RAPID: Recovery Process and Progress Following the 2009 L'Aquila Earthquake

该快速反应研究补助金项目将调查受L地震影响的社区的恢复进度和过程，目的是确定和收集必要的瞬时数据，以分析和表征恢复和重建的决策和进展。2009年4月，意大利L·阿奎拉市和周边城镇在6.3级地震中被摧毁，恢复和重建工作正在开始进行。为了研究这些过程，我们将开展研究活动，包括从社区会议中观察到的情况，收集这些会议的纪要和文件，与社区领导人、公职人员和行业专家进行面对面的访谈，以及收集针对建筑的纵向重建进展数据。这些活动将在今后9个月内开展，以记录主要的重建和恢复决定，包括制定和执行计划的关键月份。对这些观察结果的分析、访谈和文件分析将有助于了解灾后恢复进程，包括确定优先事项、社区团体、建筑业和地方政客在制定议程方面的作用，以及将有关地震风险、建筑标准和减灾战略的现有信息纳入这一进程。这项研究旨在提高对与建筑环境中风险缓解和恢复有关的决策的多学科社会技术方面的理解。有关影响恢复和重建决策的工程、文化和政治因素的经验教训将被用来为改进美国和意大利的风险缓解和恢复计划提出建议。该项目将进行跨学科、跨文化的合作，将工程学和社会学研究人员与意大利同行联系起来。

This Grant for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) project will investigate recovery progress and process in communities affected by the L'Aquila earthquake, with the goal of identifying and collecting the transient data necessary to analyze and characterize decision-making and progress in recovery and reconstruction. The city of L'Aquila, Italy and surrounding towns were devastated by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in April, 2009 and recovery and reconstruction are beginning to get underway. To study these processes, we will conduct research activities consisting of observations from community meetings, collection of minutes and documents from these meetings, face-to-face interviews with community leaders, public officials and industry experts, and the collection of longitudinal building-specific data on recovery progress. These activities will be carried out over the next 9 months to document the major rebuilding and recovery decisions, including the critical months in which plans are made and implemented. Analysis of these observations, interviews and document analysis will contribute to knowledge on recovery processes following disaster, including the establishment of priorities, the role of community groups, building industry and local politicians in shaping the agenda, and the incorporation of available information about seismic risk, building standards and mitigation strategies in this process. This research seeks to improve understanding of the multidisciplinary socio-technological aspects of decision-making related to risk mitigation and recovery in the built environment. Lessons learned about the engineering, cultural and political factors affecting recovery and rebuilding decision-making will be used to make recommendations for improved risk mitigation and recovery plans in the U.S., as well as Italy. The project will engage an interdisciplinary cross-cultural collaboration, linking engineering and sociology researchers with their Italian counterparts.