Seminar on Research in Socio-Economics Aspects of Disasters in Developing Countries in Central America; San Jose, Costa Rica; Summer 1992

这一发展中国家科学奖将支持将于1992年夏天在哥斯达黎加圣何塞举行的中美洲发展中国家灾害的社会经济学方面研究研讨会。研讨会的组织者是特拉华大学灾害研究中心的拉塞尔·R·戴内斯和哥斯达黎加圣何塞中央美国联邦大学中美洲研究项目主任艾伦·拉韦尔。研讨会旨在突出今后关于灾害和紧急情况对社会的社会和经济影响的区域协作研究领域。议程包括评估该区域当前的灾害风险、审查实地研究、分析灾害的社会经济方面的现状、确定优先研究领域、制定合作研究项目、并在该区域内和与美国建立一个研究网络。中美洲和美国的24名参与者都是这一领域的活跃研究人员，他们将受益于当前信息和未来研究想法的交流。

This Science in Developing Countries award will support a Seminar on Research in Socio-Economics Aspects of Disasters in Developing Countries in Central America, to be held in San Jose, Costa Rica, in summer 1992. Organizers of the seminar are Russell R. Dynes of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware and Allan Lavell, Director of the Central American Research Program at the Confederacion Universitaria Centroamericana in San Jose, Costa Rica. The seminar aims to highlight areas for future regional collaborative research concerning the social and economic impact of disasters and emergencies on society. The agenda includes an assessment of current disaster risks in the region, a review of research in the field, an analysis of the current status of socioeconomic aspects of disaster, determination of high-priority research areas, development of cooperative research projects, and establishment of a research network within the region and with the United States. The 24 Central American and U.S. participants, all active researchers in this field, will benefit from an exchange of current information and future research ideas.