A Clearinghouse on Natural Hazards Applications

科罗拉多博尔德大学的自然灾害中心(NHC)是一个全国性且日益全球化的信息交换中心，它收集和传播关于灾害、灾害和风险的社会层面的研究成果和其他信息。通过这一项目，国家灾害控制中心将促进和直接促进灾害知识的转让和发展。它将培训各种学生，包括那些在研究减灾问题的学科中代表性不足的学生。它将与减少灾害风险的专业人员和机构合作，促进学术界、政府和其他部门内部和跨部门的合作与合作机会。此外，它将继续与各种专业协会、机构和其他实体协作，并为其使命作出贡献，以进一步促进多学科和跨学科的灾害研究和实践社区的发展，并确定以证据为基础的战略，以提高社会面对灾害的复原力。目前需要就以下专题进行研究和信息交流：灾害脆弱性和复原力；关于可接受风险的风险感知和判断；以及减轻、准备、应对和恢复各类极端事件的可持续战略。该项目将向不同的群体传播有关极端事件及其管理的信息，包括美国和世界各地与灾害相关学科的研究人员和学生，包括减少灾害风险的实践者、政策制定者和机构人员、关注减少极端事件损失的私营部门组织以及其他受众。这些活动将包括制作两份通讯(《自然灾害观察家》，每年出版六次，和DR，每两周出版一次)；主办DisasterGrads，这是一个面向研究生和其他用户的名单服务器；维护NHC网站，这是一个主要的信息门户网站；通过社交媒体进行交流；共同编辑美国土木工程师学会期刊《自然灾害评论》；组织和主办三次年度讲习班，吸引研究人员、学生、从业人员和决策者参加；提供图书馆和信息服务；赞助快速反应研究；与媒体和公众进行交流，以增加公众对减少灾害风险科学基础的了解。

The Natural Hazards Center (NHC) at the University of Colorado Boulder is a national and increasingly global clearinghouse that collects and disseminates research findings and other information on the societal dimensions of hazards, disasters, and risk. Through this project, the NHC will both facilitate and directly contribute to the transfer and development of knowledge on hazards and disasters. It will train a variety of students, including those who are under-represented in disciplines that address hazard mitigation. It will work with hazard risk reduction professionals and agencies to foster opportunities for collaboration and cooperation within and across academia, government and other sectors. Additionally, it will continue to collaborate with and to contribute to the missions of a variety of professional associations, agencies, and other entities to further contribute to the development of the multi- and inter-disciplinary hazards research and practice community and to identify evidence-based strategies for enhancing societal resilience in the face of disasters.This project will contribute in a variety of ways to discipline-based and interdisciplinary knowledge on multidisciplinary aspects of hazards and disasters. There is an ongoing need for research and information exchange on topics such as disaster vulnerability and resilience, risk perception and judgments concerning acceptable risk, and sustainable strategies for mitigating, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from extreme events of all types. This project will disseminate information on extreme events and their management to diverse groups, including researchers and students in hazard-related disciplines, both in the U. S. and around the world, including hazard risk reduction practitioners; policy makers and agency personnel; private-sector organizations concerned with reducing losses from extreme events; and other audiences. Those activities will include producing two newsletters (the Natural Hazards Observer, published six times a year, and DR, published every two weeks); hosting DisasterGrads, a listserv for graduate students and other users; maintaining the NHC Web site, a key information portal; communicating through social media; co-editing the American Society of Civil Engineers journal, the Natural Hazards Review; organizing and hosting three annual workshops that engage researchers, students, practitioners, and decision makers; providing library and information services; sponsoring quick response research; and communicating with the media and the general public to increase public understanding of the science base for disaster risk reduction.