SGER: US-Pakistan Workshop on Collaborative Research, Education, & Development Strategies for Earthquake Hazards Mitigation in Pakistan

摘要：2005年10月8日，巴基斯坦北部地区发生里氏7.6级强烈地震，造成8.7万多人死亡，200万人无家可归，建筑物和交通网络遭到严重破坏。这次毁灭性地震的救援、恢复和重建费用可能超过100亿美元。除了生命和财产的悲剧性损失外，克什米尔地震还为美国研究人员提供了一个独特的机会，可以对他们的系统水平、综合地震后果最小化模型进行基准测试，并协助巴基斯坦研究界确定和加强他们初步的地震减灾工作。建议于2006年3月在伊斯兰堡组织一次美国研究人员，特别是那些受到高后果低概率地震影响的研究人员与巴基斯坦研究人员的联合研讨会。讲习班的主要目的是帮助确定巴基斯坦减轻地震风险议程并确定其优先次序，并分享知识、专门知识以及实地测量和损害评估数据。建立研究关系、机构联系和教育交流也将是这一倡议的重要目标。讲习班结束时将发表一份报告，确定关键的研究和发展需要，并确定具体的合作研究倡议。拟议中的研讨会将为美国研究人员和他们的巴基斯坦同行提供一个独特的机会，以更好地了解大规模灾难后紧急救援、救济和重建需求与长期可持续减灾努力之间的关系。它还将有助于将震源的综合观点与社会问题联系起来，并为美国开发的系统级地震后果最小化应用程序提供一个测试平台。研讨会将为两国之间的长期合作研究和教育计划制定战略蓝图，以满足人们的需求，并进一步推动美国的研究和专业发展基金会支持美国研究人员的参与。巴基斯坦高等教育委员会已承诺为当地参与者提供资金，并支付与举办讲习班有关的费用。美国国家科学基金会的OISE项目与CMS部门的SSHMS项目共同资助美国的参与。

Abstract: 0608836On October 8, 2005 a severe earthquake of Mw 7.6 struck the northern region ofPakistan, which lies near the western edge of the seismically active Himalayan arc, causing more than 87,000 deaths, two million homeless and extensive damage to buildings and transportation networks. The relief, recovery, and reconstruction cost of this devastating earthquake could possibly top 10 billion dollars.Aside from the tragic loss of life and property, the Kashmir earthquake offers a unique opportunity for the U.S. researchers to benchmark their system level, integrated earthquake consequence-minimization models as well as assist the Pakistani research community in defining and strengthening their embryonic earthquake hazard mitigation effort. It is proposed to organize a joint workshop between the U.S. researchers, particularly those affected by high consequence-low probability earthquakes, and their Pakistani counterparts in Islamabad in March 2006. The primary purpose of the workshop is to help define and prioritize the seismic risk mitigation agenda for Pakistan and to share knowledge, expertise, and the field measurements and damage assessment data. Establishing research relationships, institutional linkages and educational exchanges will also be important goals of this initiative. A report defining the critical research and development needs and identifying specific collaborative research initiatives will be published at the conclusion of the workshop. The proposed workshop will offer the U.S. researchers and their Pakistani counterparts a unique opportunity to better understand the relationship between the immediate rescue, relief, and reconstruction demands and the long term sustainable mitigation efforts required following a massive disaster. It will also help thread an integrated view of the source to society issues and provide a test bed for the system level earthquake consequence minimization applications developed in the U.S. The workshop will set forth a strategic blue print for long term collaborative research and educational initiatives between the two countries that will serve a much desired human need as well as further the research and professional development in the U.S. Funds are requested from the National Science Foundation to support the participation of the U.S. researchers. The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has committed to providing Funds for the local participants and the expenses related to hosting the workshop. The OISE program at NSF is co-funding the U.S. participation along with the SSHMS program of the CMS Division.