Assessment of Research and Applications on Natural Hazards

这项研究将评估有关自然灾害的适用知识领域的现有知识，例如物理科学、社会科学和工程学。它将评估国家在人类聚集的相关层面上应用这一知识的情况。它将根据国家和全球趋势等普遍的背景现实，确定研究和应用的优先事项，应用的潜力，可能的回报，以及现有的限制和激励。这是这项工作的第一阶段，将包括一次讲习班，以确定拟议评估的适当方向。

This research will take stock of existing knowledge in applicable fields of knowledge on natural hazards, for example, physical science, social science and engineering. It will assess the state of applications of that knowledge in the nation at relevant levels of human aggregation. It will determine research and applications priorities given prevailing contextual realities such as national and global trends, the potential for being applied, likely payoff, and existing constraints and incentives. This is the first phase of the effort and will involve a workshop to determine proper direction for the assessment proposed.