Modeling sea-level rise and surge in low-lying urban areas using spatial data, geographic information systems, and animation methods / E. Lynn Usery, Jinmu Choi, and Michael P. Finn -- Urban expansion and sea-level rise related flood vulnerability for Mumbai (Bombay), India using remotely sensed data / Firooza Pavri -- A GIS for flood risk management in Flanders / Pieter Deckers ... [et al.] -- Using geographic information science to estimate vulnerable urban populations for flood hazard and risk assessment in New York City / Juliana Maantay, Andrew Maroko, and Gretchen Culp -- Geo-information technology for infrastructural flood risk analysis in unplanned settlements : a case study of informal settlement flood risk in the Nyabugogo flood plain, Kigali City, Rwanda / Jean Pierre Bizimana and Michele Schilling -- A respiratory riskscape for Texas cities : a spatial analysis of air pollution, demographic attributes and deaths from 2000 through 2004 / Susan M. Macey -- Spatial distribution of toxic release inventory sites in Chicago area : is there environmental inequity? / Fahui Wang and Yvette C. Feliberty -- Risk and exposure to extreme heat in microclimates of Phoenix, AZ / Darren M. Ruddell ... [et al.] -- Wildfire risk analysis at the Wildland Urban interface in Travis County, Texas / Yongmei Lu, Lori Carter, and Pamela S. Showalter -- Early warning of food security crises in urban areas : the case of Harare, Zimbabwe, 2007 / Molly E. Brown and Christopher C. Funk -- Spatial information technologies for disaster management in China / Jing Li ... [et al.] -- A cybercartographic tool for supporting disaster prevention planning processes and emergency management in Mexico City / Elvia Martâinez-Viveros and Fernando Lâopez-Caloca -- Integration of tsunami analysis tools into a GIS workspace : research, modeling, and hazard mitigation efforts within NOAA's Center for Tsunami Research / Nazila Merati ... [et al.] -- Utilizing new technologies in managing hazards and disasters / Ronald T. Eguchi ... [et al.] -- Remote sensing and GIS data/information in the emergency response/recovery phase / Michael E. Hodgson, Bruce A. Davis, and Jitka Kotelenska -- Investigating recovery patterns in post disaster urban stettings : utilizing geospatial technology to understand post-Hurricane Katrina recovery in New Orleans, Louisiana / Steven M. Ward, Michael Leitner, and John Pine -- Space and time changes in neighborhood recovery after a disaster using a spatial video acquisition system / Andrew J. Curtis ... [et al.] -- Pre-evacuation trip behavior / Melany Noltenius and Bruce A. Ralston -- Micro-level emergency response : 3D geometric network and an agent-based model / Jinmu Choi and Jiyeong Lee -- A planning support system for terror-resistant urban communities / Xinhao Wang, Joshua S. Belhadj, and Heng Wei.