Introduction
The Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (HRRC) is a research center established at Texas A&M University.With a particular emphasis on disaster plans and their implications for future development, the center engages in research on hazard and disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.The staff of the HRRC is interdisciplinary in nature and includes the expertise of architects, planners, sociologists, policy analysts, and engineers. Dr. Walter Peacock has been the director since 2004.