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We are looking for actual legislation from developed and developing countries on how they determine and allocate disaster/emergency management funds. These include how they compute and justify allocation for pre-disaster activities as well as post-disaster activities (relief and rehabilitation).
Please send replies to:
Sanny R. Jegillos, Director-Asia Operations
Asia Pacific Disaster Management Centre
No. 72 The Colonnade Residences
132 Legaspi Street
Legaspi Village
1229 Makati City
Metro Manila
Philippines
Tel: (632) 810 5444
Fax: (632) 817 0894
E-mail: sannyj@nsclub.net, apdmc@nsclub.net
WWW: http://www.apdmc.com
Janzie Allmacher RN-C, MSN, CEN, CS
E-mail: JBA1227@aol.com
I have read about your investigations and am very interested in more
detailed information, since I, being a student of geography at Hanover
University (Germany), am writing my final dissertation about
earthquake hazard reduction programs comparing Californian and
Japanese programs. I would very much appreciate your providing me with
any further information with regard to the above subject.
Thanking you in advance for your kind support, I remain
with best regards,
Thomas Schöll
Am Kornfeld 18
31708 Ahnsen
Germany
E-mail: evilweevil@01019freenet.de
For several years, ADRC has maintained a human resource information database (UN-HiNet), in which approximately 1,400 researchers, administrators, and experts have registered from 51 countries (mainly from Asia). We are now revising the database, and it will be re-launched in August 2000 as the "ADRC Expert Network" (ADRC E-Net).
In disaster reduction, it is important to involve at least three communities: researchers, government officials in charge of disaster reduction who make decisions on the basis of knowledge and the technologies provided to them by researchers, and citizens who comply with governmental policies and provide comments back to the administration.
ADRC E-Net is a comprehensive database of human resources information that covers all disciplines, especially disaster management, disaster research, and other disaster-related works. It consists of biographical information on researchers and engineers, university professors, members of research institutions or societies, government officials, experts, NGO staff, and other institutional staff. The information can be searched by country, field of study, name, etc., and is provided in two different forms: abbreviated data, which is open information, and detailed data, which is not open.
The experts who are already registered in UN-HiNet are requested to check their personal data at http://unhinet.adrc.or.jp/ and, if necessary, to revise data via http://unhinet.adrc.or.jp/register.htm (which also provides on-line registration). Any experts who are not registered are also kindly requested to register at that site.
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr128/qr128.html
QR128: South Carolina's Response to Hurricane Floyd, by Kirstin Dow and Susan L. Cutter of the Hazards Research Laboratory, University of South Carolina. Dow and Cutter's study specifically examines evacuation decision making and the attitudes of those who did and did not evacuate regarding several aspects of the massive evacuation that occurred preceding Floyd.http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr129/qr129.html
QR129: An Analysis of the Socioeconomic Impact of Hurricane Floyd and Related Flooding on Students at East Carolina University, by Bob Edwards, Marieke Van Willigen, Stephanie Lormand, Jayme Currie, with Kristina Bye, John Maiolo, Ken Wilson. This group of researchers undertook a preliminary socioeconomic assessment of the effects of Hurricane Floyd and related flooding on the students of East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina - an area hard hit by flooding. A second purpose of the study was to identify the sources from which students received needed assistance and the ways students provided assistance and contributed to local relief efforts.http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr130/qr130.html
QR130: Information Technology and Efficiency in Disaster Response: The Marmara, Turkey Earthquake, 17 August 1999, by Louise K. Comfort. Comfort traveled to Turkey less than a month after the Marmara earthquake. Her report addresses four aspects of information technology use following that disaster:
- How many and what types of information technologies were used by which organizations during disaster response operations?
- In what ways did these technologies increase or decrease the use of information among the participating organizations during response to the disaster?
- To what extent did increased exchange and use of information facilitate adaptive change among organizations participating in disaster operations?
- To what extent did increased efficiency and effective performance in disaster response facilitate timely transition to recovery from disaster?
http://earthquake.usgs.gov
As hazards Web surfers are well aware, the U.S. Geological Survey
provides earthquake information up the wazoo via dozens of different
Internet avenues. The amount of information is daunting, and, in the
past that abundance, along with the multiplicity of USGS sites
offering information, has sometimes made it difficult to locate and
sort out the information - or to be sure that one had found the best
possible information on a given earthquake subtopic. To remedy that
problem, the Survey has launched this Earthquake Hazards Program
site - "Earthquake Hazards on the Web" - as an entry point for all
USGS earthquake information. It provides information for both global
and regional earthquakes and includes sections on earthquake activity
past, present, and future; earthquake education for children,
grownups, and teachers; earthquake products such as maps,
publications, fact sheets, videos, etc.; earthquake research; the USGS
Regional Centers and regional Web sites; seismic networks; and
frequently asked questions about quakes.
http://www.nacc.usgcrp.gov
The National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate
Variability and Change for the United States is being conducted under
the auspices of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP),
which coordinates participation of federal agencies in global climate
change research. The assessment is intended to provide a detailed
understanding of the consequences of climate change for the nation and
is examining the possible coping mechanisms that exist to adapt to
such change. The assessment, which includes regional activities,
sectoral activities, and a broad synthesis, attempts to involve
concerned stakeholders from both public and private institutions in
evaluating consequences for the environment, economy, and society.
A draft report of the National Assessment Synthesis Team, Climate
Change Impacts on the United States: The Potential Consequences of
Climate Variability and Change is now available through August 11 for
public comment. Available on the USGCRP Web site above, it notes
several potential consequences - for example, increased summer drought
and increased winter flooding - that should be of note to hazards
researchers and managers. Much additional information about this major
national assessment is also available from this URL.
http://www.fema.gov/mit/tsd/ft_mhira.htm
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Multi-Hazard
Identification and Risk Assessment document is now available on-line.
As part of the agency's national effort to mitigate human and economic
loss caused by disasters, FEMA initiated a research project to clarify
and document previous efforts to identify natural and technological
hazards and to assess associated risks. Subsequently, this document
was prepared to summarize the findings. It reviews virtually all
atmospheric, geologic, hydrologic, and other natural hazards, as well
as numerous technological risks. It then summarizes several risk
assessment approaches and identifies the various activities that
compose the National Mitigation Strategy. It concludes with a summary
and numerous appendices.
http://enso.unl.edu/ndmc
http://enso.unl.edu/monitor/monitor.html
Given the current heat wave spanning the U.S., DR readers may be
wondering where they can find the latest information on drought
conditions. Seek no longer. The Web site of the National Drought
Information Center (NDMC) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which
we have mentioned before, offers everything you need - both to
understand the current situation and plan for and mitigate this and
future events. At the second URL above, the center now offers a
"Drought Monitor," a comprehensive analysis of the current situation -
the results of a joint effort of the USDA, NOAA/CPC, and the NDMC.
Released each Thursday, the monitor reviews conditions across the
country and provides an outlook for the coming weeks.
http://mceer.buffalo.edu/utilities/quakeline.asp
As one might suspect, the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake
Engineering Research (MCEER) QUAKELINE database provides information
on earthquake engineering literature. However, QUAKELINE also
provides access to literature for other hazards - both natural and
human-made - including high winds, floods, tsunamis, volcanoes,
landslides, hazardous material spills, and blasts/bombings. In
addition, QUAKELINE covers the social and economic effects of
earthquakes, the psychological effects of disasters, legislative and
policy issues, as well as emergency/disaster management.
Users can easily search the QUAKELINE database at no charge at the MCEER Web site above. While the majority of QUAKELINE records cover highly technical publications, an effort has been made to include material suitable for students in middle school and high school and for the general public. QUAKELINE records contain bibliographic information for each publication: author(s), title, publisher, and year of publication, as well as a list of keywords and a brief abstract. The database presently contains over 34,000 records.
All the items listed in the QUAKELINE database are located in the University at Buffalo libraries or the MCEER Information Service, so obtaining copies is simply a matter of submitting a request via the Web site, e-mail, fax, phone, or postal mail. For more information about purchasing the database on CD-ROM or searching QUAKELINE, contact Marsha Flett, MCEER Database Coordinator, e-mail: flett@acsu.buffalo.edu. For reference/document delivery requests or information about fees, contact Laura Taddeo, MCEER Information Specialist, e-mail: ltaddeo@acsu.buffalo.edu. Both people can also be reached at the MCEER Information Service, c/o Science and Engineering Library, 304 Capen Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260-2200; (716) 645-3377; fax: (716) 645-3379; e-mail: mceeris@acsu.buffalo.edu; WWW: http://mceer.buffalo.edu/infoService/default.asp.
http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/index.html
This "Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards" Web site, offered by the
Ames Space Science Division of NASA, provides background information
about this space hazard, recent and archived news stories, reports and
position papers from NASA, transcripts of recent congressional
testimony on this threat, a list of currently known near-earth objects
(NEOs) and projected future close encounters, an overview and reports
regarding the NASA NEO Project, photographs and artist renderings of
asteroid/comet encounters, and a bibliography and fact sheet on the
NEO hazard.
http://www.seced.org.uk
The Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics in the
U.K. has recently established a society Web site. SECED was founded in
1969 to promote the study and practice of earthquake engineering and
civil engineering dynamics, and acts as a forum for professionals who
need to keep abreast of the rapid developments in the field. The site
includes descriptions of forthcoming professional meetings and
training, a SECED Directory of practitioners, information on the
upcoming Twelfth European Conference on Earthquake Engineering,
descriptions of earthquake engineering research in the U.K., a
questionnaire on research in earthquake engineering (due August 15,
2000), meeting reports, links to research institutions in the European
Community, a SECED mailing list for virtual debate, numerous other
links and additional information.
I. Introduction: . . . USAID has . . . been supporting a special pilot initiative to meet the shelter needs of those still living in temporary shelters due to the 1988 earthquake in the northern region of Armenia. The pilot initiative includes the issuance of housing certificates that households can use to purchase an available housing unit. Approximately 26,000 households still occupy temporary shelters based on this earthquake. The Mission is in the process of designing a new approximately $15 million program to meet the shelter needs of those living in the earthquake zone, building on the experience under the current pilot program.
The Earthquake Zone Program manager will be responsible for managing the pilot program as well as the longer-term program, and for ensuring that all USAID-funded programs that take place in the earthquake region are complementary to the initiatives that address shelter needs. Given the large number of other donors providing assistance in the earthquake zone, the Program Manager will also be responsible for donor coordination. The program has a high profile, and is complex, requiring the active collaboration of a number of local, regional, and national counterparts, and addressing sensitive policy issues connected to compensation for losses suffered during the earthquake, urban planning and urban renewal, and overall housing sector policy.
II. Major Duties and Responsibilities of the Position: The Earthquake
Zone Program Manager will manage the Mission's shelter-related
initiatives in the earthquake zone, and function as an integral part
of the team which manages the Mission's broader social reform and
social transition activities. The incumbent will assist and advise the
USAID/Armenia Mission in all aspects of the earthquake zone portfolio,
as well as on general housing policy issues. The Earthquake Zone
Program Manager is expected to provide leadership in the shelter and
housing policy area to the Mission, based on his/her technical
expertise. In performing his/her duties, the Program Manager will be
expected to coordinate with mid- to high-level local and national
Armenian government officials, other donors and nongovernmental
organizations active in these fields to ensure collaboration and the
best use of Mission resources.
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IV. Education/Experience Required for the Position:
A. Education: A masters' degree in urban development, public
administration or a related field, or equivalent experience in place
of a degree, is required.
B. Experience: A minimum of five years of professional experience
overseas working on shelter policy, shelter provision or earthquake
related reconstruction/redevelopment programs is required. Experience
in Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union, and experience working
with USAID and other international development organizations are
desirable. Prior experience managing and coordinating complex and high
profile programs involving numerous counterparts will be a benefit.
C. Language Skills: A working knowledge of Russian and/or Armenian is
highly desired.
D. Specific Skills: The incumbent must have the capacity to make
effective oral presentations, and should possess superior written
communication and interpersonal skills. The Program Manager should
also have the ability to work effectively in a team environment to
achieve consensus on policy, project, and administrative matters, and
be proficient in computer use.
More information is available from and applications should be sent to:
Sean O'Leary
Executive Officer
DOS/USAID
720 Yerevan Place
Washington, DC 20521-7020
E-mail: seoleary@usaid.gov
Fax: Attn: Sean O'Leary: 374-215-1131*(Armenia)
Submissions must be received at USAID/Armenia by COB August 11, 2000.
The Director of Operations coordinates the management of current and future programs and, where possible, integrates activities across programs. He/she is responsible for assisting in the preparation of annual plans and budgets and in program and funding development. For more information about this position, e-mail: brooke@iris.edu.
The Education and Outreach Program Specialist will participate in a suite of educational activities related to seismic data and digital library intiatives among IRIS members. More information is available by e-mailing Catherine Johnson, Education and Outreach Program Manager, catherine@iris.edu.
Applications for either position are due August 1. They should be sent to the IRIS Consortium, 1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005. (For the director's position, applications should be sent attn: Human Resources - Search for Director of Operations; for the program specialist position, attn: Dr. Catherine Johnson.)
Candidates should preferably hold a Ph.D. in one of the social
sciences, have demonstrated strong research capabilities, and possess
the ability to work collegially and in a team context. The position is
for two years beginning in September 2000, at a salary of $36,000.
Interested parties should contact Clark immediately by e-mail:
bturner@clarku.edu + cc: otaylor@clarku.edu. Applications will be
accepted until the position is filled. Candidates should submit,
either by e-mail, fax [(508) 751-4600], or mail, a letter of
application, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references to:
B.L. Turner II & O.Taylor
George Perkins Marsh Institute
Clark University
950 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01610-1477
Workshop on Urban Design Issues in Communities Stricken by the Kocaeli Earthquake. Sponsor: ITU Environment and Urbanism Research Center. Istanbul, Turkey: August 14-26, 2000. Contact: Azime Tezer, ITU Environment and Urbanism Research Center, Taskysla/Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey; tel: 90-212-2492834; fax: 90-212-2517831; e-mail: tezera@itu.edu.tr; WWW: http://www.itu.edu.tr/cevse.
Disaster Management Workshops. Offered by: Department of Engineering Professional Development, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, Wisconsin: September 18-22, 2000. Contact: Katie Peterson, Department of Engineering Professional Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 432 North Lake Street, Madison, WI 53706; 1-800-462-0876; fax: (608) 263-3160; e-mail: custserv@epd.engr.wisc.edu; WWW: http://epd.engr.wisc.edu -or- Don Schramm, Program Director, address and phone as above; e-mail: schramm@engr.wisc.edu.
First California Symposium on Aviation Emergencies. Sponsors: Emergency and Disaster Management, Inc. and the Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting working group. Santa Monica, California: September 25-26, 2000. Contact: Gunnar J. Kuepper, Chairman, First California Symposium on Aviation Emergencies, c/o Emergency and Disaster Management, Inc., 1888 Century Park East, Suite 1900, Los Angeles, CA 90067; (310) 284-3194; fax: (310) 284-3195; WWW: http://www.emergency-management.net.
First International Congress on Disaster Psychiatry. Sponsors: Disaster Psychiatry Outreach (DPO), Mount Sinai Medical Center, and New York State Office of Mental Health. New York City: October 14, 2000. Contact: Dr. Craig L. Katz; (212) 860-8665; WWW: http://www.disaster-psychiatry.org.
Manitoba Emergency Management Conference: "Mitigation 2000." Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: November 16-18, 2000. WWW: http://www.gov.mb.ca/gs/memo/conference.html; e-mail: conference@gs.gov.mb.ca.
Canadian Hazards Assessment Meeting (part of an ICLR workshop on natural hazards). London, Ontario, Canada: November 24-25, 2000. For information on the Canadian Hazards Assessment Project, see DR #312. Open to all interested persons. Contact: David Etkin, Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, University of Toronto, Environment Canada, 33 Willcocks Street #1016V, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E8 Canada; (416) 978-6310; fax: (416) 978-3884; e-mail: david.etkin@ec.gc.ca; WWW: http://www1.tor.ec.gc.ca/airg.
Second Kampala Conference on Earthquake Disaster Preparedness: "Reducing Earthquake Effects in Developing Countries." Sponsor: Uganda Seismic Safety Association and others. Kampala, Uganda: December 4-5, 2000. Abstracts due September 30. Contact: Dr. Eng. B.M. Kiggundu, Faculty of Technology, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda; e-mail: dean@techmuk.ac.ug -or- Dr. E.M. Twesigomwe, Department of Physics, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda; tel: 041 531498; fax: 041 531061; e-mail: physics@starcom.co.ug.
81st American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico: January 14-19, 2001. Contact: AMS, Meetings Department, 45 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108-3693; (617) 227-2425; fax: (617) 742-8718; e-mail: amsinfo@ametsoc.org; WWW: http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/meet/81annual/81annual_right.html.
Cities on Volcanoes 2. Organizers: Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Auckland Regional Council, Massey University, University of Auckland, and the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior. Auckland, New Zealand: February 12-16, 2001. Abstracts due September 1, 2000. Contact: Secretary, Cities on Volcanoes 2, Wairakei Research Centre, Private Bag 2000, Taupo, New Zealand; tel: +64 7 374 8211; fax: 64-7-374 8199; e-mail: citiesonvolc2@gns.cri.nz; WWW: http://www.gns.cri.nz/news/conferences/cities.html.
Millennial Meeting of the Seismological Society of America. San Francisco, California: April 18-20, 2001. Contact: David P. Schwartz, (650) 329-5651; e-mail: dschwartz@usgs.gov -or- Anne S. Kiremidjian, (650) 723-4164; e-mail: kiremidjian@ce.stanford.edu; WWW: http://www.seismosoc.org/meetings.
Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) Annual Meeting, held in conjunction
with the 58th Annual Eastern Snow Conference.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: May 14-17, 2001. Abstracts for both
conferences due January 31, 2001.
For information on the CGU
conference, contact: S. Pagiatakis, Geomatics Canada, 615 Booth
Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E9; (613) 995-8720; fax: (613)
992-6628; e-mail: sppagiat@NRCan.gc.ca; WWW: http://www.cgu-ugc.ca.
For information on the snow conference, contact: J. Pomeroy, Centre
for Glaciology, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University
of Wales, Aberystwyth, U.K. SY23 3DB; tel: +44-1970-622781; fax: +44-
1970-622659; e-mail: john.pomeroy@aber.ac.uk; WWW:
http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/crysys/esc/.
First World Congress on Disaster Reduction. Sponsors: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and others. Washington, D.C.: August 19-24, 2001. Contact: Walter Hays, ASCE, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191; (703) 295-6054; e-mail: whays@asce.org; or Michael Cassaro, ASCE; e-mail: macass@aye.net.
Third International Disaster and Emergency Readiness Conference. The Hague, The Netherlands: October 23-25, 2001. Contact: Mrs. Jan Tucker, IDER Project Manager, Andrich International Ltd, 51 Market Place, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 9AZ, U.K.; tel: +44 (0)1985 846181; fax: +44 (0)1985 846163; e-mail: jan@andrich.com.
Twelfth European Conference on Earthquake Engineering. London, U.K.: September 9-13, 2002. Organizers: European Association for Earthquake Engineering, Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics. A call for abstracts will be issued in September 2000. Contact: Rachel Coninx, 12ECEE Secretariat, Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA, U.K.; tel: +44 (0)20 7665 2312; fax: +44 (0)20 7233 1743; e-mail: 12ecee@ice.org.uk; WWW: http://www.ice.org.uk.
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