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位美国在减轻地震危害和减少自然灾害方面的顶尖专家成为美国代表团的一部分，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害减灾方面的最新研究和实践。这次会议由台湾的国家减灾科学技术中心（NCDR）、日本的社会安全科学研究所（ISSS）和美国的EERI组织。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）将支付其余代表的费用。会议包括三个全体会议：1)气候变化的影响及其应对措施，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，8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)预警系统在实践、实施或政策中的应用，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维度，7)灾后救援、恢复、搬迁和重建。8)灾害管理的经验教训和新方向。第二届国际减灾会议的知识价值反映在会议为城市减灾所涉及的独特广泛的学科之间的相互促进提供了机会。世界上在应急管理、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方面领先的研究人员和实践者将聚集在一起。他们将首次就全球变暖问题与世界各国领导人会面。这两个主要学科的研究人员可能会从彼此身上获得很多东西，但他们通常不会在一起会面或进行研究。与以往有关减少城市灾害的国际会议一样，预计第二届国际减灾会议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很多可分享的东西。这次会议将产生更广泛的重大影响。预计《公约》将影响联合国国际减灾战略的未来方案。这次会议将向与会者提供成功的减灾政策和项目的例子，这些与会者既来自高度工业化国家，也来自发展中国家。文件和工作组记录将作为会议记录印发，并向全世界提供。预计会议将受到那些参与减少自然、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.