The 2006 Yearbook includes insightful articles written by industry experts offering their perspectives on events of the past year and their impact, plus a detailed resource guide.

The 2007 Risk Management Resource Guide is a detailed directory of sources for risk management information and training.

This report, developed by the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center at the University of Colorado-Boulder, analyzes and applies the findings in the disaster recovery literature to the task of developing a recovery assistance program.

This paper from a PERI Symposium called "The Human Side of School Crises" was written by Cheri Lovre, M.S., Founder and Director, Crisis Management Institute, Salem, Ore.

This report by Daniel J. Alesch, James N. Holly, Elliott Mittler, and Robert Nagy from the Center for Organizational Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay provides advice about what small business owners should do when deciding whether or not to reopen their business after a disaster.

This 70-minute documentary-style DVD, produced by the American Bar Association (ABA), Section of State and Local Government Law, addresses the key legal issues in emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.

This publication includes 20 papers by researchers who investigated various questions that arose in the wake of the World Trade Center disaster, as well as a summary of what this post-September 11th research tells us, an overview of "quick response" as a research method, and a report of the preliminary observations made by researchers and first responders at a workshop held only a few months after the disaster.

The Century Time Line is a full color chart that highlights major focusing disaster events and their outcomes, as documented in the book Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900-2005.

This paper by Dr. Rosemary A. Thompson, Ed.D., LPC, NCC, NCSC, Supervisor of Guidance and Counseling, Chesapeake Public Schools, Chesapeake, VA, was presented during a February 2003 PERI Symposium entitled "The Human Side of School Crises".

This paper by Daniel J. Alesch, Ph.D., and Dr. James Holly suggests a foundation for a comprehensive theory of recovery drawing from general systems theory, the theory of complex self-organizing systems, elements of chaos theory, and emerging concepts in urban morphology.

This collection of papers from a PERI Symposium explore strategies for addressing violence in our nation’s schools.

This paper by Jacqueline L. Monday and Mary Fran Myers, Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, was presented during an October 1999 PERI Symposium entitled "Dealing with Disaster."

This collection of Issues and Ideas Papers from a 1999 PERI Symposium focuses on approaches a community can take to reduce the costs of a natural disaster and to overcome the effects of an extreme event.

These time lines depict in a graphical manner major disaster and/or terrorism events by year and the related outcomes- - reports and analyses; federal statutes, regulations and executive orders; federal response plans; and major federal organizational changes.

This is a presentation on volunteer liability given by PERI Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel Claire Lee Reiss, J.D., ARM, CPCU, at the 2008 CAJPA Fall Conference.

This publication offers a unique historical view of emergency management with the U.S. The book is intended to answer two key questions: Why did the federal government get involved in emergency management? and Why and how has that role changed?

This article by Gerard Hoetmer, Executive Director, Public Entity Risk Institute appeared in the October 2005 issue of The Journal of County Administration.

This article by Laurie Johnson and Felix Kloman was presented in the October 1999 PERI Symposium "Dealing with Disaster."

This publication from the National Academies Press assesses the current state of social science hazards and disaster research and provides a set of recommendations that reflect opportunities and challenges in the field.

This speech was delivered by Gerard J. Hoetmer, Executive Director, Public Entity Risk Institute at the 40th Anniversary Conference of the University of Delaware Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Disaster Research Center on April 30, 2004.

The Gender and Disaster Sourcebook, developed with funding support from PERI, includes planning and practice tools; communication strategies; training materials; and case studies and analysis.

This publication from the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder focuses on sustainable disaster recovery. The book defines key principles of sustainability and encourages affected communities to incorporate these principles into the recovery process.

This paper from a January 2007 PERI Symposium on school violence was written by Dr. Cathy Kennedy Paine, School Psychologist, Springfield Public Schools, Oregon.

This publication provides news and information about homeland security and emergency management.

This paper from a PERI Symposium called "The Human Side of School Crises" was written by Deborah Hardy, Bilingual Secondary School Counselor, Sleepy Hollow High School.

This article by John C. Pine, Associate Professor, Institute for Environmental Studies and the Management Department, Louisiana State University was presented during an October 1999 PERI Symposium entitled "Dealing with Disaster."

This publication presents a detailed perspective on terrorism events since 1988 and what has occurred as a result, including changes to laws, regulations, and organizational structures.

An insightful book designed to help local officials and community leaders better understand the issues and challenges in restoring the social, political, and economic elements that make a community viable in the long term after a disaster has occurred.

This guide helps business owners reduce the potential for loss should disaster strike, and reopen quickly should they be forced to close.

This report, written by Daniel J. Alesch, James N. Holly, Elliott Mittler, and Robert Nagy from the Center for Organizational Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, examines what sets apart small businesses that recover and those that fail after being affected by a disaster.

This free online resource allows users to search and access information about Presidential Declarations of major disasters and emergencies in any state, county or territory within the United States.

The PERIShip fellowship program is a grant program that supports research crucial to advancing knowledge in the hazards field, as well as ensuring that the next generation of interdisciplinary hazards professional has a source of financial and academic support to foster sound development. This page provides links to the dissertation papers and summaries that have been completed to date.

This sample post-disaster redevelopment plan addresses disaster recovery and redevelopment issues with long-term implications.

This page contains links to various reports focusing on the planning, response, recovery, and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

This article by Sheridan L. Truesdale, Senior Mitigation Planner, Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management, discusses the Businesses Addressing Readiness & Recovery (BARR) program, which is a program of public-private preparedness initiatives in Palm Beach County, Florida.

This paper from the University of Delaware Disaster Research Center focuses on the problematic convergence of volunteers, donated suppliers, and supporters following the World Trade Center disaster.

This paper from a January 2007 PERI Symposium on school violence was written by Holly Colonna, Guidance Coordinator, Tucson Unified School District, Arizona.

This paper from a PERI Symposium called "The Human Side of School Crises" was written by Linda C. Eby, LPC, and Janis L. Wallender, LPC.

This guide, available on CD ROM, focuses on how owners of small businesses and managers of not-for-profit organizations can increase the chances that they and their organizations will financially survive extreme events such as natural hazards, willful acts of destruction, and large accidents.

This dissertation paper by Li-ju Jang was presented to the faculty of the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. Funding was provided through the PERISHIP fellowship program.

This paper from a PERI Symposium called "The Human Side of School Crises" was written by Jill Riethmayer, LPC, NCC, LMFT.

This collection of papers from a PERI Symposium held in February 2003 focuses on the long-term effects a crisis in a school can have on students, teachers, parents, and the community at large.

This dissertation paper by Lori Ann Peek was submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Colorado. Funding was provided through the PERISHIP fellowship program.

This paper from a January 2007 PERI Symposium on school violence summarizes comments by expert panelists at the October 2006 White House Conference on School Safety on the topic of recovery.

The article by Claire Lee Reiss, J.D., ARM, PERI's Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel focuses on self-insurance and commercial insurance options for small businesses.

This exploratory paper by Daniel J. Alesch, Ph.D. and James N. Holly, Ph.D. was developed as part of an effort to understand both losses from extreme events and the processes associated with recovering from those losses. The nascent idea came from the authors’ observation that many small businesses in communities that suffer disasters fail financially as a direct consequence of the event, even though they suffered absolutely no physical damage from the event.

This report documents the management of unaffiliated volunteers, those who spontaneously – often with no disaster training – offered their assistance to the relief effort, by various agencies in Florida during the 2004 Hurricane season.