Offprints available

PDF offprints of any of the following articles and book chapters can be requested by sending an email to me at d.alexander@alice.it.

Alexander, D.E. 2000. Scenario methodology for teaching principles of emergency management. Disaster Prevention and Management 9(2): 89-97.

Alexander, D.E. 2002. Nature's impartiality, man's inhumanity: reflections on terrorism and world crisis in a context of historical disaster. Disasters 26(1): 1-9.

Alexander, D.E. 2002. From civil defence to civil protection--and back again. Disaster Prevention and Management 11(3): 209-213.

Alexander, D.E. 2003. Towards the development of standards in emergency management training and education. Disaster Prevention and Management 12(2): 113-123.

Alexander. D.E. 2003. Terrorism, disasters and security. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 18(3): 165-169.

Alexander, D.E. 2004. Cognitive mapping as an emergency management training exercise. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management 12(4): 150-159.

Alexander, D.E. 2005. Towards the development of a standard for emergency planning. Disaster Prevention and Management 14(2): 158-175.

Alexander, D.E. 2005. An interpretation of disaster in terms of changes in culture, society and international relations. In R.W. Perry and E.L. Quarantelli (eds) What is a Disaster? New Answers to Old Questions. Xlibris Press, Philadelphia: 1-15.

Alexander, D.E. 2005. The meaning of disaster: a reply to Wolf R. Dombrowsky. In R.W. Perry and E.L. Quarantelli (eds) What is a Disaster? New Answers to Old Questions. Xlibris Press, Philadelphia: 75-81.

Alexander, D.E. 2005. Vulnerability to landslides. In T. Glade, M. Anderson and M. Crozier (eds) Landslide Hazard and Risk. Wiley, Chichester, UK: 175-198.

Alexander, D.E. 2006. Globalization of disaster: trends, problems and dilemmas. Journal of International Affairs 59(2): 1-22.

Alexander, D.E. 2006. Crisis intervention and risk reduction. In W.J. Ammann, S. Danneman and L. Vulliet (eds) Risk 21: Coping with Risks Due to Natural Hazards in the 21st Century. A.A. Balkema, Taylor and Francis, London: 51-56.

Alexander, D.E. 2007. Misconception as a barrier to teaching about disasters. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 22(2): 95-103.

Alexander, D.E. 2007. Making research on geological hazards relevant to stakeholders' needs. Quaternary International 171/172: 186-192.

Alexander, D.E. 2007. Disaster management: from theory to implementation. Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering 9(1): 39-49.

Alexander, D.E. 2007. "From Rubble to Monument" revisited: modernised perspectives on recovery from disaster. In D. Alexander, C.H. Davidson, A. Fox, C. Johnson and G. Lizzarralde (eds) Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Meeting Stakeholder Needs. Firenze University Press, Florence: xiii-xxii.

Alexander, D.E. 2008. A survey of GIS and mass movement studies and some reflections on theory and methodology. Geomorphology 94(3-4): 261-267.

Alexander, D.E. 2008. Emergency command systems and major earthquake disasters. Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering 10(3): 109-118.

Alexander, D.E. 2008. Mainstreaming disaster risk management. Chapter 2 in L. Bosher (ed.) Hazards and the Built Environment: Attaining Built-in Resilience. Taylor and Francis, London: 20-36.

Alexander, D.E., L. Bramati and M. Simonetta 2009. Emergency preparedness training and education in Lombardy Region, Italy: survey of supply and demand. Natural Hazards Review 10(3): 77-83.

Alexander, D.E. 2009. Principles of emergency planning. In U. Fra Paleo (ed.) Building Safer Communities: Risk Governance, Spatial Planning and Responses to Natural Hazards. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series, Vol. 58. IOS Press, Amsterdam: 162-174.

Alexander, D.E. 2010. The voluntary sector in emergency response and civil protection: review and recommendations. International Journal of Emergency Management 7(1): 151-166.

Alexander, D.E. 2010. The L'Aquila earthquake of 6 April 2009 and Italian Government policy on disaster response. Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research 2(4): 325-342.

Alexander, D.E. 2010. News reporting of the January 12, 2010, Haiti earthquake: the role of common misconceptions. Journal of Emergency Management 8(6): 15-27.

Alexander, D.E. 2010. Rapid adaptation to threat: the London bombings of July 7, 2005. In L.K. Comfort, A. Boin and C. C. Demchak (eds) Designing Resilience: Preparing for Extreme Events. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 143-157.

Alexander, D. 2010. Bioterrorism and pandemics: a new world order of civil defence. In A. Trufanov, A. Rossodivita and M. Guidotti (eds) Pandemics and Bioterrorism: Transdisciplinary Information Sharing for Decision-Making Against Biological Threats. NATO Science for Peace and Security, Series E: Human and Societal Dynamics Vol. 62. IOS Press, Amsterdam: 105-113.

Alexander, D.E. 2011. Mortality and morbidity risk in the L'Aquila, Italy, earthquake of 6 April 2009 and lessons to be learned. In R.S. Spence and E. Ho (eds) Human Casualties in Earthquakes. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research no. 29, Springer, Berlin, Ch. 13.

Alexander, D.E. 2011. Sense and sensibility about terrorism: a European perspective. Integrated Disaster Risk Management Journal 1(1).

Alexander, D.E. 2011. Disability and disaster. In B. Wisner, J-C. Gaillard and I. Kelman (eds) Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction. Routledge, London: 384-394.

Alexander, D.E. 2011. Towards a practical phenomenology of architecture and natural hazards. In G.P. Brogiolo, D.E. Angelucci, A. Colecchia and F. Remondino (eds) Teoria e metodi della ricerca sui paesaggi d’altura. Società Archeologica Padana, Mantova, Italy: 203-214.

Alexander, D.E. 2011. Disability and disaster. In B. Wisner, J-C. Gaillard and I. Kelman (eds) Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction. Routledge, London: 384-394.

Alexander, D.E. 2011. Models of social vulnerability to disasters. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais 93 (in Portuguese).

Alexander, D.E. 2012. Resilience against earthquakes: some practical suggestions for planners and managers. Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering 13(1): 131-137.

Alexander, D.E. 2012. The London bombings of July 7, 2005. In B. Jacobs, A. Boin, L.K. Comfort and I. Helsloot (eds). Megacrises. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois: 158-167.

Alexander, D.E. 2012. An evaluation of the medium-term recovery process after the 6 April 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila, central Italy. Environmental Hazards: Human and Policy Dimensions 11(2): 1-13.

Alexander, D.E. 2012. Disasters: lessons learned? Journal of Geography and Natural Disasters 2(1), 1-2.

Alexander, D.E. 2012. Towards a practical phenomenology of architecture and natural hazards. In G.P. Brogiolo, D.E. Angelucci, A. Colecchia and F. Remondino (eds) Teoria e metodi della ricerca sui paesaggi d’altura. Società Archeologica Padana, Mantova, Italy: 203-214.

Alexander, D.E. 2012. Our starting point. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 1: 1-4.

Alexander, D.E. 2012. A tale of three cities and three earthquake disasters. Tafter Journal 50: 1-10.

Alexander, D.E. 2012. What can we do about earthquakes? Towards a systematic approach to seismic risk mitigation. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 45(2): 1-16.

Alexander, D.E. 2012. The 'Titanic Syndrome': risk and crisis management on the Costa Concordia. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management 9(1); article 33.

Alexander, D.E. 2012. Approaches to emergency management teaching at the Master's level. Journal of Emergency Management.

Alexander, D.E. and I. Davis 2012. Disaster risk reduction: an alternative viewpoint. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 2: 1-5.

Alexander, D.E. 2012. The London bombings of July 7, 2005. In I. Helsloot, A. Boin, B. Jacobs, and L.K. Comfort (eds) Mega-Crises: Understanding the Prospects, Nature, Characteristics and Effects of Cataclysmic Events. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois: 158-167.