Even though the United States has extensive capacity and experience with disasters, the country still faces substantial challenges, as hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated.

Helping local government leaders put sustainability to work in their communities.

This document is a hurricane preparedness checklist for the residents of Albany, Georgia. Includes thorough lists on how to prepare for a hurricane(...)

This article discusses the importance of local governments developing a plan to prepare for a potential birdflu outbreak in their jurisdictions...

After the 2004, 2005 hurricane season the State of Florida funded The Statewide Regional Evacuation Study Program (SRESP) in 2006.

To facilitate rapid response in the event of an emergency, the city of Anaheim, California (328,000), has consolidated all of the digital information(...)

This article discusses strategies that local governments and property owners can undertake to effectively protect their assests located in floodplains.