After the Emergency:Post Disaster Cleanup and Remediation: State and Federal Web Sites and Databases: These sites were demonstrated by the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) Electronic Communications Task Force at the ASTSWMO Annual Meeting, Oct. 16-17, 2000.
http://www.astswmo.org/data.htm

Disaster Tracking Recovery Assistance Center: In conjunction with the first anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the Disaster Tracking Recovery Assistance Center of Thailand developed this Web site providing details on the status of and progress made in tsunami relief activities. It includes detailed reports from 27 aid organizations helping in the relief phase as well as maps, village names, and a list of requests for assistance from a variety of aid organizations involved in the tsunami recovery.
http://www.d-trac.org/

Disaster Mental Health: Dealing with the Aftereffects of Terrorism, National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Numerous bibliographic resources available online dealing specifically with psychological and emotional problems associated with disasters and terrorism.
http://www.ncptsd.org/facts/disasters/index.html

Disaster Recovery Journal: Publication dedicated to the field of disaster recovery and business continuity.  Available online are special reports and articles.  Free online subscription to journal, printed version available for fee.
http://www.drj.com/

Disaster Recovery World: Directory of business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning software and services.  Geared toward business and economic recovery from disasters.  Many items posted are for sale, but a generally informative site nonetheless with reading lists and links provided.
http://www.disasterrecoveryworld.com/

DisasterWatch.net: Disaster Watch is an initiative by the Huairou Commission to support the growth and development of women-centered, community-based post-disaster response. The Web site includes readings, assessment reports, short films, and information on projects, programs, and activities.
http://www.disasterwatch.net

Federal Allocations in Response to Katrina, Rita, and Wilma; Brookings Institute: Amid the often rancorous debate over federal spending for hurricane recovery and rebuilding, the Metropolitan Policy Program follows the money spent on Katrina, as well as the Rita storm. The fact sheet also includes a timeline of federal allocations. This brief with the accompanying tables illustrates the program categories behind the federal allocations to date for hurricane recovery activities and the chronology of legislative and executive decisions to respond to the needs of the Gulf Coast. These tables will be updated as new developments occur.
http://www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/200603_katrinafactsheet.htm

Fritz Institute: Private organization striving to strengthen the infrastructures of humanitarian relief organizations by mobilizing logistics and technology expertise and resources from the corporate and academic communities. Available are numerous case studies, related links, grant opportunities, and information concerning newly developed Humanitarian Logistics Software.
http://www.fritzinstitute.org

Hurricane Katrina Community Advisory Board : Over the next two years, the Harvard Medical School will regularly interview a representative sample of over 1,000 people who had to leave their homes because of Hurricane Katrina. The study is primarily funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health. Digitally recorded oral histories and summaries of quarterly reports will be posted on this Web site as they become available.
http://www.hurricanekatrina.med.harvard.edu/

Hurricane Mitigation and Post-Disaster Redevelopment: Principles and Practices: Developed by the Florida Coastal Management Program, Jeff Wade and Todd Trexler, Center for Governmental Responsibility, University of Florida College of Law. The report sets forth general principles and strategies of effective hurricane mitigation programs, explains the relevant requirements of Florida's Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act, presents model approaches developed by the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, and summarizes effective programs adopted by coastal local governments in Florida and North Carolina. 
http://www.law.ufl.edu/cgr/publications/hurricane_principles.pdf

ReliefWeb: A project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). ReliefWeb serves to strengthen the response capacity of the humanitarian relief community through the timely dissemination of reliable information on response, preparedness and disaster prevention. This is accomplished by providing guaranteed access to time-critical reports, maps and financial contributions to both decision makers at headquarters and to relief teams in the field.
Information on the world’s crisis points and relief operations is updated around the clock and supplied by more than 500 sources. ReliefWeb’s 100,000 documents and archives dating back to 1981 make it the largest source for humanitarian response information on the Web. Document also searchable by country and territory, with a complete set of external background links by sector.
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf

SUMA, Human Supply Management System: When a major disaster strikes a country, local and international communities respond with an outpouring of assistance. The process of sorting through tons of supplies and ensuring that urgently needed items reach the disaster victims can overwhelm relief workers. A system developed by the Pan American Health Organization. SUMA is an information management tool that helps national authorities make order of the chaos often caused by uncoordinated humanitarian assistance. Available on this web page are bibliographic and video resources as well as related web links.
http://www.disaster-info.net/SUMA

Tools and Resources for Post-Disaster Relief: Materials originally produced by InterWorks for the UNHCR Emergency Management Training Programme.  Although intended primarily for use in refugee relief operations, the materials have a much wider application.  The materials provide a very useful tool for disaster managers engaged in planning and implementing relief operations for disaster victims. 
http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th/infores/adpc-documents/DANA-tool-postdis.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice; Office of Justice Programs; Office for Victims of Crime (OVC); Coping After Terrorism: A Guide to Healing and Recovery; September 2001; Information in this handbook is intended to help readers understand reactions to an act of terrorism or mass violence. It is not intended to be a substitute for the role of professionals with expertise in counseling trauma victims.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/cat_hndbk/welcome.html

Center for Public Health and Disaster Relief: Developing "a curricular focus area and research agenda that examines how natural and human-generated disasters relate to the public's health." The curriculum is being designed to prepare public health professionals for the interdisciplinary roles they play in preparing communities prior to disaster, and during the recovery period following a mass population emergency. Site provides information about this new center, its goals and programs, people and organizations involved in its development, and its current offerings. Bibliography of Center-generated publications available online.
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/cphdr/

Center for Robot Assisted Search and Rescue : works on new technologies for search and rescue and deploys them as part of an international response support team. Their web site contains resources, course offerings, conferences, and other information related to human-robot interactions.
http://crasar.csee.usf.edu/MainFiles/index.asp

Disaster Recovery: Children's Needs: General information adapted by Karen DeBord, Child Development Specialist with North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. The material came from the Stress and Coping with Disaster manual from University Extension in Columbia, Missouri developed during the Flood of 1993.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/humandev/disint.html

Disaster Relief: Website that is a cooperative effort between the American Red Cross, CNN Interactive, and IBM. Established for helping disaster victims and the disaster relief community worldwide by facilitating the exchange of information on the Internet. Glossary of terms, pamphlets, current advisories, volunteer management, referrals, searching for misplaced persons, and general disaster information.
http://www.disasterrelief.org/

DRI International (DRII): Formed in 1988 as the Disaster Recovery Institute in St. Louis, MO and geared to the business/private sector.  A group of professionals from the industry and from Washington University in St. Louis forecast the need for comprehensive education in business continuity during and following disasters.  Offers fee-based certification and training, glossary of terms, and related links.
http://www.drii.org/

Louisiana Recovery Authority: The Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) is the planning and coordinating body at the state level implementing the governor's vision for the recovery of Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina. This Web site provides information on the task forces and recovery teams established by the LRA and the priorities for short- and long-term recovery needs.
http://www.lra.louisiana.gov

Mississippi Governor's Commission: Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal : Shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit, Governor Barbour announced the formation of the Governor’s Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding and Renewal to develop a broad vision for a better Gulf Coast and South Mississippi. The Governor’s Commission focuses on giving local leaders access to ideas and information that will help them decide what their region will look like five, ten, even twenty or thirty years from now. The Commission is advisory in nature. The final decisions on implementation will almost exclusively be made by local officials and private investors. The Governor’s Commission is funded by private donations. It accepts no government funding and solicits no money.
http://www.governorscommission.com

Small Business Administration: SBA's Disaster Loan Program offers financial assistance to those who are trying to rebuild their homes and businesses in the aftermath of a disaster. By offering low-interest loans, the SBA is committed to long-term recovery efforts. SBA's disaster loans are the primary form of Federal assistance for non-farm, private sector disaster losses. For this reason, the disaster loan program is the only form of SBA assistance not limited to small businesses. Disaster loans from SBA help homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes and nonprofit organizations fund rebuilding.
http://www.sba.gov/disaster_recov/index.html

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP): Has the responsibility for managing/coordinating Federal health, medical, and health related social services and recovery to major emergencies and Federally declared disasters including: Natural Disasters, Technological Disasters, Major Transportation, Accidents, and Terrorism.
http://www.oep-ndms.dhhs.gov/index.html