, hurricane, katrina, marketing, media, neworleans, northamerica, us by ian odonnell
8. A shake in insurance history: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
   A report by Swiss Re the "recounts the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, and its impact on the evolution of seismology, engineering, and insurance."
   07-04-2006 to disaster, earthquake, insurance, northamerica, reinsurance, risksharing, risktransfer, swissre, us by ian odonnell
9. After Katrina: Rebuilding Opportunity and Equity into the New New Orleans (Urban Institute, April 2006)
   Collection of essays by urbanists, health and labor economists, and education and housing experts to chart paths out of the immediate emergency situation with proposals for rebuilding the social infrastructure of New Orleans.
   27-12-2008 to hurricane, katrina, nola, northamerica, reconstruction, recovery, us by ian odonnell
10. After Lean Acorn Crop in Northeast, Even People May Feel the Effects (NY Times, Dec 03 2011)
    Article about the impact of extreme year-to-year variations in acorn yields.
    03-12-2011 to environment, health, lyme disease, secondary impacts, us by ian odonnell

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