A U.S.-Taiwan Joint Program for Multiple-Natural Hazard Reduction

该奖项支持美国和台湾之间关于减轻多种自然灾害的合作试点项目。这项工作将分为四项任务。第一项任务是盘点现有的减少自然灾害技术和负责减轻自然灾害的组织的信息；设计数据库格式，并输入信息。在任务II中，将选择台湾的一个地点作为示范地点，并将汇编综合数据，例如自然灾害的性质、发生频率、危险人口、建筑清单、经济脆弱性等的历史记录。将为美国收集类似的信息，但更笼统地说。在第三项任务期间，双边方案的设计将考虑到应对最频繁的灾害的现有机制，并将这些机制与为不太频繁发生的自然灾害采取的措施结合起来。将涉及三个关键领域：1)就尽量减少自然灾害影响的战略对特定受众进行教育和培训；2)采用现有缓解技术的方法和手段，例如新结构的建筑规范和旧结构的升级；3)更好地处理多重危险脆弱性所需的研究。第四项任务将包括在研讨会上对前面的活动进行评估，并在研讨会上提出关于实施多重减少灾害方案的结论和建议。美国派是纽约州立大学布法罗分校的乔治·李博士，台湾派是国立台湾大学的刘超轩博士。

This award supports a cooperative pilot project on multiple-natural hazard mitigation between the US and Taiwan. The effort will be divided into four tasks. Task I is to inventory information on available natural hazard reduction technologies and organizations responsible for natural hazards mitigation; design the data base format, and enter the information. In Task II, a site in Taiwan will be selected as the demonstration locale and comprehensive data, e.g., nature of natural hazards, historical records on frequency of occurrence, population at risk, building inventory, economic vulnerability, etc., will be compiled. Similar information but in more general terms will be collected for the US. During Task III, the bilateral program will be designed taking into account the existing coping mechanisms for the most frequent hazards and integrating them with the measures taken for less frequent recurring natural disasters. Three key areas will be addressed: 1) education and training of specifically identified audiences on strategies to minimize effects of natural disasters; 2) ways and means to implement available mitigation techniques, e.g., building codes for new structures and upgrading for old ones; and 3) research needed for better dealing with multiple hazard vulnerability. Task IV will consist of the evaluation of the preceding activities at a workshop, where findings and recommendations for multiple hazard reduction program implementation will be presented. The US PI is Dr. George Lee, SUNY, Buffalo, and the Taiwan PI is Dr. Chao-Shiuan Liu, National Taiwan University.