A Clearinghouse on Natural Hazards Research Applications

科罗拉多大学博尔德分校行为科学研究所自然灾害中心首席调查员kathleen Tierney每年，灾害都会在美国造成大量人员伤亡和经济损失。灾害造成的损失持续上升，主要原因是洪水平原、沿海地区等危险地区的人口密度不断增加，这些地区面临飓风和风暴潮的风险。该国部分地区面临野火的威胁。灾害给社区、企业和家庭带来了复杂而困难的恢复挑战，其心理影响可能在灾害发生后很长时间内持续存在。科罗拉多大学？自然灾害中心旨在通过向决策者、应急管理界和公众传授灾害的社会、经济、政治和心理方面的知识，以及通过领导和宣传，预防和减少这些负面影响，增强国家的灾害复原力。为了实现这些目标，中心提供了一系列信息产品，包括：1)图书馆和信息服务；2)旨在向政府官员、私人实体、研究人员、学生和公众提供信息的电子通讯和列表服务（自然灾害观察者、DR、灾害毕业生）；3)一个在灾害和灾害领域最广泛认可的网站，包含研究报告、参考书目、指导文件以及与许多其他中心和信息来源的链接；4)关于特别感兴趣的主题的出版物（自然灾害报告和专著）；5)通过社交媒体（如Twitter作为HazCenter）发布信息；6)每年有来自大学、政府和私营部门的数百名参与者参加的研讨会，越来越多的国际研究人员和从业人员参加。为了提供有关灾害及其社会影响的快速信息，该中心还赞助了美国重大灾害后的快速反应研究。信息产品，包括快速反应研究报告，主要通过中心网站（http://www.colorado.edu/hazards.The）免费提供。中心活动的智力价值取决于它对灾害和灾害理论以及对灾害的原因和后果的分析的贡献。中心的教职员工积极参与研究，并在书籍（包括教科书）、期刊文章和会议报告中报告研究成果。首席研究员蒂尔尼在风险和灾害损失的社会原因、灾害脆弱性和复原力、灾害恢复等领域的研究得到广泛认可，并在促进多学科合作以深入研究灾害、灾害和风险方面做出了贡献。中心活动和美国国家科学基金会资助的更广泛的影响可以通过多种维度来衡量，包括访问中心网站，由危害中心图书馆处理的信息请求，时事通讯和listserv订阅，参加年度研讨会，以及下一代灾害研究人员和从业者的培训。她将最先进的研究成果融入到科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的本科和研究生课程中，并经常被要求为媒体提供有关灾害相关问题的背景和评论。此外，她的出版物和该中心的出版物经常被列入全国研究生和本科生的课程大纲。最近，她为《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》、《华尔街日报》、CNN、美联社、全国公共广播电台和当地NPR电台以及《赫芬顿邮报》直播等媒体提供消息来源或参与直播。蒂尔尼定期在专业协会会议以及应急管理和减灾从业人员会议上发言。她还曾在美国国家科学院（National Academy of Sciences）的几个委员会和专门小组任职，重点关注灾害和气候变化。NAS委员会的报告和活动旨在为各种政府机构和项目提供指导，以解决具有国家意义的问题。

A Clearinghouse for Natural Hazards Research and ApplicationsKathleen Tierney, Principal InvestigatorNatural Hazards Center, Institute of Behavioral ScienceUniversity of Colorado BoulderEvery year, disasters cause numerous deaths and injuries and many economic losses in the U. S. The costs of disasters continue to rise, owing largely to growing population density in hazardous areas such as floodplains, coastal areas that are at risk from hurricane winds and storm surges, and parts of the country that are at risk from wildland fires. Disasters present complex and difficult recovery challenges for communities, businesses, and households and their psychological effects can linger long after disaster impact. The University of Colorado?s Natural Hazards Center seeks to prevent and reduce these negative impacts and enhance the disaster resilience of the nation through transferring knowledge on the social, economic, political, and psychosocial dimensions of disasters to decision makers, the emergency management community, and the general public, as well as through leadership and advocacy. To advance these goals, the Center provides a range of information products, including: 1) library and information services; 2) electronic newsletters and listservs (Natural Hazards Observer, DR, Disaster Grads) aimed at providing information to public officials, private entities, researchers, students, and the general public; 3) a web site that is the most widely-recognized in the hazards and disasters field, containing research reports, bibliographies, guidance documents, and links to many other centers and information sources; 4) publications on topics of special interest (Natural Hazards Informer and monographs); 5) information distribution through social media (e.g., on Twitter as HazCenter); and 6) an annual workshop that is attended by hundreds of participants from universities, government, and the private sector and that increasingly includes participation by international researchers and practitioners. To provide rapid information on disasters and their social impacts, the Center also sponsors quick-response research in the aftermath of major U. S. disasters. Information products, including quick-response research reports, are available free of charge, primarily through the Center web site, http://www.colorado.edu/hazards.The intellectual merit of Center activities is based on its contributions to hazards and disaster theory and to the analysis of the causes and consequences of disasters. Center faculty and staff are actively engaged in research and in reporting research results in books (including textbooks), journal articles, and conference presentations. Principal investigator Tierney is widely recognized for her research on topics such as the social causes of risk and disaster losses, disaster vulnerability and resilience, and disaster recovery, as well as her work on improving multi-disciplinary collaboration for the in-depth study of hazards, disasters, and risk. The broader impacts of Center activities and NSF funding can be measured along a variety of dimensions, including visits to the Center web site, information requests handled by the Hazards Center Library, newsletter and listserv subscriptions, attendance at annual workshops, and the training of the next generation of disaster researchers and practitioners. The PI incorporates state-of-the art research findings into her undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Colorado Boulder and is frequently called upon to provide context and commentary on disaster-related issues for the media. Additionally, her publications and those of the Center are often included in graduate and undergraduate course syllabi around the country. Recently, she has served as a source or on-air participant for media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN, the Associated Press, National Public Radio and local NPR stations, and HuffPost Live. Tierney speaks regularly at meetings of professional societies and at conferences for emergency management and disaster loss-reduction practitioners. She has also served on several National Academy of Sciences committees and panels focusing both on disasters and on climate change. NAS committee reports and activities are designed to provide guidance to various governmental agencies and programs on ways of addressing issues of national significance.