History and current activities of the Disaster Research Center.

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Quarantelli, E. L. (Enrico Louis), 1924-

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1982Description: 21p., no refsReport number: DRC-26

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Subject: The Disaster Research Center, the first of its kind in the world and the only one in the United States, was established at the Ohio State University in 1963. The Center engages in a variety of sociological research studies on group and organizational preparations for, responses to, and recovery from community-wide emergencies, particularly natural and technological disasters. Center activities and research have been supported by diverse sources including the Health Resources Administration; the Center for Applied Social Problems, National Institute of Mental Health; the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, the Water Resource Research Program, Dept of the Interior, the State of Ohio Dept of Mental Health; but major funding has been from the National Science Foundation and the Federal Emergency Management Agency

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DRC Publication List October 1982 (12p.)

The Disaster Research Center, the first of its kind in the world and the only one in the United States, was established at the Ohio State University in 1963. The Center engages in a variety of sociological research studies on group and organizational preparations for, responses to, and recovery from community-wide emergencies, particularly natural and technological disasters. Center activities and research have been supported by diverse sources including the Health Resources Administration; the Center for Applied Social Problems, National Institute of Mental Health; the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, the Water Resource Research Program, Dept of the Interior, the State of Ohio Dept of Mental Health; but major funding has been from the National Science Foundation and the Federal Emergency Management Agency

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