Floods Pathfinder: A Guide to the Literature
This guide will introduce some of the titles available in the LRC on the topic of floods. The various types of library materials useful in research are listed along with some examples of each type. This guide is not a comprehensive listing of sources, but is intended to be a starting point from which you can begin your research.
Books 
- The great flood of 1993: causes, impacts, and responses by Changnon, Stanley A. - Citation
- Natural disasters: floods - a reference handbook, by Miller, E. Willard. - Citation
- Flood hazard mitigation in northeastern Illinois: a guidebook for local officials - Citation
- Defence from floods and floodplain management – by Gardiner, John. - Citation
- Floods: people at risk, strategies for prevention – by Miller, John B. - Citation
- When the waters recede: rescue and recovery during the Great Flood - by Hart, Paul.Citation
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Magazine Articles
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- “Attaining improved resilience to floods: a proactive multi-stakeholder approach” Bosher, Lee. DISASTER PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT, (2009) - Citation
- “Communicating flood risk” by IAEM BULLETIN. IAEM BULLETIN, (September 2008) - Citation
- “Using value engineering to optimize flood forecasting and flood warning systems”. Omidvar, Babak. NATURAL HAZARDS, (December 2008) - Citation
- “Social vulnerability and the natural and built environment: a model of flood casualties in Texas”. Zahran, Sammy. DISASTERS, (December 2008) - Citation
- “Applying yesterday's lessons to today's crisis: improving the utilization of recovery services following catastrophic flooding”. Subbarao, Italo R. DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS, (October 2008) - Citation
- “Health impacts of large-scale floods: government decision-making and resilience of the citizens”. Fundter, Dick Q. PREHOSPITAL AND DISASTER MEDICINE, (July/August 2008) - Citation
- “Improving flood response”. Hough, Emily. CRISIS RESPONSE JOURNAL, (2008) - Citation
- “How to ... move safely in shallow flood water?”. Graham, Daniel. FIRE & RESCUE, (August 2008) - Citation
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Online reports/documents/guides
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- Dissociative and posttraumatic reactions to the northern California flooding of 1997- Full report - PDF
- The great flood of 1993- Full report - PDF
- Search and rescue operations in Georgia during major floods, July 1994 - Full report - PDF
- The potential impact of information technology on the structure of inter-organizational relationships during crisis response: the Pennsylvania floods of 1996 - Full report - PDF
- Analysis of a proposed combined federal flood and wind program - Full report - PDF
- Summer floods 2007: learning the lessons - Full report - PDF
- Large floods in the United States: where they happen and why-Full report - PDF
- Expanding the mitigation toolbox: the demolish/rebuild option- Full report - PDF
- Flood-resistant local road systems: a report based on case studies - Full report - PDF
- The 1993 Great Midwest Flood: voices 10 years later - Full report - PDF
- Flood hazard vulnerability: a study of tropical storm Allison (TSA) flood impacts and adaptation modes in Louisiana - Full report - PDF
- Flood damage in the United States, 1926-2000: a reanalysis of National Weather Service estimates - Full report - PDF
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Multimedia Resources
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- Johnstown flood (2003) [dvd] - Citation
- The water's edge: profits and policy behind the rising catastrophe of floods (2006) [dvd] - Citation
- Swiftwater rescue (PULSE - EMERGENCY MEDICAL UPDATE, April 2003) [video journal] - Citation
- The great flood of 1993: St. Charles, MO (AMERICAN HEAT, September 1993) [video journal] - Citation
