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The Environment and Behavior Program currently explores human- environmental relationships through the following two areas: a) upland/lowland linkages and mountain environments, and b) water resources and land-use interactions. These relationships are explored through three thematic approaches: 1) economic globalization and liberalization; 2) institutional change, and 3) population processes, livelihoods, and environmental sustainability. The program has established interests in climate-society relations and environmental hazards.
Applications (including statements of research and teaching interests; evidence of teaching ability; curriculum vitae; and copies of two papers, published or unpublished), along with three letters of recommendation, should be sent by February 1, 2000 to the address below.
The University of Colorado at Boulder is committed to diversity and equality in education and employment.
Apply to Professor Andrei Rogers, E&B Search Committee Chair, Institute of Behavioral Science, Campus Box 484, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0484.
The journal will be available in print and on CD-ROM, and will also be published through paid on-line access via the World Wide Web (http://www.pubs.asce.org). For details about subscribing, contact ASCE, Publications Marketing, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400; (703) 295-6163; fax: (703) 295-6278; e-mail: marketing@asce.org; WWW: http://www.pubs.asce.org.
Natural Hazards Review encourages professionals from engineering and the social sciences who work in private industry, government, and academia to submit articles for publication. Papers should provide insights into actual projects, programs, and/or proposed policy changes, as well as new innovations in natural hazards loss reduction. For immediate consideration, submit three double-spaced copies of articles to: ASCE, Journals Production Department, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400. For complete manuscript preparation instructions, contact that office for the special "Author's Guide" for this journal. Interested persons can also call (703) 295-6290; fax: (703) 295-6339; e-mail: journal-services@asce.org.
The study was based on a new set of computer models that considered the interaction of all the known faults that undercut the heavily developed areas around San Francisco. Conducted by a team of 70 scientists, it looked at the earthquake hazard from the Pacific Ocean to the Sacramento Delta, about 40 miles inland. Since 1989, when the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta quake shook the area, rapid development has occurred in the region, leaving more people at risk. The report provides probabilities of rupture for each fault in the region.
For more information on this report, contact Pat Jorgenson, USGS, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025; (650) 329-4000; WWW: http://www.usgs.gov.
http://www.fema.gov/impact
"Lessons learned" from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's
Project Impact are now on the Web and updated daily at the Web site
above. With hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, and Irene, there have been many
opportunities recently to highlight "lessons learned" in terms of
disaster prevention in both Project Impact and non-Project Impact
communities. Representatives from FEMA's disaster field offices have
been submitting examples of disaster mitigation projects and these
accounts represent a large portion of the examples now on-line. To
submit "lessons learned" contact Barb Sturner at FEMA, (202) 646-3650.
http://www.fema.gov/media
FEMA has also unveiled a new Web page to assist the press in
covering the agency and in gathering information for disaster-related
news stories. The media section includes the latest advisories,
breaking news, and disaster archives. It also provides downloadable,
high-resolution photos and graphics, audio spots, biographies,
speeches, background information and fact sheets, and a listing of
FEMA public affairs officers. In addition, reporters can enroll in a
list-serve to receive FEMA press releases via e-mail.
http://www.emforum.org/
For the past several years, each summer, the FEMA's Higher
Education Project has hosted a conference of educators and other
persons interested in promoting emergency management training in
colleges and universities around the country. The report for the 1999
Higher Ed Project Conference is now available for download from the
Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership (EIIP) Virtual
Library. Just go to the address above and click on "User Docs" under
"Quick Picks." This is a 97KB Microsoft Word 97 file. The direct ftp
address is ftp://www.emforum.org/pub/eiip/highed99.doc.
http://gldpsp.cr.usgs.gov/slumtrip/slumtrip.htm
The U.S. Geological Survey has been monitoring landslides
electronically for many years. This nifty Web page offers a next-
generation form of monitoring: a "Virtual Field Trip of the
Slumgullion Earth Flow" in southern Colorado. It provides live shots
from video cameras positioned around this massive flow (you can pan
across and zoom into the various scenes from your computer), as well
as a 15-chapter monograph on the flow entitled The Slumgullion Earth
Flow: A Large-Scale Natural Laboratory, edited by D.J. Varnes and
W.Z. Savage (U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2130).
http://www.ce.washington.edu/~liquefaction/
The "Soil Liquefaction" Web site was developed to provide general
information for interested lay persons and more detailed information
for engineers on this seismic phenomenon. Visitors who are not
familiar with soil liquefaction can find answers to such typical
questions as: What is soil liquefaction? When has soil liquefaction
occurred in the past? Where and why does soil liquefaction commonly
occur? How can soil liquefaction hazards be reduced? For each
question, more detailed information is provided separately for
earthquake and engineering professionals. The site is well illustrated
with photographs and animated graphics and includes links to much
additional information on liquefaction and earthquakes in general.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/threats.html
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's)
Climate Prediction Center Web site covers forecasts, climate
monitoring, data and indices, El Nino, and lots of other stuff.
There's a host of information here on climate and weather anomalies.
For example the "U.S. Threats Assessment" page at the second URL above
covers short-term (3-5 days), medium-range (6-10 days), and long-range
forecasts. The page includes North America maps showing projected
temperature/wind, precipitation, and soil/wildfire anomalies, and
other data, such as a table of rivers currently at or above flood
stage.
http://www.education.noaa.gov
NOAA has recently put together an education Web site to
consolidate the many educational activities and resources distributed
across the agency. The site has separate sections for teachers and
students, but is also designed to aid librarians and the general
public. It includes extensive information on severe weather and other
atmospheric hazards.
http://www.eeri.org
http://mceer.buffalo.edu
Within days of the Izmit, Turkey, earthquake, the Earthquake
Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and the Multidisciplinary Center
for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) dispatched a number of re-
searchers to examine the quake's impacts (see DR #299). Preliminary
findings are reported on the EERI Web site and in MCEER Response:
Kocaeli, Turkey Earthquake, August 17, 1999, a report available from
the MCEER site. The latter paper includes seismological observations;
reports on structural, highway, and lifeline damage; analyses of fire
and political/social consequences; personal observations; and a
bibliography. The MCEER site offers other reports about this disaster
as well as links to additional information available on-line. Printed
copies of MCEER Response: Kocaeli, Turkey Earthquake, August 17,
1999 are available from its editor, Jane Stoyle, c/o MCEER
Information Service, State University of New York at Buffalo, c/o
Science and Engineering Library, 304 Capen Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260-
2200; (716) 645-7791; fax: (716) 645-3379; e-mail:
jestoyle@acsu.buffalo.edu.
http://www.gein.noa.gr/English/home-en.html
Meanwhile, persons interested in the September 7 quake that shook
Athens, Greece, killed 142 people, and left approximately 100,000
homeless, can find a report on the Web site of the National
Observatory of Athens listed above.
http://www.bghrc.com/
The Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre at University College
London (see DR #228), was the first multidisciplinary natural hazards
research group established in the U.K. The centre staff, from many
different university departments, are engaged in all aspects of
natural hazards research, including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes,
floods, windstorms, and landslides. The centre's newly revised Web
site provides extensive information about the centre and its many
projects. It offers a "News Centre" with press releases, forecasts,
feature articles, case studies, a "fact file," project descriptions,
other centre news, and links to related sites; extensive descriptions
of research and services; information about the centre's new Disaster
Management Unit; a list of centre publications; references to other
new publications of interest to disaster researchers; a photo gallery
of hazards; and much more.
For more information about the centre, contact the Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre, School of Geological & Geophysical Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.; tel: +44 (0)171 419 3449; fax: +44 (0)171 388 7614; e-mail: bghrc@ucl.ac.uk. Or see the Web site above.
http://www.helpage.org/members/helsinki.html
[The above-mentioned Benfield Greig Centre hosts an excellent
e-mail list (natural-hazards-disasters@mailbase.ac.uk) from which the
following information is taken.]
With the NGO HelpAge International playing a major role, in September an international conference was held in Finland to look at the issue of older people in emergencies. A number of conference papers are now available on-line, together with HelpAge International's conference overview paper "The Ageing World and Humanitarian Crises." These papers, available at the Web site above, reveal the particular problems faced by older people in disasters - and the fact that humanitarian agencies appear to be largely unaware of them.
Innovative Technologies for Disaster Mitigation: Architectural Surety Conference. Sponsors: American Institute of Architects, American Society of Civil Engineers, and others. Washington, D.C.: October 27- 30, 1999. For more information contact: Rudy Matalucci, General Chair; e-mail: rvmatal@sandia.gov; or Jeff Danneels, Technical Program Manager; e-mail: jjdanne@sandia.gov. To register, call (505) 844-5614; e-mail: lkbruce@sandia.gov; WWW: http://www.hcecs.sandia.gov/archsur.htm.
Fall Conference of the Arizona Floodplain Management Association. Sierra Vista, Arizona: November 4-5, 1999. On the World Wide Web, see: http://www.azfma.org/meetings/fallmtg99/fall99.html.
Beyond El Nino: A Conference on Pacific Climate Variability and Marine Ecosystem Impacts, from the Tropics to the Arctic. La Jolla, California: March 23-26, 2000. Abstracts due November 1, 1999. Contact: North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES); (250) 363- 6366; fax: (250) 363-6827; e-mail: pices@ios.bc.ca; WWW: http://pices.ios.bc.ca.
Building a Disaster Resistant Asia. Sponsors: U.S. Trade and Development Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Department of Commerce. Honolulu, Hawaii: April 3-5, 2000. "The objective of the conference is to match U.S. technology and know-how with emergency management providers in Asia." Ten countries will be targeted for the conference: South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan. Contact: Gisele Lee, ICF Consulting; tel: (703) 934-3255; fax: (703) 934-3243; e-mail: asia-tda@icfconsulting.com. International Coastal Symposium 2000. Sponsors: Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Commission on Coastal Systems of the IGU, and others. Rotorua Bay, New Zealand: April 24-28, 2000. Abstract deadline: November 1, 1999. Contact: T. Healy, Coastal Marine Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, NZ; fax: +64-7-838-4061; e-mail: ics2000@waikato.ac.nz; WWW: http://www.erth.waikato.ac.nz/ics2000/ics2000.htm.
European Geophysical Society (EGS) 25th General Assembly. Nice,
France: April 25-29, 2000. The organizers of Session NH7-03,
"Assessment and Mitigation of Multiple Hazards: Collateral Seismic
Natural Disasters (Landslides, Liquefaction, Subsidence)" are seeking
contributions; abstracts are due December 15, 1999. Information about
the meeting is available at the EGS Web site:
http://www.copernicus.org./EGS/EGS.html.
Details on abstract format
and submission are available from
http://www.copernicus.org./EGS/egsga/41.htm.
More information about the special session is available from Janusz
Wasowski (Convener), 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
or
Dr. Randall W. Jibson, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, U.S. Geological Survey,
Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225; e-mail: rjibson@usgs.gov.
Geological Society of America (GSA), Cordilleran Section, 96th Annual
Meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: April 27-29, 2000.
Includes a special session on "Geologic Input to Seismic Hazard
Microzonation" (Theme Session # 16). The organizers are currently
soliciting contributions. Contact: Dr. Vic Levson, BC Geological
Survey, P.O. Box 9320 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9N3, Canada;
(250) 952-0391; e-mail: Vic.Levson@gems9.gov.bc.ca
or
Jack Boatwright, U.S. Geological Survey; e-mail:
jboatwright@omega7.wr.usgs.gov.
For info on the annual meeting and the call for papers see:
http://www.geosociety.org/profdev/sectdiv/cord/00cdmtg.htm.
International Symposium on Snow Avalanches and Impact of the Forest Cover. Sponsor: International Glaciological Society (IGS). Innsbruck, Austria: May 22-26, 2000. Abstracts due November 12, 1999. Contact: IGS, Linsfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1ER, U.K.; e-mail: Int_Glaciol_Soc@compuserve.com.
2000 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting. Sponsors: American Geophysical Union (AGU) and others. Tokyo, Japan: June 27-30, 2000. Abstracts due March 9, 2000 (post); March 16, 2000 (World Wide Web). Contact: AGU Meetings Department, 2000 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20009; (202) 462- 6900 or (800) 966-2481; fax: (202) 328-0566; e-mail: meetinginfo@agu.org; WWW: http://www.agu.org.
Annual Meeting of the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA). Palm Beach, Florida: August 17-21, 2000. Contact: NEMA, P.O. Box 11910, Lexington, KY 40578-1910; fax: (606) 244-8239; e-mail: thembree@csq.org.
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