Conference: 2nd International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction; Taipei, Taiwan; November 27- 29, 2007

这项拟议的研究旨在使 15 名全国地震减灾和自然灾害减灾领域的顶级专家能够作为美国代表团的成员，参加将于 2007 年 11 月 27 日至 29 日在台湾台北举行的第二届国际城市减灾会议。他们将发表论文，详细介绍美国在地震工程和多灾种减灾方面的最新研究和实践。此次会议由台湾国家减灾科学技术中心（NCDR）、日本社会安全科学研究所（ISSS）和美国 EERI 主办。美国人出席的总人数应该在 30 人左右。该奖项将资助 15 名美国研究人员的旅行。地震工程研究所（EERI）正在支付其余代表的费用。 会议包括三个全体会议：1）气候变化的影响及相应对策，2）灾难性事件对国际社会的全球影响，3）国际减灾合作。此外，八个工作组将重点关注1）城市减灾政策分析，2）多灾种风险评估，3）早期预警系统的实践、实施或政策应用，4）减灾先进技术，5）通信创新和信息集成，6）城市灾害管理的社会经济层面，7）灾难性事件后的救济、恢复、搬迁和重建，8）经验教训和灾害管理的新方向。 2ICUDR 的学术价值体现在该会议为参与城市减灾的独特广泛学科之间的交叉融合提供了机会。应急管理、建筑和城市设计、结构和岩土工程、公共管理、社会学和社会心理学以及决策科学领域的世界领先研究人员和从业者将齐聚一堂。他们将首次与世界领导人就全球变暖相关问题进行会面。这两个主要学科的研究人员有可能从彼此身上获益良多，但他们通常不会会面或一起进行研究。与以往讨论减少城市灾害的国际会议一样，人们预计 2ICUDR 将促进气候和灾害研究人员之间的合作研究，他们在应对风险减少、政策分析、风险认知和沟通以及减轻社会和经济影响等方面的挑战方面有很多共同之处。本次会议将产生更广泛的影响。预计 2ICUDR 将影响联合国国际减灾战略 (UNISDR) 的未来计划。会议将为来自高度工业化国家和发展中国家的与会者提供成功的减灾政策和计划的范例。文件和工作组记录将作为会议记录发布并在全世界公开。预计这些程序将受到那些参与减少自然、技术、气候和人为灾害造成的灾害损失的人士的高度重视，这些灾害影响了美国以及亚洲各国最脆弱的人口。

This proposed research is to enable 15 of the nation's top experts in earthquake hazard mitigation and natural disaster reduction to be part of the United States delegation to the 2nd International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction which will be held in Taipei, Taiwan on November 27-29, 2007. They will present papers detailing state of the art US research and practice in earthquake engineering and multi hazard disaster mitigation. The conference is being organized by the National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) in Taiwan, the Institute of Social Safety Sciences (ISSS) in Japan, and the EERI from the United States. Total attendance by Americans should be about 30 individuals. This award will support the travel of 15 of the American researchers. The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is paying the expenses of the remaining delegates. The conference includes three plenary sessions: 1) the Impact of Climate Changes and Corresponding countermeasures, 2) The Global Impact of Catastrophic Events on International Society, and 3) International Collaboration for Disaster Reduction. In addition, eight working groups will focus upon 1) Policy Analysis for Urban Disaster Reduction, 2) Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment, 3) Application of Early Warning systems by Practices, Implementation or Policy, 4) Advanced Technology for Disaster Reduction, 5) Communication Innovation and Information Integration, 6) Socio-economic Dimensions of Urban Disaster Management, 7) Relief, Recovery, Relocation and Reconstruction after Catastrophic Events, and 8) Lessons Learned and New Directions for Disaster Management. The intellectual merit of the 2ICUDR is reflected in the opportunity the conference provides for cross fertilization between a uniquely broad range of disciplines involved in urban disaster reduction. The world's leading researchers and practitioners in emergency management, architecture and urban design, structural and geotechnical engineering, public administration, sociology and social psychology, and the decision sciences will come together. For the first time, they will meet with the world's leaders in issues associated with global warming. Researchers from these two major disciplines, which have potentially so much to gain from each other, do not typically meet or carry out research together. As in previous international conferences dealing with urban hazard reduction, one anticipates that the 2ICUDR will stimulate collaborative research between climate and hazard researchers who have much to share in addressing challenges of risk reduction, policy analysis, risk perception and communication, and the mitigation of social and economic impacts, etc. This conference will have substantial broader impact. It is anticipated that the 2ICUDR will influence future programs of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). The conference will provide examples of successful disaster mitigation policies and programs to those who attend the conference from both highly industrial as well as developing countries. Papers and working group records will be issued as proceedings and made available throughout the world. It is anticipated that the proceedings will be highly valued by those involved in reducing disaster losses from natural, technical, climatological, and human caused hazards affecting the most vulnerable populations in the US as well as those in countries throughout Asia.