PILOTS database

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage.

Sendai quake

Kyoto University response

Ritsumeikan University

Sendai disaster relief volunteer centre (in Japanese)

Information about the 1989 quake

Photographs of the quake

A few articles on volunteer responses to the earthquake.

O'Brien, P.W. & Mileti, D.S (1993). Citizen participation on emergency response.  In  P. A. Bolton (ed). The Lorna Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989-Public Response. U S  Geological survey professional paper 1553.  (ppB23-B30). Washington:United States government printing office.

Hurricane Katrina

Effects on New Orleans

Tulane University response

Drew University response

A few articles on volunteer responses to Hurricane Katrina

Plummer, C., Ai, A., Lemieux, C., Richardson, R., Dey, S., Taylor, P., . . . . (2008). Volunteerism among social work students during hurricanes katrina and rita: A report from the disaster area. Journal of social service research, 34(3), 55-71

Wilson, D. (October, 2008). Experiences of engineering students in post-Katrina service learning programs. 38^th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Saratoga Springs, NY

Dass-Brailsford, P.,  Thomley, R., & Hurtado de Mendoza, A. (2011).  Paying it forward: the transformative aspects of volunteering after Hurricane Katrina . Traumatology17(1),  29-40.

Wartburg College and the flood

University of Minnesota and tornado

Oklahoma State University and the Alabama tornadoes