A Clearinghouse on Natural Hazards Research Applications

科罗拉多大学行为科学研究所自然灾害中心首席研究员凯瑟琳·蒂尔尼美国科罗拉多大学行为科学研究所自然灾害研究中心首席研究员凯瑟琳·蒂尔尼每年在美国，灾害造成大量伤亡和经济损失。灾害的代价持续上升，主要是由于洪水泛滥地区、面临飓风和风暴潮风险的沿海地区以及面临野火风险的部分地区的人口密度不断增加。灾难给社区、企业和家庭带来了复杂而困难的恢复挑战，其心理影响可能会在灾难影响后长期存在。科罗拉多大学S自然灾害中心致力于预防和减少这些负面影响，并通过向决策者、应急管理界和普通公众传授灾害的社会、经济、政治和心理社会层面的知识，以及通过领导和倡导，提高国家的灾难抵御能力。为推进这些目标，中心提供了一系列信息产品，包括：1)图书馆和信息服务；2)电子通讯和列表服务(自然灾害观察者，DR，灾害等级)，旨在向公职人员、私人实体、研究人员、学生和公众提供信息；3)灾害和灾害领域公认最广泛的网站，包含研究报告、书目、指导文件，以及与许多其他中心和信息源的链接；4)关于特别感兴趣的专题的出版物(自然灾害信息和专著)；5)通过社交媒体传播信息(例如，在Twitter上作为灾害中心)；以及6)有来自大学、政府和私营部门的数百名参与者参加的年度研讨会，其中越来越多地包括国际研究人员和从业人员的参与。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难后的快速反应研究。信息产品，包括快速反应研究报告，主要通过中心网站免费提供，http://www.colorado.edu/hazards.The中心活动的知识价值基于其对灾害和灾害理论以及对灾害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结果。首席研究员蒂尔尼因其对风险和灾害损失的社会原因、灾害脆弱性和复原力以及灾害恢复等主题的研究，以及她在改善多学科合作以深入研究危险、灾害和风险方面所做的工作而受到广泛认可。中心活动和国家科学基金资助的更广泛影响可以从多个方面衡量，包括对中心网站的访问、灾害中心图书馆处理的信息请求、时事通讯和名单服务器订阅、参加年度研讨会以及对下一代灾害研究人员和从业人员的培训。这位PI将最先进的研究成果纳入她在科罗拉多博尔德大学的本科生和研究生课程中，并经常被要求为媒体提供关于灾难相关问题的背景和评论。此外，她和该中心的出版物经常被纳入全国各地的研究生和本科课程教学大纲。最近，她曾在《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》、《华尔街日报》、美国有线电视新闻网、美联社、国家公共广播电台和地方NPR电台以及赫芬顿邮报现场直播等媒体机构担任消息源或直播参与者。蒂尔尼定期在专业协会的会议上以及应急管理和减灾从业者的会议上发言。她还曾在几个国家科学院的委员会和小组中任职，这些委员会和小组都专注于灾害和气候变化。NAS委员会的报告和活动旨在就如何处理对国家具有重大意义的问题向各政府机构和方案提供指导。

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.