A Clearinghouse on Natural Hazards Research Applications

科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的自然灾害中心是全国关于灾害、灾害和风险的社会层面的知识交流中心。该中心是加州大学博尔德分校行为科学研究所的一个单位。NHC为危害研究人员、公共和私营部门的从业者、学生和广大公众提供各种服务。这些服务包括：http://www.colorado.edu/hazards，网站，为全世界的灾害社区提供信息和链接；时事通讯《自然灾害观察家》，旨在促进研究人员、应急管理专业人员、资助机构和决策者之间的信息共享；灾后快速反应研究资金，使研究人员和学生能够收集易腐烂的数据并确定灾害后的教训；33,000项图书馆、可在网上搜索的数据库和定制的信息服务；书籍、专著和报告系列；定期出版物，旨在为灾害专业人员和决策者提供以研究为基础的指导。NHC还为寻求危险相关领域职业的研究生和本科生提供培训中心。NHC通过鼓励研究界、专业应急管理者、政府和私营部门官员以及普通公众之间的知识交流，为科学界和更广泛的美国公众提供服务。该中心是促进循证应急管理的领导者，并致力于确保灾害和灾害管理政策和计划具有坚实的科学研究基础。同时，NHC还通过其在学术之外的许多联系，鼓励将现实世界的经验和问题纳入研究过程。媒体、政府机构和私营部门组织经常要求中心工作人员解释和解释有关灾害和危害的社会科学知识。

The Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder serves as the nation's clearinghouse for knowledge on the societal dimensions of hazards, disasters, and risk. The center is a unit within the Institute of Behavioral Science at CU Boulder. The NHC provides a variety of services for hazards researchers, practitioners in both public and private sectors, students, and the public at large. Those services include: a web site, http://www.colorado.edu/hazards, which provides information and links for the hazards community worldwide; a newsletter, the Natural Hazards Observer, which is designed to promote information-sharing among researchers, emergency management professionals, funding agencies, and decision makers; post-disaster quick-response research funding that enables researchers and students to collect perishable data and identify lessons learned following disasters; a 33,000-item library, web-searchable data base, and customized information services; a book, monograph, and report series; and periodic publications designed to provide research-based guidance to hazards professionals and decision makers. The NHC also serves as a training center for graduate and undergraduate students seeking careers in hazard-related fields. The NHC serves both the scientific community and the broader U.S. public by encouraging knowledge exchange among the research community, professional emergency managers, governmental and private sector officials, and the general public. The center is a leader in promoting evidence-based emergency management and in working to see that hazard and disaster management policies and programs have a sound basis in scientific research. At the same time, through its many contacts outside academe, the NHC also encourages the incorporation of real-world experiences and issues within the research process. Center staff are often called upon by the media, government agencies, and private sector organizations to explain and interpret social science knowledge on disasters and hazards.