Citation
(1999), "California Environmental Resources Evaluation System", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 8 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.1999.07308aag.042
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
The California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES) is a Web-based information repository developed by the California Resources Agency "to facilitate access to a variety of electronic data describing the region's rich and diverse environments". The goal of CERES is to improve environmental analysis and planning by integrating natural and cultural resource information from multiple contributors and making it available to a wide variety of users. The site provides much information that is useful beyond California, including sections on the following:
Earthquakeshttp://www.ceres.ca.gov/theme/ earthquakes.html
El Nino
http://www.ceres.ca.gov/elnino
Wildfire
http://www.ceres.ca.gov/theme/fire.html
Floods
Natural Disasters and Human Activity
http://www.tor.ec.gc.ca/earg/pubs/ndha/ndha.htm
This site contains Natural Disasters and Human Activity A Contribution to the North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation State of the Environment Report, a paper by David Etkin, Maria Vazquez, and Ilan Kelman. It examines natural disasters in North America and includes sections entitled, "What is a Natural Disaster?"; "Types of Natural Hazards and Disasters", including an overview of natural disasters and case studies; "Natural Disasters That Might Have Been"; "How Human Activity Mitigates Natural Disasters"; "How Human Activity Contributes Towards Natural Disasters"; "Global Change and Sustainability"; and "Summary and Concluding Statement".