Core Activities of the Committee on Natural Disasters

该奖项旨在为以下方面提供新的支持 国家研究理事会委员会 自然灾害 委员会有 多学科成员开展其 调查影响的职能 各种类型的工程灾害， 制度体系。 灾害 委员会调查的案件包括 地震、强风和 洪水 委员会的研究结果 在报告中公布， 向公众开放。 这些报告 确定所吸取的经验教训， 对减少危害和 规划灾害应对。

This award is to provide renewed support for the National Research Council's Committee on Natural Disasters. The committee has a multidisciplinary membership to carry out its function of investigating the impacts of various types of disasters on engineered and institutional systems. Disasters investigated by the committee include those caused by earthquakes, strong winds and floods. Results of the committee's studies are published in reports which are made available to the public. These reports identify lessons that are learned that have implications for hazard reduction and planning for disaster response.