Web Resources

Course Resources:

Web Resources Many of Which Provide Links To Other Helpful Sites

• http://www.Colorado.EDU/hazards/
• http://www.Colorado.EDU/hazards/sites/sites.html
• http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf
• http://cindi.usgs.gov/
• http://www.usgs.gov/themes/hazard.html
• http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/CAT/research.html
• http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/CAT/links.html#hazards
• http://cbsnews.cbs.com/network/htdocs/digitaldan/disaster/disasters.htm
• http://www.esig.ucar.edu/socasp/toc_img.html
• http://www.md.ucl.ac.be/cred/
• http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/urban/dis_man/dis_man.htm
• http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/ndrd/disaster/links/
• http://www.fema.gov
• http://www.unfoundation.org  (Daily Briefings of UN World Affairs, also has searchable archive).

Additional Web Pages:

• http://www.georisk.com/
• http://www.disastercenter.com/
• http://www.md.ucl.ac.be/cred/
• http://www.usaid.gov/hum_response/ofda/
• http://www.who.int/
• http://www.who.int/disasters/
• http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/june00/00_23_002.html
• http://www.undp.org/erd/
• http://www.un.org/popin/
• http://www.unfpa.org/publications/swp.htm
• http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2000/english/index.html
• http://www.unep.org/
• http://www.unep.ch/
• http://www.unep.ch/earthw.html
• http://ioc.unesco.org/igospartners/igoshome.htm
• http://www.unep.ch/earthw/igoswhat.htm
• http://www.gos.udel.edu/
• http://www.state.gov./www/issues/relief/gdin.html

Downloads:

Columbia University Analyzer -- CU Analyzer allows one to capture, analyze, and ultimately express new knowledge using multimedia objects culled from anywhere on the web. Mac and PC versions available at:
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/cuanalyzer/downloads/win_download1.html

Adobe Acrobat Reader -- For printed material on the Web. This software is a must for any course Web site. J&R (in Philosophy Hall) has the full version of Acrobat for $59. Otherwise, you can download the reader for free at:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/

Real Player Basic -- The standard for Web audio and the plug-in that most of your classes will use. If the link below does not take you to the most recent version, visit http://www.real.com, click on RealPlayer and (usually in very small print) will be a link to the free, "basic" version of the software.
http://www.real.com/

Quicktime Player -- Another free Web audio/video plug-in that might be used in your course's Web site.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/