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Here are the details Research Paper: Select a narrow topic relevant to a specific natural, technological, or intentional disaster and perform an examination of research materials available. Your topic may be about any issue covered in this course to include earthquakes, hurricanes, chemical plant explosion, terrorist attack, and etc. Write a research paper which identifies the name, location, and date(s) of the event, and includes a fairly comprehensive description of what happened, why, and what were its effects on human populations and the environment. If the focus of your investigation and research involves natural hazards, include in your discussion any specific measures of magnitude, duration, underlying causes, warning signs, and effects. If the focus of your research involves chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive materials. whether commercial products or WMD, include description of the materials physical, chemical, biological, or radiological properties and explain its effects. Your paper should not exceed 10-15 typed pages plus bibliography. For this 10-15 page research paper assignment, you should consult between three and five credible academic sources (books, journal articles, etc) at a minimum. You could consult more if you want, but that would be up to you. You may include as many citations from your selected 3-5 sources as you find necessary to define your research interests and communicate your selection of facts and circumstances that are known and recognized in the academic and professional communities through the body of academic literature and other credible sources. Given this guidance, your papers should have, at a minimum, between two and three citations from each of your three to five sources (books, etc) which would put the total number of acceptable research citations in your papers in the range of six to fifteen. The research paper will be due no later than the end of Week 20. Stylist factors to remember in writing these research papers: 1) Papers must be typed, double-spaced, with 1 inch margins and 12 point fonts. 2) The American Psychological Association (APA) style manual must be used. Endnotes will be acceptable as footnotes. The bibliography does not count as a typewritten page. 3) A cover page is to include the title of the paper, your name, the name of the class, and the date you are submitting the assignment. The cover page does not count as a typewritten page. 4) Be sure to include page numbers and/or web pages when citing source material. 5) Quotes, statistics, and paraphrased material should have notes. 6) Academic journal articles are a very good source of information. 7) The use of the Internet is acceptable, but all information cited must be from sound academic or other reliable sources. Wikipedia is not a credible source and must not be cited. 8) Papers should be sent to the instructor using the WebCampus assignment tool as attachments in .doc or .rtf format. 9) Articles, working papers, or books may be identified through the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder ([login to view URL]), through the Learning Resource Center (FEMA’s library) at ([login to view URL]), and through the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center ([login to view URL]) 10) Research Paper Grading Criteria will be based on th