A Clearinghouse on Natural Hazards Research and Applications~ ~

该奖项为自然灾害研究和应用信息中心的继续提供支持。该中心将继续向潜在用户--管理人员、技术人员、政策制定者和科学家--传播危害研究信息。该中心将每年出版和分发六次《自然灾害观察家》，继续其出版系列，并举办有灾害研究用户和生产者参加的年度讲习班。该中心将在答复询问时提供日常信息。准备和评估材料以及协助其他小组开发新的方案和信息将完成中心的主要职责。将特别重视发展与以前不活跃在灾害领域的群体的沟通渠道，以提高他们的认识，并鼓励努力减轻对其设施和其社区的灾害影响。该中心还将开展适度的研究活动，该中心将支持全国各地的研究人员对特定危险事件进行“快速反应”研究。

This award provides support for the continuation of the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center. The Center will continue to disseminate hazards research information to potential users--administrators, technicians, policy makers, and scientists. The Center will publish and distribute the Natural Hazards Observer six times a year, continue its publication series, and hold its annual workshop involving users and producers of hazards research. The Center will provide information on a day-to- day basis in response to inquiries. The preparation and evaluation of materials and assistance to other groups in the development of new programs and information will complete the Center's main responsibilities. Particular emphasis will be placed on developing lines of communication with groups not previously active in the hazards field to increase their awareness and to stimulate efforts to mitigate hazard impacts on their own facilities and in their own communities. Modest research activities will also be conducted at the Center and the Center will support researchers throughout the nation as they carry out "quick response" research on specific hazard events.