Support for Workshop: Vision 2005: An Action Plan for Strong-Motion Programs To Mitigate Earthquake Losses in Urbanized Areas

9708659步骤国家减少地震损失计划的战略计划(1996年4月)以这样一句话开始：“虽然地震是不可避免的自然灾害，但它们不一定是不可避免的灾难。通过谨慎的行动，我们的国家可以减少未来地震造成的生命损失、人员伤亡、财产损失以及社会和经济中断。”这是对管理地震损失的国家承诺的更新，这一承诺推动了1977年国家减少地震危险计划(NEHRP)的实施。NEP目标的一个组成部分是提供足够的强震信息数据库。鉴于对强震数据的广泛需求，以制定减少地震损失的措施，最近对地震工程和地震减灾关键需求的研究强调，需要建立一个实体来概述和提供对强震信息需求的广泛国家视角，并领导协调发展计划，以推进强震项目，以实现既定的国家目标和减少地震损失的战略目标。美国强震计划促进委员会(CASMP)于1996年成立，以回应这一需求。CASMP的目标是提供持续广泛的全国强震项目需求概览，并鼓励在强震数据的收集、传播和利用方面取得进展，以此作为改善地震公共安全的工具。委员会计划通过举办一系列研讨会来实现其目标，这些研讨会的重点是确定国家强震数据需求；评估现有强震项目在多大程度上满足国家对强震数据的需求；以及促进制定国家强震项目战略计划。该委员会将推动加强实施国家强震计划的强震计划的行动，并将促进协调的国际强震计划的发展，以加强美国的计划。这一行动是为了支持计划举办的第一期讲习班。这次研讨会的目标是制定一个强震计划的行动计划，称为“2005远景”，以减轻城市化地区的地震损失。该讲习班将于1997年4月2日至4日在加利福尼亚州蒙特利举行。

9708659 Stepp The strategic plan (April 1996) for the National Earthquake Loss Reduction Program (NEP) opens with the statement, "Although earthquakes are inevitable natural hazards, they need not be inevitable disasters. Through prudent actions our nation can reduce losses of life, casualties, property losses, and social and economic disruptions from future earthquakes." This is a renewal of the national commitment to managing losses in earthquakes that motivated implementation of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) in 1977. An integral part of the NEP goals is the availability of an adequate data base of strong motion information. Given the broad need for strong motion data to develop earthquake loss reduction measures, recent studies of the key needs for earthquake engineering and earthquake hazard mitigation have emphasized the need to establish an entity to overview and provide broad national perspective of needs for strong motion information and to provide leadership for coordinated development of plans to advance strong motion programs to meet established national goals and strategic targets for reducing earthquake losses. The U.S. Committee for Advancement of Strong Motion Programs (CASMP) was established in 1996 in response to this need. The objective of CASMP is to provide continuing broad national overview of strong motion program needs and to encourage advancements in the collection, dissemination and utilization of strong motion data as a tool for improving public safety in earthquakes. The Committee plans to accomplish its objectives through a series of workshops focusing on the identification of national strong motion data needs; assessment of the degree to which existing strong motion programs meet the national needs for strong motion data; and facilitation of the development of a national strategic plan for strong motion programs. The Committee will promote actions to enhance strong motion programs implementing the national strong motion plan, and will facilitate development of coordinated international strong motion programs to augment U.S. programs. This action is to support the first of the workshops planned. The goal for this workshop is to develop an action plan for strong-motion programs, referred to as Vision 2005, to mitigate earthquake losses in urbanized areas. This workshop will be held in Monterey, CA, 2-4 April 1997.