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Web News
http://www.jcu.edu.au/dept/CTURP/cdsweb.htm
The home page of the Centre for Disaster Studies at James Cook
University, Queensland, Australia, provides an overview of the center,
its goals and functions, numerous links to other Web sites relevant to
Australian hazards, and summaries of current center research.
http:/www.sacbee.com/news/projects/gathering_storm/index.html
The "Sacramento Bee," recently ran a series of articles, entitled
"The Gathering Storm," on the flood problem in the West. The articles
take a critical look at the issues and the inadequacy of the entire
range of current solutions, from dams and other structural measures,
to flood insurance, disaster relief, and land-use planning. The
authors, Tom Knudson and Nancy Vogel, conclude with a review of
possible reforms and a sobering recognition of the difficulty of
implementation.
http://elnino.noaa.gov
Yet another El Nino page from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, this excellent Web site is entitled "NOAA:
El Nino Forecasts, Observations and Research." It provides both El
Nino forecasts and status reports regarding current conditions, a
"threats assessment" for the entire US and individual states, as well
as information on El Nino preparedness. It includes sections entitled,
"About El Nino," "What is El Nino?" "Frequently Asked Questions,"
"Glossary of Terms," "The Atmosphere During El Nino," and "NOAA's
Role." It also covers El Nino impacts regionally, nationally, and
globally; provides copious links to other research institutions and
publications; and summarizes NOAA research on this phenomenon.
http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/index.html
This site provides the latest forecasts from the Colorado State
University climatology team headed by William Grey. The forecasts
cover the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, precipitation in the African
Sahel region, and El Nino effects. Past predictions are also
evaluated.
http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov
http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/landslide.html
To make citizens more aware of landslide hazards, the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) recently published a digitized landslide map
of the conterminous United States. The 1:3,750,000 map shows both
landslide susceptibility and incidence. A version of the map can be
viewed at the second URL above, and high resolution image files can
also be downloaded from this Web site. The site also offers a paper on
the possible influence of the current El Nino on landslides in the
West.
The landslide site is part of the USGS Geologic Hazards page -
the first URL above - which also covers earthquakes and geomagnetism.
For each topic there are images, lists of publications, fact sheets,
and lots of other information available.
http://www.metro-region.org/drc/nathaz/nathaz.html
This is the new Web page of the Natural Hazard Program of Metro
(the regional government in the Portland metropolitan area). Portland/
Metro is a national leader in comprehensive regional planning for
hazards, and this site offers insight into this program, which could
serve as a model for other regions.
Conferences and Training
Below are recent conference announcements received by the Natural Hazards Center. A comprehensive list of upcoming disaster-related meetings and training is available from our World Wide Web site: http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/conf.html
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Workshops. Offered by: Survive Business Continuity Group. A series of eight comprehensive workshops is offered throughout the year at various locations across the U.S. For a complete schedule, contact Survive Business Continuity Group, P.O. Box 5030, Branchburg, NJ 08876; fax: (908) 704-8999.
Critical Incident Stress Management Workshops. Offered by: International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF). Greeley, Colorado: January 8-11, 1998. Contact: ICISF, 10176 Baltimore National Pike, Suite 201, Ellicott City, MD 21042; (410) 750-9600; fax: (410) 750-9601.
Second Earthquake Technology Expo. Kobe, Japan: January 13-14, 1998. Contact: Peter Taylor, Gateway Exhibitions; (703) 914-0608; fax: (703) 914-1608; e-mail: ptgate@erols.com.
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Chapman Conference on Stable Continental Region Earthquakes. Hyderabad, India: January 25-29, 1998. Contact: AGU, Meetings Department, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20009; (800) 966-2481 or (202) 462-6900; fax: (202) 328-0566; e-mail: meetinginfo@kosmos.agu.org; WWW: http://www.agu.org/meetings/ch_scre_in.html.
37th Annual Texas Emergency Management Conference. Sponsor: Division of Emergency Management, Texas Department of Public Safety. San Antonio, Texas: February 16-18, 1998. Contact: Emergency Management Conference, P.O. Box 49186, Austin, TX 78765
1998 Annual Conference: "Partners in Emergency Preparedness." Co- Sponsors: Western Washington Emergency Network, Washington State Emergency Management, and Washington State Emergency Management Association. Bellevue, Washington: March 3-5, 1998. Contact: Columbia Resource Group; (206) 441-6448; fax: (206) 441-6369, e-mail: preparedness@crgnet.com.
7th International Conference on Emergency Medicine. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: March 25-29, 1998. Contact: International Conference Services, Ltd, 604-850 West Hasting Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1E1; (604) 681-2153; fax: (604) 681-1049; e-mail: 74161.347@compuserve.com.
Second Western Washington School Emergency Management Conference: Reducing and Responding to School Violence. Sponsor: King County Emergency Management. Shoreline, Washington: March 30-31, 1998. Contact: King County Emergency Management, 7300 Perimeter Road South, Room 128, Seattle, WA 98018; (206) 296-3830; fax: (206) 296-3838; e-mail: richard.gelb@metrokc.gov.
Third Harvard Symposium on Complex Humanitarian Disasters: "Disaster Medical Response: Current Challenges and Strategies." Boston, Massachusetts: April 6-7, 1998. Contact: Harvard Medical School; (617) 432-1525; e-mail: hmscme@warren.med.harvard.edu.
Effective Disaster Recovery Techniques - American Public Works Association (APWA) Video Conference. April 15. Contact: APWA, 2345 Grand Boulevard, Suite #500, Kansas City, MO 64108-2625; (816) 472- 6100, ext. 3511; fax: (816) 472-1610; WWW: http://www.pubworks.org.
International Workshop on Nonstructural Flood Control in Urban Areas. Sponsor: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Hydrological Program. S=FEo Paulo, Brazil: April 20-22, 1998. Contact: International Workshop on Non- structural Flood Control in Urban Areas, Av. Brigadeiro Luis Antonio, 317 - cj. 33, 01317-901 S=FEo Paulo, SP/Brazil; tel: (+55) (11) 604- 6412; fax: (+55) (11) 604-3406; e-mail: urban_floods@edu.usp.br.
European Geophysical Society (EGS) 23rd General Assembly - includes
sessions on "Landslide Hazards in Seismically Active Regions";
"Scaling, Multifractals, and Natural/Man-Made Hazards";
"Geomorphological Hazards: Extent, Evaluation, and Mapping
Techniques"; and "Shallow Landslides and Rainfall Triggering."
Nice, France: April 20-24, 1998.
For details on the landslide hazards session, contact Janusz Wasowski,
CNR-CERIST (Italian National Research Council), c/o Istituto Geologia
Applicata e Geotecnica, Politecnico di Bari, via Orabona, 4-70125
Bari, Italy; tel: +39-80-5428111; fax: +39-80-5567944; e-mail:
wasowski@area.ba.cnr.it; WWW: http://www.copernicus.org/EGS/egsga/nh3-5.htm.
For more information about the scaling/fractals session, contact Bruce
D. Malamud, Department of Geological Sciences; Cornell University,
Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-1504; (607) 255-3432; fax: (607) 254-4780;
e-mail: malamud@geology.cornell.edu; also see http://www.multifractal.jussieu.fr.
For information about the geomorphological hazards session, see:
http://www.gndci.pg.cnr.it/wwwgndci/Events/EGS98/Forum.html.
And for details about the shallow landslides session, contact Marino
Sorriso-Valvo; e-mail: sorriso@irpi.cs.cnr.it.
For general information about the assembly, see http://www.copernicus.org/EGS/EGS.html.
Hazards and Sustainability: Contemporary Issues in Risk Management. Sponsor: Centre for Risk and Crisis Management, Durham University Business School. Durham, U.K.: May 26-27, 1997. Abstracts due January 31, 1998. Abstracts of not more than 500 words should be sent to: Professor Denis Smith, Director, Centre for Risk and Crisis Management, Durham University Business School, Mill Hill Lane, Durham City, DH1 3LB, U.K.; e-mail: Denis.Smith@durham.ac.uk. For further information, contact: Eve Coles, Centre for Risk and Crisis Management, Durham University Business School, Mill Hill Lane, Durham City, DH1 3LB, U.K.; tel: +44 (0)191 374 1220/7326; fax: +44 (0)191 374 3386; e-mail: EveColes@durham.ac.uk.
Summer Institute in Coastal Management. Offered by: Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island. Narragansett, Rhode Island: June 1-26, 1998. Contact: Coastal Resources Center, Narragansett Bay Campus, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882; (401) 874- 6212; fax: (401) 789-4670; e-mail: mjwood@gsosun1.gso.uri.edu.
Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting. Sponsors: American Geophysical Union (AGU) and others. Taipei, Taiwan: July 21-24, 1998. Abstracts due March 23, 1998 (postal and e-mail); April 1 (World Wide Web). Contact: AGU, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20009; (800) 966-2481 or (202) 462-6900; fax: (202) 328-0566; e-mail: meetinginfo@kosmos.agu.org; WWW: http://www.agu.org.
Eleventh International Disaster Management Course. Offered by: The Disaster Management Centre (formerly, Disaster Preparedness Centre), Cranfield University. Faringdon, Oxfordshire, U.K.: July 28-September 3, 1998. Contact: Disaster Management Centre, Cranfield University, RMCS, Shrivenham, Swindon, Wiltshire SN6 8LA, U.K.; tel: +44 1793 785287; fax: +44 1793 785883; e-mail: disprep@rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk.
Second International Summer School on Assessment, Prevention, and Remediation of Landslide Related Environmental Geohazards. Organized by: Romanian Working Group on Landslides. Mangalia, Romania: August 31-September 5, 1998. Contact: Professor Mihail Popescu, University of Civil Engineering, P.O. Box 245, 78200 Bucharest 2, Romania.
Post-Emergency Response Issues Conference. Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Washington, D.C.: September 9-11, 1998. Abstracts due February 28. Contact: Sarah Wallis, EPA Post-Emergency Response Conference, SciComm, Inc., 7735 Old Georgetown Road, Fifth Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 652-1900; fax: (301) 652-7001; e-mail: EPAConference@scicomm.com.
American Water Resources Association (AWRA) 1998 Annual Conference on Water Resources and Symposia on Management of Human Impacts on the Coastal Environment and Applications of Water Use Information. Point Clear, Alabama: November 15-19, 1998. Abstracts due December 19, 1997. Contact: AWRA, 950 Herndon Parkway, Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20170-5531; (703) 904-1225; fax: (703) 904-1228; e-mail: awrahq@aol.com; WWW: http://www.uwin.siu.edu/~awra.
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California: December 6-10, 1998. Contact: AGU, Meetings Department, 1998 Fall Meeting, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20009; (800) 966-2481 or (202) 462-6900; fax: (202) 328-0566; e-mail: meetinginfo@kosmos.agu.org; WWW: http://www.agu.org.
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