Core Activities of the Committee on Natural Disasters

该奖项旨在为国家自然灾害研究委员会提供新的支持。该委员会由多学科成员组成，以履行其调查各种灾害对工程和体制系统的影响的职能。委员会调查的灾害包括地震、强风和洪水造成的灾害。委员会的研究结果发表在向公众提供的报告中。这些报告确定了对减少灾害和规划救灾工作有影响的经验教训。

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.