Introduction to Selected Papers from Risk Assessment and Crisis Response 2011.

The article reports on the need for the U.S. government to establish disaster prevention strategies at all levels of responsibility. To address this issue, the Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) hosted the 3rd International Conference on Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (RACR) on May 22-25, 2011. The main goal of the forum is to provide latest approaches to risk analysis and crisis response.