• OAS, Department of Regional Development and Environment, Washington, Primer on Natural Hazard Management in Integrated Regional Development Planning:
  URL :http://www.oas.org/usde/publications/unit/oea66e/begin.htm
  Also available on Unit for Disaster Studies, Dept. of Geography and
  Geology, UWI, Kingston, Jamaica Home Page:
  URL: http://www.uwimona.edu.jm/uds/ and print copies in the Science library.
  A CDROM containing data generated through Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project will be made available during the course. This must be returned on the last day of the course.

• ISDR, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Living with Risk: A global review of disaster reduction initiatives:
  URL: http://www.unisdr.org/Globaireport.htm

• ISDR, Disaster Reduction for Sustainable Mountain Development:
  URL : http://www.unisdr.org/unisdr/Final%20mountain%booklet.pdf

• NOAA/NEDIS/NGDC- Interactive Map Services: URL :
  http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/maps/interactivemaps.html

• iCivilEngineer, The Internet for Civil Engineers: URL
  http://www.icivilengineer.com

• Jamaican/Caribbean Literature and Online Resources
  Important: Home page Unit for Disaster Studies, Dept. of Geography and Geology, UWI, Kingston, Jamaica; contains all the necessary information about the course, Caribbean hazard maps, course notes, downloadable text, links etc. :
  URL: http://www.uwimona.edu.jm/uds

• Rafi Ahmad (Editor), Natural Hazards in the Caribbean, Special Issue #12, Journal of the Geological Society of Jamaica, Dept. of Geography and Geology, UWI, Kingston, Jamaica, 1992.

• Rafi Ahmad (Editor), Natural Hazards and Hazard Management in the Greater Caribbean and Latin America, Publication #3, Unit for Disaster Studies, Dept. of Geography and Geology, UWI, Kingston, Jamaica, 1997. This publication contains a field guide for the Kingston area that is to be used for excursions. Copies available from Geography & Geology Reception.

• Home page Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project (CDMP):
  URL http://www.oas.or/en/cdmp

• Home page Earthquake Unit, Dept. of Geography and Geology, UWI, Kingston, Jamaica:
  URL : http://wwwequake.uwimona.edu.jm:1104

• Home page Seismic Research Unit,
  University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies,
  contains current updates on Caribbean Seismicity and Kick-'em-Jenny Submarine Volcano:
  URL: http://www.uwiseismic.com

• Home page Government of Montserrat and Montserrat Volcano Observatory:
  URL: http://www.mvo.ms/

• Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory,
  Vancouver, Washington:
  URL: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/volcanoes/WestIndies/Montserrat/framework.html

• USGS National Earthquake Information Center Current Seismicity for Mexico -Central America – Caribbean:
  URL: http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/curremt/m_america.html
  Landslides URL: http://landslides.usgs.gov/
  Earthquakes URL: http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/

• International Landslide Research Group (ILRG).The ILRG is an
  informal group of individuals concerned about sharing information on
  landslide research and promoting regional landslide analyses.
  URL: http://ilrg.gndci.pg.cnr.it
  Latest issue at URL http://ilrg.gndci.cnr.it/volumes/v17dn1.html

• International Consortium on Landslides
  URL : http://landslide.dpri.kyoti-u.ac.jp
  Landslide News URL : http://landslide.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

• Natural Hazard Research Center
  URL http://www.colorado.edu/hazards

• NOAA National Hurricane Center- Tropical Cyclone, Tropical Weather, Active Tropical Systems Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and the Eastern Pacific out to
  140°W: URL http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

• Home page CARDIN, Caribbean Disaster Information Network
  , Library, UWI, Kingston, Jamaica :
  URL http://wwwlibrary.uwimona.edu.jm:1104

• Home page CDERA Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA), Barbados: URL< http://www.cdera.org>
  CDERA documentation centre:
  URL http://www.cdera.org/docnter.htm

Supporting Text Books:

Note: Multiple copies are available in the UWI Science Library and Book Shop

• Edward A. Keller, Environmental Geology, Prentice Hall.
• Duncan Foley and others, Investigations in Environmental Geology, Prentice Hall.
• H. Blatt, Our Geological Environment, Prentice Hall.
• Ken McClay, The Mapping of Geological Structures, Open University Press.
• Dutro, Jr., Dietrich, and Foose, “AGI Data Sheets”, American Geological Institute. (Very useful field companion. Try to buy a personal copy).
• Alan E. Kehew, Geology for Engineers and Environmental Scientists, Prentice Hall.
• P.L. Abbott, Natural Disasters, Wm.C. Brown.
  See Lecture notes "GEOHAZARDS2003" on UDS homepage: http://www.uwimona.edu.jm/uds/