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

这项拟议的研究是为了使15名国内顶尖的减灾和自然灾害专家能够成为参加2007年11月27-29日在台湾台北举行的第二届国际城市减灾会议的美国代表团的一部分。他们将发表论文，详细介绍美国在地震工程和多种灾害减灾方面的最新研究和实践。这次会议是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组织的。美国人的总出席人数应该是30人左右。该奖项将资助15名美国研究人员的旅费。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)气候变化的影响和相应的对策，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，八个工作组将侧重于1)城市减灾政策分析，2)多种灾害风险评估，3)按实践、执行或政策应用预警系统，4)减灾的先进技术，5)传播创新和信息整合，6)城市灾害管理的社会经济层面，7)灾难事件后的救济、恢复、搬迁和重建，8)灾害管理的经验教训和新方向。2ICUDR的学术价值体现在会议提供了在涉及城市减灾的一系列独特的广泛学科之间进行交叉培养的机会。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等领域的世界领先研究人员和从业人员将汇聚一堂。他们将首次就与全球变暖有关的问题与世界各国领导人会面。来自这两个主要学科的研究人员通常不会见面或一起进行研究，因为这两个学科可能会从彼此那里获得很多好处。与以往关于城市减灾的国际会议一样，人们预计2ICUDR将促进气候和灾害研究人员之间的合作研究，他们在应对减少风险、政策分析、风险感知和沟通以及减轻社会和经济影响等挑战方面有许多共同之处。预计2ICUDR将影响联合国国际减少灾害战略(UNISDR)的未来计划。这次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方案的范例。文件和工作组记录将作为会议记录印发，并在世界各地提供。预计这些程序将受到那些参与减少自然灾害、技术、气候和人为灾害造成的损失的人的高度重视，这些灾害影响到美国和整个亚洲国家最脆弱的人群。

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.