A Clearinghouse on Natural Hazards Applications

自然灾害中心（NHC）在科罗拉多博尔德大学是一个国家和日益全球性的信息交换中心，收集和传播研究成果和其他信息的危害，灾害和风险的社会层面。通过这一项目，国家人道主义协调委员会将促进并直接促进关于危害和灾害的知识的转让和发展。它将培训各种学生，包括那些在减灾学科中人数不足的学生。它将与减少灾害风险专业人员和机构合作，促进学术界、政府和其他部门内部和之间的协作与合作机会。此外，它将继续与各种专业协会、机构、和其他实体，进一步促进多学科和跨学科灾害研究和实践界的发展，并确定以证据为基础的战略，以加强社会在灾害面前的复原力。关于危害和灾害多学科方面的基础和跨学科知识。目前需要就灾害脆弱性和抗灾能力、风险认知和可接受风险的判断以及减轻、防备、应对和恢复各类极端事件的可持续战略等专题开展研究和信息交流。 该项目将向不同的群体传播有关极端事件及其管理的信息，包括美国和英国与灾害相关学科的研究人员和学生。S.在世界各地，包括减少灾害风险从业人员、决策者和机构人员、关注减少极端事件损失的私营部门组织以及其他受众。这些活动将包括制作两份通讯（《自然灾害观察家》，每年出版六期，《灾害报告》，每两周出版一次）;主办DisasterGrads，这是一个供研究生和其他用户使用的邮件列表服务器;维护国家人道主义委员会网站，这是一个重要的信息门户;通过社交媒体进行交流;共同编辑美国土木工程师学会期刊《自然灾害评论》;组织和主办三次年度讲习班，让研究人员、学生、从业人员和决策者参加;提供图书馆和信息服务;赞助快速反应研究;与媒体和公众沟通，以提高公众对减少灾害风险科学基础的认识。

The Natural Hazards Center (NHC) at the University of Colorado Boulder is a national and increasingly global clearinghouse that collects and disseminates research findings and other information on the societal dimensions of hazards, disasters, and risk. Through this project, the NHC will both facilitate and directly contribute to the transfer and development of knowledge on hazards and disasters. It will train a variety of students, including those who are under-represented in disciplines that address hazard mitigation. It will work with hazard risk reduction professionals and agencies to foster opportunities for collaboration and cooperation within and across academia, government and other sectors. Additionally, it will continue to collaborate with and to contribute to the missions of a variety of professional associations, agencies, and other entities to further contribute to the development of the multi- and inter-disciplinary hazards research and practice community and to identify evidence-based strategies for enhancing societal resilience in the face of disasters.This project will contribute in a variety of ways to discipline-based and interdisciplinary knowledge on multidisciplinary aspects of hazards and disasters. There is an ongoing need for research and information exchange on topics such as disaster vulnerability and resilience, risk perception and judgments concerning acceptable risk, and sustainable strategies for mitigating, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from extreme events of all types. This project will disseminate information on extreme events and their management to diverse groups, including researchers and students in hazard-related disciplines, both in the U. S. and around the world, including hazard risk reduction practitioners; policy makers and agency personnel; private-sector organizations concerned with reducing losses from extreme events; and other audiences. Those activities will include producing two newsletters (the Natural Hazards Observer, published six times a year, and DR, published every two weeks); hosting DisasterGrads, a listserv for graduate students and other users; maintaining the NHC Web site, a key information portal; communicating through social media; co-editing the American Society of Civil Engineers journal, the Natural Hazards Review; organizing and hosting three annual workshops that engage researchers, students, practitioners, and decision makers; providing library and information services; sponsoring quick response research; and communicating with the media and the general public to increase public understanding of the science base for disaster risk reduction.