- Author
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Mitchell, J. K.
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Kabachnik, P.
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Donovan, r.
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Noguchi, J.
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Mitchell, T.
- Title
- Field Observations of Lower Manhattan in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Disaster: September 30, 2001.
- Coporate
- Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ
- Report
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Quick Response Report 139
2001
11 p.
- Distribution
- FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: (download copy) Website: http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr139/qr139.html
- Keywords
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terrorists
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terrorism
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disasters
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information dissemination
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time
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World Trade Center
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; security cordons; posters; environmental changes; complex information: missing voices, ambiguities and contradictions
- Abstract
- This brief report focuses on "perishable" information about the World Trade Center Disaster. Perishable information is information that is temporarily available and would likely be lost if not collected quickly after the event. It might include physical evidence such as high water marks on damaged buildings or interviews conducted about the performance of emergency management systems during the disaster impact period. In this case, it is information contained in posters created by the impacted population and observations by the investigators about changes in the physical environment. The collection of perishable information has a lengthy pedigree in hazards research. In the past, research teams from the National Research Council's Committee on Natural Disasters entered disaster-affected places to record such information. The Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center (NHRAIC) at the University of Colorado also manages a small grants program for the National Science Foundation that supports this kind of research. The present study is patterned after these initiatives though independent of them.