 Cities at RiskCities at Risk: Hurricane Katrina and the Drowning of New Orleans. Louise K. Comfort, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. Published in Urban Affairs Review, 2006, Vol. 41, Iss. 4: 501-516. |
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Communication, Coherence, and Collective Action Communication, Coherence, and Collective Action: The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Communications Infrastructure. Louise K. Comfort, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. Published in Public Works Management and Policy, 2006, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1-16. |
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Complex Systems in Crisis Complex Systems in Crisis: Anticipation and Resilience in Dynamic Environments. L. K. Comfort, Y. Sungu, M. Dunn, and D. Johnson. Published in the Journal of Crises and Contingencies, 2001,Vol. 9, No. 3: 1-43. |
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Coordination in Rapidly Evolving Disaster Response Systems Coordination in Rapidly Evolving Systems: The Role of Information. Louise K. Comfort, Kilkon Ko and Adam Zagorecki, University of Pittsburgh Published in American Behavioral Scientist, 2004. Vol. 48, No. 3: pp. 295-313. |
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Crisis Management in Hindsight Crisis Management in Hindsight: Cognition, Communication, Coordination, and Control. Louise K. Comfort, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Published in the Public Administration Review, 2007. Special Issue, Administrative Failure in the Wake of Katrina. December. Pp. S188-S196. |
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Modeling Fragility Modeling Fragility in Rapidly Disaster Response Systems. Louise K. Comfort, Kilkon Ko, and Adam Zagorecki, University of Pittsburgh Published in Working Paper Series, 2003, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Paper 2003-2. |
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Risk, Security, and Disaster Management Risk, Security and Disaster Management. Louise K. Comfort, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Published in the Annual Review of Political Science, 2005. Vol. 8: 335-356. June. |
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Secure CITI: Secure CITI: A Secure Critical Information Technology Infrastructure for Disaster Management Louise K. Comfort, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Submitted as a Research Summary, National Science Foundation, 2004 |
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Risk and Resilience: Interorganizational Learning Following The Northridge Earthquake Of January 17, 1994 Dr. Louise K. Comfort, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Published in the Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 1994, Vol. 2, No. 3 (September):174-188. |
| Integrating Information Technology into International Crisis Management and Policy: Louise K. Comfort, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Published in the Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 1993. Vol. 1, No. 2 (September):15-26 |
| Self Organization in Disaster Mitigation and Management: Increasing Community Capacity for Response Dr. Louise K. Comfort, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh IISIS Project, University Center for Social and Urban Research University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA Presented at the TIEMS conference in Washington, D.C., 1999 |
| Disaster: Agent of Diplomacy or Change in International Affairs? Dr. Louise K. Comfort, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Published in the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 2000, December |
| Reframing Disaster Policy: The Global Evolution of Vulnerable Communities Dr. Louise K. Comfort et. al., Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Published in the Environmental Hazard , 1999, November |
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| Disasters are not too close for comfort -- Louise Comfort, that is -- or for her colleague Andy Baum, as they strive to make disasters less so Pitt Magazine, September 1996 |
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