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Publications
Books
Disaster Management in the United States and Canada: Politics, Policy, Administration, Study and Instruction of Emergency Management. (Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publishers, 1996).
Cities and Disaster: North American Studies in Emergency Management with William L. Waugh, Jr. (Springfield, IL.: Charles C. Thomas Publishers, 1990).
The Nuclear Oracles: A Political History of the Atomic Energy Commission General Advisory Committee, 1947-1977 (Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1987)
Declaring Disaster: The Politics and Policy of Presidential Disaster Declarations (¾ complete)(Under contract with Congressional Quarterly Press). 
Homeland Security and Emergency Management: A Public Budgeting Perspective (½ complete)(Under contract with Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann).
Published Articles and Chapters
“Budgeting for Local Emergency Management and Homeland Security” in Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government, 2nd E. Edited by Kathleen Tierney and William L. Waugh, Jr. Washington, DC: International City Management Association. (forthcoming).
“A Political History of U.S. Emergency Management: 1979 to 2001” in A History of Emergency Management, Claire B. Rubin (ed.). Alexandria, VA: Public Entity Risk Institute. (forthcoming)
“President Bush and Hurricane Katrina: A Presidential Leadership Study,” in The Annals of Political and Social Science, March 2006.
“Why Revolutionary Change is Needed in Emergency Management,” Journal of Emergency Management, Vol. 3, No. 6 November/December 2005, pgs. 15-18.
“A précis on political theory and emergency management,” Journal of Emergency Management, Vol 2, No. 3 Summer 2004, pgs 27-32.
“Reducing Future Flood Losses: The Role of Human Actions,” with P. Kershaw, Summary of a Workshop, March 2, 2004. National Research Council of the National Academies. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., pgs 1-21.
“FEMA’s Place in Policy, Law, and Management: A Hazardous Materials Perspective 1979–2003,” with William C. Cumming, in Homeland Security Law and Policy. Ed. by William Nicholson. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publishers, 2004, pp. 23-55.
“FEMA’s Path to Homeland Security,” with W. Cumming, in Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. E-Journal. Berkeley, CA: Bepress Inc., 2004.
“Department of Homeland Security: Questions for President Bush and Secretary Ridge,” in Journal of Emergency Management. Vol. 1, No. 1 Spring, 2003: 8-10.
“U.S. International Environmental Policy,” in Security, Economics, and Morality in American Foreign Policy, William H. Meyer ed. Ch. 12, 289-300. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2004.
Hazards Watch: Reducing Disaster Losses through Improved Earth Observations. Summary of a Workshop,” with Dr. Helen Wood, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Washington, D.C.: National Research Council of the National Academies, The National Academies Press, 2003.
“Organizing the War on Terrorism,” with W.L. Waugh, Public Administration Review, Vol 62 (Special Issue, September 2002):81-89. Reprinted in Annual Editions: Homeland Security
"Scientists, Policymakers, and Operations Decision Makers: Building Inter-community Cooperation," with Anthony Socci, Roger Pulwarty, 
and Roger Street, Science, Climate Extremes series, forthcoming and subject to refereeing.
"An Introduction to Trends in Extreme Weather and Climate Events," with Jerry Meehl, et al., Bulletin of the American Meteorological 
Society, forthcoming.
"Human Factors Explain the Increased Losses from Climate Extremes," with Stabley A. Changnon, Roger A. Pielke, Jr., David Changnon, and Roger Pulwarty," Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 81, No. 3 (March 2000) 437-442.
"U.S. Disasters and Climate Research," Aspen Global Change Institute, 1998 Proceedings, forthcoming.
"How the EXXON VALDEZ Disaster Changed America's Oil Spill Emergency Management," Journal of Mass Emergencies 
and Disasters, March, 1998, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 13-43.
"U.S. Emergency Management System and Earthquake Disaster," for Proceedings of the U.S./Japan Workshop on Emergency Information, Emergency Management, and Rapid Damage Assessment, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, 1998.
"The Politics and Political Geography of Presidential Disaster Declarations," Brookings Proceedings of the IISIS Conference 
at University of Pittsburgh, June 5-7, 1997.
"American Terrorism Disaster Lessons," Proceedings from the International Conference on Crisis Management at the National Level, Ingrid Johansson and Per Skoglund (eds.), Stockholm, Sweden, March 20-22, 1996, pp. 111-115.
"California Flood Lessons," Proceedings from the International Conference on Crisis Management at the National Level, Ingrid Johansson and Per Skoglund (eds.), Stockholm, Sweden, March 20-22, 1996, pp. 256-260.
"Funding Options Aim to Reduce the Need for Emergency Disaster-Aid Measures, "Emergency Preparedness News, April 17, 1995, pp. 67-8.
"Republican Tide May Bring Cutbacks in Emergency Management Programs, "Emergency Preparedness News, November 28, 1994, p. 206.
"World Trade Center Disaster: A Normal Accident?" special issue of Disaster Management, Vol. 6 No. 3 [London], 1994, pp. 123-27.
"Ferment at FEMA: Reforming Emergency Management," Public Administration Review (May/June 1994):303-7.
"Advice on FEMA Reorganization," Hazard, Vol. XIII, No. 6 (June 1993):8-12. Reprinted in PA Times, March/April 1993.
"Twin Towers Disaster Lessons," Wilmington News Journal, March 3, 1993.
"Emergency Response: How Emergency Management Officials Address Disasters in the Delaware Estuary," In Delaware Estuary Situation Reports (September 1992), sponsored by NOAA Office of Sea Grant, Department of Commerce, under grant No. NA86AA-D-SGO40.
"Adopting Integrated Emergency Management in the U.S.A.: Political and Organizational Challenges," In the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, Vol. 9, No. 3 (November 1991):413-425.
"Earthquake Disaster Policy: Rescue, Re-engineer, Rebuild, and Reinsurance." In Handbook of Emergency Management Policies and Programs, Edited by William L. Waugh, Jr. and Ronald J. Hy. (Westport, Conn.: The Greenwood Press, 1991).
"Political Climate Is Turning Green." In The World & I Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 10 (October 1990):46-51.
with T. Pavlak. "The Big Apple and Disaster Aversion: How New York City Handles Major Emergencies," pp. 185-220 and with J. Scanlon, "Conflict and Coordination in Responding to Aviation Disaster: The San Diego and Gander Experiences Compared," pp. 109-129. In Cities and Disaster: North American Studies in Emergency Management. Edited by Richard T. Sylves and William L. Waugh, Jr. Springfield, Il: Charles Thomas Publishing Co., 1990.
Guest editor with J. LaPlante, International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disaster, Vol. 7, No. 2 (August 1989).
"Federal Preparedness for Hazardous Substance Accidents." In Managing Disaster, pp. 147-59. Edited by Louise Comfort. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1988.
"Political, Social, and Economic Factors to be Addressed in Developing A Program to Abate Seismic Hazards to Electric Power Lifelines." In Abatement of Seismic Hazards to Lifelines, Vol 6., Earthquake Hazard Reduction Series 31. Washington, D.C.: Building Seismic Safety Council for the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1987.
"Advice to Administrators on Television Interviews." In Public Administration Times, Vol. 10, No. 16 (21 August 1987) and continued in a three part series over two subsequent issues.
"A Political History of Project Plowshare: Peaceful Use of Nuclear Explosives," pp. 135-60. In The Politics of Energy Research and Development, Energy Policy Studies Series, No. 3. Edited by John Byrne and Daniel Rich. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Books, 1985).
"Nuclear Power Plants and Emergency Planning: An Intergovernmental Nightmare." Public Administration Review, Vol. 44, No. 5 (September/October 1984):393-401. Reprinted in Public Administration: Politics and the People, pp. 110-20. Edited by Dean Yarwood. New York: Longman Press, 1986.
with T.B. Priest and D.F. Scudder. "Large Corporations and Federal Advisory Committees." Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 1 (March 1984):100-111.
"Nuclear Power Emergency Response Planning: A Program in Disarray." The Journal of Mass Emergencies, Vol. 2, No. 1 (March 1984):185-196.
"National Politics and the Solar Energy Transition." in The Solar Energy Transition: Implementation and Policy Implications, pp. 49-75. Edited by Daniel Rich, et al. Washington, D.C.: American Academy for the Advancement of Science/Westview Press, 1983.
"Congress, EPA, the States, and the Fight to Decentralize Water Pollution Grant Policy," pp. 109-25. In Environmental Policy Implementation. Vol. 2. Edited by Dean E. Mann. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1982.
with J.B Johnson. "Public Participation in Power Plant Siting Decisions: The Case of the Mid-Atlantic Region." In Energy Policy and Public Administration. Edited by Gregory A. Daneke and George K. Legassa. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1982.
"Objective Need Versus Political Interference: The Administration of the New York State Pure Waters Program," pp. 117-36. In Political Benefits: Empirical Studies of American Public Programs. Edited by Barry S. Rundquist. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath and Company, 1980.
"Carter's Nuclear Licensing Reform vs. Three Mile Island." Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Winter 1980):69-79.
"Energy Demand Management: The Next Phase?" Public Administration Review, Vol. 39, No. 4 (July/August 1979):395-399.
with P. Kerkhoven. "Nuclear Licensing Non-Reform: TMI and Federal State Relations." In Proceedings of the First National Energy Policy Conference. Morgantown, W.V.: West Virginia University, 1-3 May 1980.
"Political Ramifications of Rapid Solar Energy Development." In Abstracts of Papers of the 146th National Meeting. Edited by Arthur Herschman. Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1980.
"National Energy Policy and Social Equity (1977-78)." In Short Essays in Political Science from the 1979 Spring Conference of the National Capital Area Political Science Association, Vol. VII. Washington, D.C.: NCPSA, 1979.
"Federal Solar Energy R & D: The Political Incentives of Congress and the President." In Proceedings, HELIOS: From Myth to Solar Energy. Albany, N.Y.: Institute for Humanistic Studies, SUNY at Albany, 1978.